South Indian food is perhaps the hottest of all Indian cuisines, seasoned with ingredients and spices like curry leaves, tamarind, asafetida, pepper, chilies and fenugreek seeds. The rich, flavorful and zesty food is centered around rice or rice-based dishes. If you wish to indulge in an authentic South Indian culinary voyage, you should visit Banana Leaf, a famous fine-dining restaurant chain, offering mouth-watering South Indian fare.
Spread across entire Mumbai, Banana Leaf exhibits the cultural richness of South India. You can find excellent epicurean dishes that are native to Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The flavor of the food, the way it is presented and the ambiance of the place will make sure you feel the essence of South India. Staple dishes like Sambaar, a soup-like lentil dish garnished with zesty ingredients and spices, will remind you of the original flavors of the cuisine. You can start your meal with some Jeera Milagu Rasam, a hot & sour soup-like lentil dish. Their range of idlis, dosas and uttapams are fluffy, delicious and worth-trying.
One of the best items on the menu is the South Indian Thali. This includes delicacies like dal fry, malabar curry, mixed vegetables, dosa, an appam, malabar parotta, bisibele bath along with steamed rice. The thali comes with accompaniments like papad and curd and a generous serving of their dessert of the day. It is one of the most famous items among the guests and is certainly worth ordering if you want to try out many different varieties at once without burning a hole in your pocket.
Moving on, as we all know that no South Indian meal is complete without filter coffee, Banana Leaf offers an amazing variant of the same. Besides, you can also try their amazing desserts such as Akhrot Halwa, Yelneer Payasam and Naram Garam Gulab Jamun.
Because the place offers incredible food at extremely affordable prices, the place is always packed with diners. So, it is preferable to book your table in advance. You can book through us to score some great deals and discount vouchers.
- They also have a lot of healthy options available such as ‘soya khichdi’, ‘oats khichdi’, ‘soya medu wada’ and more
- The ‘South Indian Thali’ is what they are known for, which includes ‘Malabar curry’, ‘dal fry’, ‘mixed vegetables, ‘an appam’, ‘a neer dosa’ or a ‘Malabar parotta’ ‘bisibele bath’ and steamed rice with curd and papad as accompaniments, end your meal on a high with a serving of their ‘dessert-for-the-day’
- End your meal with their ‘filter coffee’ as no South Indian meal is complete without this
