My favorite place for an Andhra Thali is and always will be Nandini !!
Nandini is a chain of restaurants which can be found all over Bangalore ... St Marks road , JP Nagar , Jayanagar ... And boy do they know how to make their food !!!
The humble thali is the modestly prized and the fastest selling item on their menu... The quantity is unlimited [do you believe that ?? :O] and they'll pamper you until you are full and bursting.
The thali has the usual rice,rasam,sambhar, veggies,pappad,sweets and the Andhra Dal ... yummmm!! [i saved the best for the last]. I always thought that the thali tastes so good only because of the Dal .. its tangy,spicy and garlicy and very very Andhra... I met a friend from Andhra who told me that a meal is incomplete without a Dal in it... And I can vouch for Nandini , when i say that they make amazing dal !!
What can i say about their Rasam , except that it is Yummmmmmm!!
The sweets are not that great , but who goes there to eat their sweets !!
I am reserving a whole section for their sides :) , with the thali they serve , Chutneys and 'Ghonghura' [a paste made out of ghongura leaves] , the chutneys are spicy and are made of onions , they go with everything. The Ghonghura is a dish on its own, eat it with anything, rice or chapathi, they go well with everything!! Man they are spicy !!
The decor is not at all fancy, but the place is so full that its bursting at its seams.The service is fast and efficienct. It is an ordinary restaurant , but caters to every need. There is north Indian food, Chinese with the Andhra food ... But I would suggest, avoid them and go with the traditional Andhra food, the one they are good at!!
The decor is not at all fancy, but the place is so full that its bursting at its seams.The service is fast and efficienct. It is an ordinary restaurant , but caters to every need. There is north Indian food, Chinese with the Andhra food ... But I would suggest, avoid them and go with the traditional Andhra food, the one they are good at!!
Most of the times when I eat in Nandini , my eyes are usually watering [its that hot and spicy] , but they are what you call - 'Khushi ke aansu" ... Its just the good food that makes me water !!
Everyone should once try the Nandini Thali, just to see if they can handle the Spicy goodness !!
Price [of the thali] : ~100 Rs
Experience: 4/5
Go there when you are hungry enough to eat a huge meal , or you are missing stuffing yourself !!
Ohh my!! You took words right out my mouth!!.. I love Nandine - Been away from Yummy Thali - jst like u said -Aces!! the Dhal and the Rasam. Nandini used to be the only restraunt open all the way till 12 and used to get a lovely thali even at 11 - when I returned back home. I am sooo far away now - can only dream of dear thali- Which they could ship it wink!!!. Btw was searching for the Dhal receipe and landed up reading ur post :)
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