Dosas, meals, and proper filter coffee.
A Tamil & Chettinad tiffin room — lentil-rice dosas off the griddle, steamed idli & vada, banana-leaf meals at lunch, and coffee pulled between steel tumblers. Mostly vegetarian, always made to order.
Start here
A few things regulars come back for. Full menu below.
The banana-leaf meal
Our version of a Tamil "meals" (sappadu): rice at the center, ringed by sambar, rasam, two seasonal poriyal, kootu, chutney, pickle, appalam and a small payasam. Refills on rice and sambar — that's the rule.
- Vegetarian by default; vegan on request
- Changes with what's good that week
- Eat right-to-left, finish with rasam rice
Filter coffee, pulled by hand
Dark South Indian roast, brewed slow in a steel filter, cut with hot milk and a little sugar, then pulled between dabara and tumbler until it froths. Order it "by two" to share the way it's meant to be.
Chettinad Sunday special
Pepper-forward Chettinad chicken or a Kongunadu veg meal, with extra poriyal and a jaggery payasam. Demonstration special — easy for the kitchen to swap each week.
Come sit down.
41 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06510 · counter & table service · street parking + the Orange St garage.
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Pickup in ~20 min, or delivery through our partners.
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