Malgudi Southern Cuisine is an authentic South Indian restaurant serving the people of Bengaluru dishes originated from Karnataka, Tamil nadu, Kerala & Andra Pradesh. The ambience reminds you of the 80's with a homely touch & a twist of modern art. The name of the restaurant goes with the TV series, Malgudi days & has several references to the characters from it. The restaurant is placed around a village theme & has a porch swing to relax after a heavy meal. All in all, a very nostalgic place. This place is the perfect get away for family get togethers, corporate team lunches, a big group of friends, all kinds of gentry would love the place. It's easily locatable & close to major tech parks in the city.
The master mind behind the elaborative menu is a skilled chef who makes sure that every dish served brings its authenticity & leaves the foodie content. Presentation of food is very much South Indian too, considering most of them being plated on the traditional banana leaf. The food is totally money's worth since the proportions served are outright considerate & pocket friendly. It sure is a great place to get your hands on some irresistible South Indian food.
Here are few of the dishes I tried out of the everlasting menu;
Munakai soup
Lentils & drumstick cooked together with aromatic herbs
The authentic taste of south India! The soup being spicy & watery makes it light & an excellent appetiser, just like our rasam. The drumstick is fresh & tender with sweet pods in it. It's a very good introduction to the spices that follow in the meal.
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Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 95 /-
Masala Vada
Made with channa dal, spices, onion & herbs
Bengal gram soaked, grinded & made into a patty with the infusion of all exotic handmade spices like cumin, clove, a hint of cinnamon & fresh coriander, basil nicely mixed with finely chopped onion is deep fried until golden brown to get this scrumptious deep fried snack. It's crispy on the outside & soft inside. The burnt onion gives a zing to the taste of the vada.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 175 /-
Punugulu
Urad dal soaked, finely grinded with coconut pieces & spices is then deep fried in the shape of small balls. The taste is acquired after one or two bites of the snack. This spicy snack goes hand in hand with hot tomato chutney. It's totally worth the money as they plate 11-12 pieces per serving.
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Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 75 /-
Watermelon cooler
Fresh watermelon without artificial sugars & a hint of lime, coconut water & basil served on the rocks. It's a must try, the juice is not too sweet or bland, a very distinctive approach to watermelon juice.
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Taste : 4/5
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Price : 150 /-
Coconut lavender punch
Tender coconut water blended with lime juice, dried lavender & a hint of sugar
The slight touch of dried lavender gives a subtle bitter touch to the sweet tender coconut water. This sensational infusion of flavors is a novel drink to go with the spicy South Indian food that they serve.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 250 /-
Mango lassi
Fresh mangoes blended with creamy curd & a pinch of salt for taste. It's totally worth your money & the best lassi considering it's a South Indian cuisine restaurant.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 70 /-
Babycorn chilli
This starter has an exceptional taste due to the infused flavour of exotic South Indian spices! Instead of making it indo-chinese, they've recreated it to be Indian. Instead of mixing ginger garlic paste, cloves of garlic are sauteed with the fried babycorn snippets. Every bite proves pure indulgence in love for food.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 195 /-
Corn in butter
American sweet corn cooked in its own juices with butter & salt & crushed pepper corns has a taste of its own. All your senses are so highlightened with each bite that it leaves you wanting for more. Rich butter is infused well with the corn & spices yet it doesn't feel greasy. The corn is extremely fresh & plump, sweet buttery juices squirt out on it with every bite. A delightful dish!
