” It’s like a canape”, Chef Bala said thoughtfully. ” Dahi means yoghurt”.
” Yeah, this is one of our best sellers and folks love it because of the milk texture”, Viren agreed.  ,” This is a pretty popular chutney object in India, often sold by the city sellers. On the exterior, it ‘s , crisp and inside, it ‘s , soft”.
Mini puri ( deep- fried hollow dough puffs ) were stuffed with mashed potato then topped with sev ( crunchy chickpea flour noodles ), dahi and three variations of chutney: Mint, tamarind and spicy. The bite-sized meal had such a lot of flavor and texture that it was impossible to stop at one.
Chef Bala gained access to the kitchen to enjoy Chef Satasivam prepare our subsequent course while we watched the hors d’oeuvres being devoured. Chef Satasivam, who has been working at the restaurant for 23 years, prepared the menu. Fixed thosai, or rightly named” towel” thosai, had a thicker, bread- like appearance and looked quite different from the narrow and crunchy version I knew.