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: Idly Dosa Vada Combo · Dosa · Plain Dosa.
Garam masala: "Masala" simply means a spice blend, or the sauce built on one. Garam masala ("warm blend") is the finishing mix of cardamom, cinnamon, clove, cumin, black pepper and other whole spices toasted and ground, added at the end of cooking for aroma rather than heat. Every region and household has its own proportions. On this menu as: Masala Dosa · Podi Masala Dosa · Onion Masala Dosa.
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: Idly & Vada · Ghee Podi Idly · Idly Dosa Vada Combo.
Kulfi: Dense, un-churned frozen dessert made by reducing milk for hours, flavored with cardamom, pistachio, mango or saffron and frozen in moulds, richer and slower-melting than ice cream. Falooda is the dessert-drink of rose syrup, vermicelli, basil seeds, milk and a scoop of kulfi. On this menu as: Kulfi · Chocolate Kulfi · Coconut Kulfi.
Lassi: A yogurt drink, blended thick and sweet (mango lassi is the restaurant favorite) or thinned and salted with roasted cumin (salted lassi, or the lighter chaas / buttermilk). It is the traditional foil to a spicy meal. On this menu as: Lassi · Amul Buttermilk · Lassi Sweet.
Roti, chapati & paratha: The unleavened whole-wheat family. Roti and chapati are thin and dry-griddled (tandoori roti is baked in the clay oven); paratha is layered with ghee and pan-fried, plain (lachha, spiralled) or stuffed with potato, cauliflower or paneer; rumali is the tissue-thin "handkerchief" bread. Puri and bhatura are fried and puff up hollow; bhatura is the large, leavened one served with chole. On this menu as: Chana Puri · Chole Bhature · Poori Kurma.

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