Taste : 5/5
Price : 95 /-
Paneer curry : hyderabadi dhaba style
This rich main course dish comprises of well marinated cottage cheese, fresh sweet peas, tender carrots all cooked in exotic in-house spices with a topping of cream to spare. The combination of authentic South Indian spices gives a distinctive taste from that of the regular north Indian heavy dairy based dishes. To subtle the strong hotness of the spices, pure cow butter is used. The flavour of cinnamon bark & dry red chillis is evident & makes it totally aromatic & feels south Indian with a twist of having paneer in it. It goes well with Malabar parottas, neer dose. -
Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 200 /-
Cashew curry : Karnataka style
Cashew nuts are batter fried & sautéed with onions in konkani style. The gravy consists of generous amount of cashew nuts instead of adding a cashew paste. Sautéed burnt onions with cashew nuts are mixed with the gravy. It has a very spicy touch to it & no cream is added which makes it all the more authentic for it's spices.
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Taste : 3.5/5
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Price : 230 /-
Neer dose
Raw rice & coconut grinded into a paste of flowing consistency & cooked on a nonstick pan.
Soft multi layered crepe dish, depicts the authenticity of the food from karnataka. The dose was extremely soft & was folded in layers served fresh on green banana leaf altogether enhancing the taste. Worth the money since they plate three doses per serving.
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Taste : 4/5
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Price : 110 /-
Chettinad carrot halwa
Each bite of the dessert melts away in the mouth. The grated carrot is well coated with desi ghee & the goodness of dryfruits used. Fresh vanilla icecream goes well with the hot carrot halwa although the dessert alone has a taste of it's own.
Taste : 4.5/5
Price : 150 /-
Qubani-ka-meeta
This is a hyderabadi dessert made of
apricots, blanched almonds, kewra/gulab jal, cream. The apricots were well boiled & rich sweet syrup of apricots, sugar & rose water oozes out with every bite. A spoonful with icecream is a total game changer. This dessert felt like a royal dish & the chef made no changes in it's authentic taste
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Taste : 4/5
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Price : 150 /-
Gulab Jamoon with icecream
It's the classic dessert, Gulab Jamoon was crispy & the sugar syrup was well infused in it. A spoonful of fresh vanilla icecream & a bite of this Jamoon together is a match made in heaven
Taste : 4.5/5
Price : 150 /-
Managaluru payasa
This rich creamy payasa is made of moong dal & sabudhani; slow cooked to consistent creamy texture with sugar & dry fruits paste. The catch here is that the payasa is cooked in coconut milk instead of cow's milk which enhances the taste even more. This exotic dessert is all you'll need to crown a full course desi meal at the malgudi's
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 125 /-
The master mind behind the elaborative menu is a skilled chef who makes sure that every dish served brings its authenticity & leaves the foodie content. Presentation of food is very much South Indian too, considering most of them being plated on the traditional banana leaf. The food is totally money's worth since the proportions served are outright considerate & pocket friendly. It sure is a great place to get your hands on some irresistible South Indian food.
Here are few of the dishes I tried out of the everlasting menu;
Munakai soup
Lentils & drumstick cooked together with aromatic herbs
The authentic taste of south India! The soup being spicy & watery makes it light & an excellent appetiser, just like our rasam. The drumstick is fresh & tender with sweet pods in it. It's a very good introduction to the spices that follow in the meal.
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Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 95 /-
Masala Vada
Made with channa dal, spices, onion & herbs
Bengal gram soaked, grinded & made into a patty with the infusion of all exotic handmade spices like cumin, clove, a hint of cinnamon & fresh coriander, basil nicely mixed with finely chopped onion is deep fried until golden brown to get this scrumptious deep fried snack. It's crispy on the outside & soft inside. The burnt onion gives a zing to the taste of the vada.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 175 /-
Punugulu
Urad dal soaked, finely grinded with coconut pieces & spices is then deep fried in the shape of small balls. The taste is acquired after one or two bites of the snack. This spicy snack goes hand in hand with hot tomato chutney. It's totally worth the money as they plate 11-12 pieces per serving.
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Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 75 /-
Watermelon cooler
Fresh watermelon without artificial sugars & a hint of lime, coconut water & basil served on the rocks. It's a must try, the juice is not too sweet or bland, a very distinctive approach to watermelon juice.
