DiscoverBangalore is pleased to present a first hand unbiased review on Bangalore Restaurants. Our freelance writer U B Githa recently visited the Vindu Restaurant on Kanakapura Road, a new Andhra Style restaurant.

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VINDU -AUTHENTIC ANDHRA RESTAURANT
Kanakapura Road, Bangalore
Phone : 57606685

There are few restaurants in the South of Bangalore that serve authentic cuisine from specified regions. Most of the good upmarket restaurants are all located in the MG Road, Brigade and Commercial Street belt. A restaurant specializing in genuine Andhra Cuisine of the coastal belt of Nellore offers the connoisseur the best of the finger licking non vegetarian dishes that the region can boast of. In addition there is the regular Multi cuisine of North India and Chinese dishes.

VINDU-in the Telugu language connotes SUMPTUOUS SPREAD- is the new Andhra restaurant in Vaishnavi Residency on Kanankapura road. Here the tradition of freshly grounded masalas, the long drawn process of marinating the various meats in their juices that tickles the palate are as close to grandmothers' original recipes. The spices come from Hyderabad, exclusively for Vindu, the special gongura (a hi-protein leafy vegetable) of the Andhra soil reach the kitchen fresh daily when used a as a gravy, and Thotakoora is sourced from their farm. The authenticity is seen in their chef hailing from Nellore.Here the fiery cuisine is toned down, and a cursory glance at the menu card is a nostalgic trip to those who know Telugu.

The starters styled as ON Your Marks has the North Indian Paneer Kebabs variants, Dragon chicken etc. For the vegans on week days there is the reasonably priced Andhra Express Thali meal of pappu, (dhal) Beerakai pala koora (ridge gourd cooked in milk), vepudus, Volavala charu (the horse gram dhal is boiled the whole night), menthula (methi) or mamidikaya (mango- in season) pulusu (sambhar). Soup is of three regular varieties and Desserts are limited to bobbattu (sweet pancake stuffed with dhal and jaggery), thick semiya(wheat noodles) payasam, dodhi (ash gourd) halwa and dry gulab jamun as Andhra does not have this concept as fruits accompanying curd rice tops off a meal. These items are priced between Rs35/= to Rs50/=Unlimited meals is at Rs45/= (Nellore rice when cooked and spread on the plate should look like jasmine flowers). The Vadiyalu are from Chittoor. The vepudu (fry) of the day-viz- Chamadumpa(arbi), gutti vankai (aubergine), Kakarakayi (bitter gourd), dondakay(tinda) and potato fry. These go well with ghee and rice.

For the non veggies it is a riot of Royyala vepudu,(prawn fry) gongura mamsam, Chilli chicken, gongura chicken, nimma(lime) chicken, nati kodi fry (farm chicken ), pepper chicken, miriyala (pepper) mamsam, that is black coloured as its marinated in black pepper powder.Kodi guddu(egg) pulusu, Hyderabadi mutton curry with huge chunks of helpings, chepalu (Nellore fish variety only) pulusu marinated in tamarind juice, royyala iguru, mamsam and kodi pulav. (The Nellore specialty of Biryani is green chilly based). Coriander and pepper are used as base in a few of the dishes and the red color of the gravy is the admixture of Bydegae and Guntur chillies.

Vaishnavi residency offers boarding accommodation too. What started as a standby kitchen to cater to room service morphed to Vindu, in view of the soft ware companies that are now dotting the length of Kanakapura road, and with an industrial belt nearby. The kitchen is airy and maintains high hygiene standards. With ample parking space, pleasing ambience and finger licking food, it's worth the visit down Kankapura road.

Andhra ruchilu is an experience, and Shivakumar has the charm to make you feel full just with a bite of the dumpa vepudus, podis and pachadlu and taking one on a wistful trip to the Andhradesa from the menu card.

For details contact 57606685

If you have been to Vindu's recently and would like to give your feedback, please provide here

Kantharaj from Bangalore writes " The Quality, food and ambience are good and it was a pleasure being there"

Babu I Arvind from Bangalore writes " Quality is Excellent new taste in Andhra Food "

Harikrishna (tnrkk@hotmail.com) also endorses the above views.

Pruthvi (silkcraftimpex@rediffmail.com) sharing the same views also adds " the best available andhrastyle resturant in south bangalore"

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