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Jun 18, 2008
Idlis,idlees and eedlees....
You may have notices that I have spelled idlis differently..This is exactly how i would describe the menu of Idli House.Last time when i was in India, I and my brother went to this place.My brother wreaked his idli fetish and ordered masala idli which is available only on tuesdays and fridays.I,on the other hand,was skeptical because i was expecting oil drowned idli dish.But i was surprise and it was a pleasant one..The idli was wrapped in banana or haldi leaf and was yellow..The taste was amazing and it was absolutely sans oil...The sambar is compliementary and can be replaced with rasam.
This is the most important part..
The cooks knew that sambar and rasam are two distinctly different food items and hence we were not served the thick dal concoction as sambar and the dal ka paani as rasam..Both rasam and sambar were fresh.I have the habit of leaving the coconut chutney untouched when i go to an udipi restaurant because the coconut is not fresh and tastes very sour and stale..But this place was ready to prove me wrong in more than one instances...The chutney turned out to be absolutely fresh...freshly ground on the stone grinder...
The ambience resembles a well running Udipi restaurant,but the place promises much more.If you do not find a table you can also have your order standing on a side table..There are varieties of dry chutney that are kept on the table along with sesame and coconut oil..ready to be mixed..they too have a touch of homemade quality..
One thing that i would love to mention here was that the waiter removed the banana leaf covering with a sleight of hand,though the place bursting with customers..It pleases me to know that he devoted 10 second of his time for the gesture and gets brownie points for it.
We had among 7-8 idli dishes..each different one and washed them down with two filter coffees...the bill was below Rs 100...
All in all the best place for college kids,people on the move and office goers..
P.S The normal idli plate serves more than 4 idlis for less than 15 bucks which I find the highlight of this place...