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Taste : 4/5
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Price : 150 /-
Coconut lavender punch
Tender coconut water blended with lime juice, dried lavender & a hint of sugar
The slight touch of dried lavender gives a subtle bitter touch to the sweet tender coconut water. This sensational infusion of flavors is a novel drink to go with the spicy South Indian food that they serve.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 250 /-
Mango lassi
Fresh mangoes blended with creamy curd & a pinch of salt for taste. It's totally worth your money & the best lassi considering it's a South Indian cuisine restaurant.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 70 /-
Babycorn chilli
This starter has an exceptional taste due to the infused flavour of exotic South Indian spices! Instead of making it indo-chinese, they've recreated it to be Indian. Instead of mixing ginger garlic paste, cloves of garlic are sauteed with the fried babycorn snippets. Every bite proves pure indulgence in love for food.
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 195 /-
Corn in butter
American sweet corn cooked in its own juices with butter & salt & crushed pepper corns has a taste of its own. All your senses are so highlightened with each bite that it leaves you wanting for more. Rich butter is infused well with the corn & spices yet it doesn't feel greasy. The corn is extremely fresh & plump, sweet buttery juices squirt out on it with every bite. A delightful dish!
Taste : 5/5
Price : 95 /-
Paneer curry : hyderabadi dhaba style
This rich main course dish comprises of well marinated cottage cheese, fresh sweet peas, tender carrots all cooked in exotic in-house spices with a topping of cream to spare. The combination of authentic South Indian spices gives a distinctive taste from that of the regular north Indian heavy dairy based dishes. To subtle the strong hotness of the spices, pure cow butter is used. The flavour of cinnamon bark & dry red chillis is evident & makes it totally aromatic & feels south Indian with a twist of having paneer in it. It goes well with Malabar parottas, neer dose. -
Taste : 4.5/5
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Price : 200 /-
Cashew curry : Karnataka style
Cashew nuts are batter fried & sautéed with onions in konkani style. The gravy consists of generous amount of cashew nuts instead of adding a cashew paste. Sautéed burnt onions with cashew nuts are mixed with the gravy. It has a very spicy touch to it & no cream is added which makes it all the more authentic for it's spices.
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Taste : 3.5/5
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Price : 230 /-
Neer dose
Raw rice & coconut grinded into a paste of flowing consistency & cooked on a nonstick pan.
Soft multi layered crepe dish, depicts the authenticity of the food from karnataka. The dose was extremely soft & was folded in layers served fresh on green banana leaf altogether enhancing the taste. Worth the money since they plate three doses per serving.
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Taste : 4/5
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Price : 110 /-
Chettinad carrot halwa
Each bite of the dessert melts away in the mouth. The grated carrot is well coated with desi ghee & the goodness of dryfruits used. Fresh vanilla icecream goes well with the hot carrot halwa although the dessert alone has a taste of it's own.
Taste : 4.5/5
Price : 150 /-
Qubani-ka-meeta
This is a hyderabadi dessert made of
apricots, blanched almonds, kewra/gulab jal, cream. The apricots were well boiled & rich sweet syrup of apricots, sugar & rose water oozes out with every bite. A spoonful with icecream is a total game changer. This dessert felt like a royal dish & the chef made no changes in it's authentic taste
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Taste : 4/5
-
Price : 150 /-
Gulab Jamoon with icecream
It's the classic dessert, Gulab Jamoon was crispy & the sugar syrup was well infused in it. A spoonful of fresh vanilla icecream & a bite of this Jamoon together is a match made in heaven
Taste : 4.5/5
Price : 150 /-
Managaluru payasa
This rich creamy payasa is made of moong dal & sabudhani; slow cooked to consistent creamy texture with sugar & dry fruits paste. The catch here is that the payasa is cooked in coconut milk instead of cow's milk which enhances the taste even more. This exotic dessert is all you'll need to crown a full course desi meal at the malgudi's
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Taste : 5/5
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Price : 125 /-
