South Indies: Mokka Junna Miriyalu Fry

Location: Bangalore (Indiranagar)

For a change I didn’t feel like cooking, I had had enough of north indian, Italian, burgers and sandwiches. I felt like having something different, something refreshing. I needed a change in taste. And because it was the end of a weekend, I needed something to cheer me up.

We (me and Sakshi) circled around on Indira Nagar 80 feet and 100 feet road thinking and re-thinking. We thought of several options but couldn’t decide where to dine. Then, it struck me. I decided to have my Sunday dinner at South Indies and try out some interesting south Indian options they had to offer.

As we were early, we got the table quickly and the waiter brought the menu. Along with it he got us some chips to munch on.

Their ‘Mokka junna miriyalu fry’ seemed to be especially tempting. This is basically baby corn marinated with crushed pepper , tamarind and besam flour served with three varieties of chutney. I wanted to try it for a looong time. The menu had an enlarged image of this and looking at it made my water. It tasted exactly the way it looked like in the menu … a-mazzing!!!

For the main course, we browsed through the menu and very quickly reached a consensus. We wanted to have their Appam and Kari Kari Stew. This stew is garden fresh vegetables cooked in a coconut milk based gravy, flavored with curry leaves and green chilies. This stew goes well with Appams and had been recommended by many friends.

The waiter came up to us and swiftly took our order on his i-phone.

The service was quick, I’m guessing probably because the order taking was computerized. The waiter takes order and sends it out. It is then automatically displayed on the digital signage along with serial number in the kitchen. The process is simple and quick. Coming back to food …

As soon as we had finished off the baby corn, he served us the stew. For the Appams there is always a live counter. It was delightful to have the freshly cooked steaming appam, served right off the pan. We ate off those in no time. For the repeat order we ordered the Podi Appam. This is appam sprinkled with a spicy masala and tastes even better.

We wanted to keep it light that day and so we stopped at this. But, there are several curry options here and you can accompany these with interesting varieties of dosa, roti, appam or parotta. Please click here for the menu.

I would suggest to all north Indians … Go on … do try if you want to have something beyond the regular.