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Ploof
Near the India Habitat Centre, Ploof specialises in seafood, but the menu is a bit hit-and-miss. Deep-sea delights include Himalayan rainbow trout and baked crab.
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Punjabi by Nature
Punjabi by Nature prepares ravishingly delicious North Indian food such as lamb korma and Punjabi meat masala; mop up flavour-packed sauces with paper-thin rumali roti or thick garlic naan.
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Sagar
Sagar specialises in delectable dosas (rice and lentil flour crepes with various fillings) irresistible idlis (steamed savoury rice cakes) and other authentic South Indian specialities.
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Sagar Ratna
Sagar Ratna is another dosa dreamland, offering expertly-prepared uttapams (savoury pancakes), idlis (steamed savoury rice cakes) and other southern goodies.
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Saravana Bhavan
Massively popular, Saravana does dosas, idlis (rice cakes) and other southern specialities with aplomb, most served with lovely fresh chutneys. They also have inventive sweets such as the cucumber-seed ladoos (sweetmeat balls). There's a first-in-first-served policy - arrive early! Branch at 15 P-Block, Connaught Place.
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Sonu Chat House
Pleasing South Indian fare - by golly, there's even a chocolate banana dosa (a travesty according to dosa traditionalists; you decide) - as well as Chinese and Continental dishes.
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Swagath
Supremely scrumptious Indian fare with a focus on Mangalorean and Chettinad cuisine (especially seafood), this multi-level restaurant swarms with locals (always a good sign), who gather here for the excellent dhal-e-Swagath , chicken gassi (coconut-based curry) and similarly satiating dishes.
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United Coffee House
Oozing old-world charm, this classic 1940s restaurant is a splendid spot to slow the pace. Popular with travellers and Delhi denizens alike, its menu has oodles to choose from - soups, grilled sandwiches, sizzlers, pastas and scrummy Indian cuisine; the Haryali paneer kofta (stuffed dumplings) is delish, especially with garam garam naan.
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Veda
Indian food, with Mughlai and North-West Frontier specialities, served in an ultra-chic interior featuring pietra dura (marble inlay work) tables. The veg/non-veg tandoori platter feeds two.
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