Vaathsalya Millet Cafe, as the name suggests, is a concept
cafe that uses millet in every dish.
This is located on the JP nagar 15th cross ring road at the
Nandini signal underpass (opposite Damro furniture). A spacious house is
converted to a cosy cafe with indoor and outdoor seating. A clean, spacious and
tasteful interior with light instrumental music playing in the background makes
the ambience very inviting.
I went for lunch to this cafe with my mother out of
curiosity - to check if health food can actually taste good. I ordered a thali - and was I surprised!
The cafe believes in serving fresh, simple and local food -
so the menu is very native to Karnataka - hot ragi rotti, tangy and tasty green
tomato chutney, wholesome soya grain and capsicum curry that tasted really good,
raitha, brown rice, soppin palya (greens subzi) mildly spiced sprouted curry, doddpathre buttermilk curry,
paayasa made of brown rice, channa dal and jaggery and methi and aralu (puffed
rice) malted buttermilk. Note that the menu changes every day.
The enterprising lady who runs the cafe informed us that no food colouring, artificial flavours or soda is used. Every dish is prepared keeping in mind the health benefit of the grains and keeping the dish light, simple and wholesome.
Every dish served was unique in taste. Lots of effort had gone into understanding nutritional value of grains and presenting and serving healthy and fresh food.
The cafe also sells a variety of food products such as
malts, flax seeds powder, ragi dosa mix and ragi thambittu (a traditional sweet
preparation with ragi flour, jaggery and whole spices) amongst others.
Service was quick and the staff was very courteous. However, for healthy eaters, the portions could seem frugal.
If you like home style simple and healthy food and believe
in eating local, a visit to Vaathsalya cafe is a must.
PS: Easy on the wallet - a thali costs Rs 120.
Verdict : 4/5
