Dakshin Culture Curry Speciality South Indian Restobar — Restaurant in Mumbai

Dakshin culture specializes in various South Indian dishes. The ambience is so quaint and beautiful. The bright lights and soft music makes it so peaceful and enjoyable. The menu has vast range of dishes, with fish preparations, chicken, mutton. Their motto is that South Indian cuisine is much more than Idlis and Dosas.

What we ordered: In Starters 🍢 🔸Fish Fry Porichaphu 🐟❤️ This was a very tempting dish. Pomphret which was nicely marinated was served in red masala and fried. It had a nice tangy sweet taste. The covering was crisp with hint of spices and the sauce served along was tangy sweet. A must try!

🔹Spice Rubbed Rawas ❤️💯 Rawas fish marinated with spices and yogurt and nicely grilled. The flavors were soaked in the fish. The dish was so well prepared that all I wanted to eat was this yummy Rawas. My new favorite.

In Cocktails 🍹 🔸Cosmopolitan 🍸❤️💯 Our usual favorite. This Cocktail was well prepared. Just the way I like it. Nothing can ever go wrong with Cosmo. Went perfectly well with the starters.

🔹Mango Margarita 🍹❤️ This was tangy sweet due to the mango flavor but again a yummy boozy drink. Well served with sugar coated at the rim. It was an eye candy.

In Mains 🍛 🔸Prawns Manglorean Sukkha 🍤❤️💯 This was a delight. If you want something light to go with your breads then this is it. This was so flavorful and tasty. Hint of all the spices nicely marinated in prawns. The prawns were in good number and juicy.

🔹Chicken Chettinad 🍲❤️❤️💯 This was the best Chicken Chettinad. Spicy and tasty, with so many flavors. I could eat it everyday. Just like homemade gravies but much more flavors and spices. Too yum. A must must try here.

🔸Malabar Paratha It was served hot and crisp. Went really well with Chettinad gravy and the chicken pieces.

🔹Appam ❤️ They've a special counter to make appams. And my mum loved it to the core that through out the meal she had more of appams. Beautifully made and served steaming hot.

🔸Neer Dosa Soft and light. Non sticky and thin slices. The beauty of neer dosa. Just perfect.

In Desserts 🍦 🔹Shahi Tukda ❤️ Fried bread stuffed with rabdi. The rabdi was so so good. Specially made by the chef. It was full of rich milky flavors.

🔸Watalappam 🍮❤️💯 Similar to our beloved custard but a famous South Indian dessert made from Coco and jaggery. Only if you taste it then only you can understand what I'm saying. It was so soft and tasty. Loved it!

The service is a bit slow, but once you taste the food you'll be on a joy ride. The food is so well prepared and so delectable. Each dish is pretty unique and delicious. It is a melange of flavors dancing in your mouth. The servers are well trained and will help you with your selections. You'll definitely leave with a happy stomach and a smile...

ABOUT THE RESTAURANT :-

Dakshin Culture Curry is a mini south India in Mumbai. This Place serves veg and non-veg cuisines from Kerala, Chettinad, Andhra, Hyderababd, Manglore and Coorg in a South Indian Decor. This place is Easy to Locate. They also have show kitchen where we see preparation of appam live. Another good thing is parts of profits are donated to a charitable Institute. This Place has earned a lot of recognition Nationally and Internationally as well. The Ambience Completely Reminds you of South India. The Exotic Southern Cuisines are prepared by Authentic cooks from Dakshin. The cuisines are modified and standardised to suit the Mumbaikar's Palates by Executive Chef Deepa Awchat. The Owner themselves come up to the table and asked us whether we liked the food and our experience.

WHAT I TRIED :-

1. Kozhi Rassam :-

Its like a Spicy version of rassam with chunks of chicken in it. This is perfect for spice lovers. Chicken was well cooked and the rassam was very flavourful. The spices definitely remind you of the coastal cuisine.

2. Thakkali Rassam :-

This is the vegetarian version of rassam. Not as spicy as the chicken one. This was rather tangy. One of the best part of this soup was the balance of flavour was really good. The consistency of rassam is lighter than a soup hence this is a great option.

3. South Indian Chaas :-

This was a very unique chaas, having a mild tadka flavour this is something I highly recommend you'll to try. Very Delicious and very unique. This chaas is currently one of the best one that I have had.

4. Banana Flower Vada :-

Banana Flower vada was something new for me, I was trying it for the first time. It tasted kinda like a mix of onion pakoda and kothimbir vadi. Crispy coating on the outside and the quantity of this dish was also good enough for upto 4 people.

5. Andhar Chicken (Mirapakai Kodi) :-

Chicken sautéed in onions and spices and topped with grated coconut. The chicken was very well cooked and the spices were medium spicy and the crunchy bits of grated coconut made it a little sweet-spicy combo. Definitely the flavours immediately reminds you of the costal spices.

6. Rawas Porichattu
7. Mutton Pepper Fry
8. Veg Stew and Kerala Paratha
9. Brinjal & Potato Masala ( Urlai Vankai Koora)
10. Chicken Chettinad and Neer Dosa
11. Prawns and Raw Mango Curry and Appam
12. Lemon Rice 13)...

A school friend sent me a reel about Poe and Pao in Chembur. I decided to go chasing Poe and Pao. Since I was already in Bandra, I thought I’d try their Matunga outlet instead.

Now, if you’re a true-blue Mumbaikar, you know traffic jams aren’t an inconvenience, they’re a lifestyle. So there I was, stuck in the middle of one, wishing for a restroom more than anything else.

When I finally reached, they said, “Go next door.” I stumbled into Dakshin Culture Curry and found the cleanest restroom in Mumbai. Small, but spotless. You can’t do pranayama there, but you’ll definitely come out feeling zen.

Feeling human again, I stepped out… and somehow found myself in Diva Maharashtracha. For a moment, I thought I’d taken a wrong turn in life. That’s when someone explained that Dakshin Culture Curry, Goa Portuguesa, and Diva Maharashtracha are a trilogy, same team, shared menu, different cuisines. And Poe and Pao? The latest addition to the family.

One look at the menu, and I knew there was no way I was walking back to Poe and Pao.

I started with a Sushegad Shot (feni, lime, and kaffir leaves) - Goa in a glass. Then came the Khekade Kalimiri Soup, a crab-and-black-pepper combo that doubles as a natural sinus reliever. After that, Ravas Moile, Tender Coconut Cashew Nut Sukke (their signature dish), Chicken Modak, and Appam n Amboli.

The Chicken Modak was the surprise star—moist chicken kheema wrapped in a soft, pillowy coating. Though, between us, it did look slightly jaundiced.

They ended the meal with complimentary Caramel Custard—light, soft, and just the right sweetness.

The staff were courteous and attentive, the ambience warm and welcoming.

Ambience: A+ Food: A+++

What started as a quest for Poe and Pao turned into a delicious detour, a reminder that some of the best finds in Mumbai happen purely by...