Head to Ishtaa to relish tried and examined consolation meals

Ishtaa in Jaynagar, Bangalore
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Bang smack in the course of Jayanagar’s bustling greatest is Ishtaa — a vegetarian restaurant the place you can begin your day making an attempt one thing new or chill out by indulging within the acquainted consolation meals of punugulu, pappu avakaya annam, rago sangati and extra.

Dropped at you by these behind United Teugu Kitchen and Ironhill in Bengaluru, Ishtaa too, doesn’t stray too removed from the tried and examined staples present in conventional Telugu houses. On the identical time, there are a number of fusion surprises on the menu too.

Ishtaa boasts a beautiful vary for breakfast which even essentially the most pickiest of eaters would discover onerous to fault. Idlis, dosas, pesarattu, upma, uthappams and pooris — all of them include a number of choices. Served solely at breakfast time, the should attempt is their five-foot masala dosa served with eight chutneys and on a protracted platter. It seems with a flourish at your desk and is an actual deal with, particularly for the youngsters on the desk.

Idli fries
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Equally, their Rayalseema yerra karam dosa served each with podi and masala, is simply for many who can deal with spice. And for these keen to topic their palate to curious flavours and textures, the chocolate dosa, ice cream dosa and Lays dosa await. Breakfast objects are served solely from 7am-11am after which once more from 6pm-10.30pm.

We try the starters that are an uncommon mixture of Telugu specials such because the chinta chiguru velluli paneer and Indo-Chinese language favourites such because the honey chilli crispy potatoes. We attempt the paneer satay and the Ishtaa particular chilli paneer. The satay was mildly sizzling and the nutty flavour paired nicely with paneer, whereas the Ishtaa particular lived as much as its identify with its spice quotient.

Munakkya Karivepaku soup
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We additionally tried the mushroom 65 and vegetarian Shanghai roll; each have been good however didn’t stand out as being distinctive. Since Ishtaa doesn’t serve alcohol and the menu is a mixture of fares (North Indian and Jain dishes additionally make an look), your meal is usually a mishmash of tastes, except you choose a delicacies and keep it up, since you’ll not be adhering to the starters-with-drinks adopted by the mains components.

We start our major course with garlic naan and malai kofta as recommended by the workers, however I’d advocate it provided that you relish the style of creamy sweetness in the course of your meal. There’s nothing unsuitable with it — it simply throws you off the Southern spice route your tastebuds have been cruising on until then.

Subsequent, we attempt the panasapottu (jackfruit) biryani which is as fragrant as it’s scrumptious, with succulent chunks of well-seasoned jackfruit. The South Indian thali with its myriad little bowls of hearty vegetarian fare actually didn’t disappoint both.

South Indian thali
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Conventional Telugu desserts which might be on the menu embrace sheer kurma (a model of kheer with dried fruits), junnu (milk pudding in one other avatar) and nethi poornam boorelu; we select the latter just because we’ve got by no means had it earlier than. It was an fascinating option to make — dumplings product of mashed channa dal, jaggery, coconut and dry fruits are dipped in batter and fried to a crispy, golden brown. Sadly, they got here on the finish of our meal or I’d have indulged in a number of extra of those scrumptious globes.

If you go to Ishtaa, be sure to should not too hungry as a result of regardless of its capability of 220 it at all times appears to be packed.