Mohalla - Indian casual upmarket diner
I had heard good things about this place and went here on the suggestion of a friend.
The ambience is casual yet gives an upmarket feel to it.
The menu isn't extensive but they have some interesting items.
We started with the poha crusted prawns. The name itself was so interesting. It looked nice when it was served and it was exactly what the name suggests - prawns that are coated with poha and are crispy. The texture was great and so was the taste. It was served with an orange chutney.
I'm not the kind who'd generally have vada-pav at an upmarket restaurant; I prefer it at small roadside eateries, but on the suggestion of my friends, we ordered a vada-pav. It was actually good. It had chutney inside, and was served with chillies and some salad on the side.
The next starter that we had was the avocado papdi chaat. This was similar looking to sev-puri but with avocado in it. It was a bit too sweet for our liking.
For my beverage, I had masala chaans and was nice and frothy with a good flavour of the spices.
Moving on to the mains, we ordered a rayalseema prawn curry. This was a coconut milk based yellow curry preparation of prawns. One bit, and it felt heavenly. I definitely recommend trying this out.
The egg fried rice too was fantastic. It was made just the way I like it.
The corn cheese kofta was another interesting dish. It was a spinach gravy (like palak paneer) and in it were corn cheese tikkis. The cheesy tikkis tasted great, and it was a good combination with the palak gravy.
We also had the Gobhi tikka masala. This had huge pieces of cauliflower in it. Th gravy though was sweet and tangy and we really didn't enjoy this. It felt like they put a lot of sugar in tomato gravy.
With our mains, we tried the garlic naan, butter roti, and the malabar parota. All of which were good.
In the end we wanted some saunf / supari / mouth freshener, and we asked for it, but they didn't have any. I expect an upmarket Indian restaurant to have this.
Apart from these little bits, most of the food was really amazing. I especially liked the prawn dishes. Definitely worth checking out the place if you're looking for an Indian restaurant with some really good food. The prices are similar to a fine dine restaurant; the ambience is that of a casual upmarket one.
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