NALA'S

Name: NALA'S
Address: 4894 US-290 W, Austin, TX, 78735, US
Telephone: 512-358-0909
Price range: $$

South Indian$$

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Mon 10:30am-3pm, 5pm-10:30pm; Tue 10:30am-12am; Wed-Thu 10am-12am; Fri-Sun 9am-12am

4894 US-290 W, Austin, TX 78735
512-358-0909
Last verified: September 2026
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Overhead spread of South Indian dishes at NALA'S: a paper-thin dosa, idli and vada, thali trays with rice and curries, chicken 65, samosas, medu vada, mango lassi and a cup of masala chai

All Day - Vegetarian Appetizers

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Onion Bajji$5.00
- Vegetarian
Masala Vada$5.00
- Vegetarian
Vada$5.00
- Vegetarian
Aloo Bonda$5.00
- Vegetarian
Madurai Mushroom 65$7.00
- Vegetarian
Madurai Cauliflower 65$7.00
- Vegetarian
Madurai Paneer 65$8.00
- Vegetarian
Sambar Vada$6.00
- Vegetarian
Rasam Vada$6.00
- Vegetarian
Gobi Manchurian$5.00
- Vegetarian
Seppan Kilangu Fry$7.00
- Vegetarian
Kuli Paniyaram / Gunta Punugulu$5.00
- Vegetarian
Idly (3 Pieces)$7.00
- Vegetarian
Sambar Idly (2 Pieces)$7.00
- Vegetarian
Ghee Mini Idly$5.00
- Vegetarian

All Day - Non-Vegetarian Appetizers

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Madurai Chicken 65$5.00
Andhra Chilli Chicken$5.00
Pepper Chicken$8.00
Mejra Chicken$8.00
Chicken Tikka$5.00
Mutton Sukka$10.00
Chettinad Mutton Balls$8.00
Malabar Fish Fry$8.00
Vanjaram Fish Fry$10.00
Fish Bajji$8.00
Grilled Pomfret$15.00
Kaadai 65$9.00
Nandu (Crab) Boneless$15.00

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Idli, vada & upma: South Indian breakfast. Idli are soft steamed cakes of the same fermented batter as dosa; medu vada are savory lentil doughnuts, crisp outside and fluffy within (dahi vada are soaked in spiced yogurt); upma is a savory semolina porridge; pongal is rice and lentils cooked soft with pepper, cumin and ghee. All are eaten with sambar and chutney. On this menu as: Masala Vada · Vada · Sambar Vada.
Biryani: Long-grain basmati layered with marinated meat, fried onions, saffron and whole spices and cooked "dum", sealed under a lid so the rice steams in the meat's juices. Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolkata (with a potato and egg), Malabar and Sindh each have their own. Served with raita and often a thin gravy (salan). Pulao is the simpler, single-pot cousin. On this menu as: Lunch - Biryani · Biryani Combo · Madurai Mutton Biryani.
Thali: A complete meal on one round platter: small bowls (katoris) of dal, two or three vegetable curries, raita, pickle, papad, rice and bread, often with a sweet. Gujarati and Rajasthani thalis are lavish and unlimited; a South Indian "meals" is the banana-leaf equivalent. The easiest way to try a kitchen's range at lunch. On this menu as: Lunch - Vegetarian Meals · Weekday Veg Meals · Friday Special Veg Meals.
Dosa: A thin, crisp South Indian crepe of fermented rice-and-lentil batter, served with sambar and coconut chutney. Masala dosa is folded around spiced potato; Mysore masala adds a red chili-garlic smear; rava dosa is a lacy semolina version; paper dosa is the extra-large, extra-crisp one. Uttapam is the same batter cooked thick like a pancake with onion, tomato and chili on top. On this menu as: Lunch - Dosa · Plain Dosa · Masala Dosa.
Indo-Chinese: Manchurian & chilli chicken: The Chinese cooking of Kolkata's Hakka community as adapted to Indian tastes: battered cauliflower or chicken tossed in a garlicky, soy-and-chili "Manchurian" sauce, chilli chicken or paneer with green chili and peppers, Hakka noodles and "Schezwan" fried rice. A cuisine of its own, and a fixture of most Indian restaurants' appetizer pages. On this menu as: Gobi Manchurian · Andhra Chilli Chicken.
Dal: Lentils, and the soupy stew made from them. Dal tadka is yellow lentils finished with a tempering (tadka) of spices sizzled in ghee; dal makhani is black lentils and kidney beans simmered overnight with butter and cream; sambar is the sour, tamarind-and-vegetable lentil stew of the south, served with dosa and idli. On this menu as: Sambar Vada · Sambar Idly (2 Pieces).

How these dishes compare

Tikkatypically $15 across 366 menus
Biryanitypically $16 across 345 menus
Daltypically $11.99 across 344 menus
Roti, chapati & parathatypically $4 across 313 menus
Madras & Chettinadtypically $16.95 across 154 menus
Dosatypically $10.49 across 120 menus
Idli, vada & upmatypically $8.99 across 117 menus
Thalitypically $18.25 across 73 menus

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NALA'S

Menu

All Day - Vegetarian Appetizers

All Day - Non-Vegetarian Appetizers

All Day - Soups

Lunch - Vegetarian Appetizers

Lunch - Non-Vegetarian Appetizers

Lunch - Vegetarian Meals

Lunch - Tiffin

Lunch - Dosa

Lunch - Non-Vegetarian Meals

Lunch - Biryani

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