Whenever I don't feel like cooking but want a full course vegetarian meal, it has always been Nagarjuna (the Andhra food chain). So what is so different about Annabrahma is that it serves Arya Vyshya food or rather the traditional vegetarian fare that you will find homes of Andhraite vegetarians like the Settys.
Now the food. Before us was placed a steel plate with several partitions, just like most of us had when we were kids. First came a carrot milkshake and some buttermilk. I was quite skeptical about how carrot juice and milk (yes I know gajjar ka halwa, but that is carrot and this was the juice) would go together. But it really did go well together and was yummy.
Next came two sweets - obattu ( a jaggery stuffed pancake) and pineapple sheera. Junior demolished the obattu and I saved the sheera for after dinner. Am still not used to the sweets before dinner habit.
Next came a round of savouries - hot and crisp onion bajjis, sandige (fried crispies) and chaklis. Needless to say, junior was the happiest. The four partitions were filled up with a chutney, tendli or tondekai palya (small gherkins), a raita and a kosambari (cucumber dish). The roti of the day was that of toor dal, a first for me. Yummy is the verdict for all.
Next came my all-time south indian favorite - the bisi bele baath with the crispies. It was hot and absolutely hit the spot.
This was followed by rice with a greens sambhar and then again with rasam which was dal based. Both good, but rather on the sweeter side for me. I am more of the chilli and pickle types and if you put both together I will be the happiest.
The menu changes all the time and you will have ragi rottis, rava rottis, a change in the chutneys as well as the rice dishes in place of the bisi bele bath that we had. The drinks to vary with coconut water, jal jeera, kokum and other such being served. Same goes for the sweets. Service is very friendly and you could ask for as much of anything as you wanted. The meal was Rs 110 a head which is pretty good considering the number of items on offer.
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