If you are a true food lover, you must have always looked for authentic, mouthwatering, and delicious food at the best prices. Do you want all these in your food? Experience having food in the different states of India with their crazy variety of cookeries. Try out Prawn Peri Peri from Goa, rich spicy Kosha Mangsho and hot, soft luchis from Bengal, and fiery Pork Ribs from Nagaland. Now, you must have a thought that you will need to travel to these places to eat such delicious food every time. Do not get worried, as you can have these delicious items in Delhi.
Here is a list of State Bhavan canteens that serve drool-worthy authentic cuisine without burning a hole in your pocket.
Here is a list of State Bhavan canteens that serve all these delicious cuisines from many parts of India without burning a hole in your pocket.
Andhra Bhawan
Location: Ashoka Road, Connaught Place
Cost: Rs. 300 (for two)
Andhra Bhawan serves Andhra food cravers. The Thali is the most recommended and consists of everything vegetarian, like rice, tangy rasam, papad, curd, vegetable trials, chutney, and Kandi Podi with ghee. Non-vegetarian meals are for weekends, like mutton curry and chicken fry. The lunches at weekends are only for Hyderabadi Biryani, made of basmati rice, meat, and spices.
Jammu and Kashmir House
Location: Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri
Cost: Rs. 250 (for two)
There is no specific menu for this place. For the day, the menu gets written on a retro little blackboard with chalk. On special days, Mutton Rogan Josh gets available with spicy gravy made of onions, tomatoes, and green chilies on top of the kebabs.
Tamil Nadu House Canteen
Location: Opposite Chanakya Theater, Chanakyapuri
Cost: Rs. 600 (for two)
The most recommended dish of this place is Chicken Biriyani as it is spicy with fragrant sauce and the delicate Malabar parotta. It also serves its customers delicious idlis, dosas, and upmas.
Karnataka Food Center
Location: RK Puram, Rao Tula Ram Road
Cost: Rs. 400 (for two)
For dosa lovers, Karnataka Sangha is a go-to place. Mysore Masala Dosa, directed hot and flaky with a spicy coating of chili paste with generous helpings of sambhar and chutney. It also offers smooth, light rice idlis and crispy vadas with tangy rasam.
Assam Bhawan
Location: 1, Assam Bhavan, Sardar Patel Marg
Cost: Rs. 600 (for two)
Parampara Thali has a vast collection of dishes. You will first obtain a Khar to cleanse your plate, and then Dal flavored with onions and coriander. You will have Pitaka, mashed potato with mustard oil, chopped green chilies and coriander, Duck Curry, fish cooked over charcoal and boiled in plantain leaves, and tangy Kahudi dry, and end it off with creamy rich Payesh.
Samrudhi, Kerala House
Location: 3, Jantar Mantar Road
Cost: Rs. 350 (for two)
During lunch, Samrudhi place has a lot of rush so try to reach by 1 pm if planning to have lunch. The seats are limited here, and you will get a thali at Rs.50. The most recommended item is beef fry which you must taste. You can also try rice, rasam, sambhar, and papad here to have a more mouthwatering experience.
Gujarat Bhawan
Location: 11, Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri
Cost: Rs. 350 (for two)
The most notable thing about this place is Thali, which has a sheer quantity. The Gujarat Bhawan is simple and direct, but its food, like dal, Bhakawadi, theplas, farsan, kathod, and papad, does all the magic for its customers.
