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| - My venture into Indian food started out pretty rough. Maybe it was because the first time I tried it was at a place that used to be a strip club in Erie. I was sick for three days after. Obviously you can see why I'd stay away....
Fast forward years later and I had a taste of some pretty good Indian in SF and figured I'd venture back in with an Indian food expert. So Serena R was kind enough to take me to her fav spot in the Burgh. Monroeville is definitely not my ideal destination spot in Pgh, but for good food, I'll travel anywhere!
I had Serena suggest a couple things and settled on the Vada for an app. These are tiny fried donut holes with chutney and sambar sauces. This was a great first nibble! I ordered the Butter Marsala Dosa because I love the potato mixture inside! I thought that was delish, although being a supersize American I would have loved more taters, but i definitely enjoyed the portion I had!
We also ordered the Channa Batura, which is a huge puff of rice dough with a chick pea mix. I'm sorry I'm totally not being correct with my Indian food descriptions, but this was probably my favorite dish. I really loved the doughy rice and the chick pea mix to dip it in. The dough part is HUGE, and we didn't finish it all. I took it home with the chick peas. I know I probably won't eat much of the dough, but I'm definitely finishing the chick peas!
I would absolutely come back and try something else new. The menu is huge, so you could take a while discovering your favorite dish! And everyone is right, you don't mind it being vegetarian only, since everything tasted so great, you don't miss the meat!
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