prems graama bhojanam

tasty | healthy | traditional | cheap |
these are some of the words that come to my mind when i think about this place.
i would go there again and again just for the water that they give there . it is amazing! trust me.
the first time when i went there i was skeptical of the taste as i always had an impression that healthy food cannot be tasty . but they proved me wrong.
loved the rice varieties andmilletdosa varieties so much and you can try anything and everything on the menu and it will be amazing.
a must visit place!

this is one of the places where we walked in looking at the name board and were very happy we did that.

since we started millets at home three years ago, we know the efforts that go in curating a meal for palates only used to only rice/wheat. mr.krishnamoorthy and his team do a splendid job of crafting just the right meal for you. we had the well presented 4 millets thali was rich and fulfilling as a meal. didn’t feel stuffed, nor did we feel hungry even several hours later. the dessert made with jaggery was delicious and reminded me of the aravana payasam that is part of the sabarimala prasadam. it turns out they use the same kind of jaggery.

there is a different spread each for breakfast, lunch & dinner. the décor has a lot of wood and is very functional.

we only planned on having amilletlunch and were happy to have chanced upon this place while walking around in the chennai heat.

we sampled some vadas - prepared like meatballs but made from soya & packed with protein.
got to meet the owner and heard the back story and the thought behind the restaurant.

millets don’t come cheap but the meals are well priced and there’s certainly no compromise on taste.

on sundays, they offer jackfruit(small & raw) biriyani which is finger licking good. a ‘must visit’ restaurant in chennai.

themilletmeal was fantastic. ordered via zomato menu and got bit confused betweenmilletand chapathimilletmeal. mistook for wrong delivery and rated as 1 . apologies . taking this opportunity to provide a revised rating in dining as zomato doesn’t allow to change the rating on the same delivery. thank you

a restaurant which serves healthy veg food in chennai.

i visited this place with my friend last weekend. we had a nice experience. i would say this restaurant has met our expectations in terms of food.

we ordered chapati with dal,milletmeals and panakam. chapati with dal was good.milletmeals had four different types ofmilletsadam. sambar sadam and rasam sadam are my favourites. panakam had more jaggery content in it, so i couldn't consume it. since the restaurant doesn't use artificial colors or flavors, i was a bit skeptical about the taste. but once i started having food, i felt like home food. the usp of this place is the drinking water they serve. since it is treated with camphor, cardamom and a few other spices, it tasted good.

prices are appropriate for the quantity and quality of food. service was good, but it could be better. we went to the restaurant around 3 pm. this may be one of the reasons why we felt service could be improved.

ambience needs improvement. considering the cost of food, this could be ignored.

i would recommend this place to people who are very keen about healthy food. people who haven't triedmilletfood may not like it in the first go but should get habituated after multiple visits.

hygiene - 3.5/5
taste - 4.5/5(considering the tasty food using millets)
service - 3.5/5
ambience - 3/5
price - 4/5

overall experience - 3.5/5

chennai
before i leave from this beautiful city to which i’m attached in many ways .
one last mandatory pit stop 🛑
prems graama bhojanam
yes a wonderful concept which is a brainchild of n.s. krishnamoorthi who has done a fantastic job by introducing millets in to some exotic dishes served .
yes the food at prems has a unique touch - one would have a home made feel and enjoy a healthy and nutritious meal 🥘
each dish served here is unique and tastes divine .

👉🏻started with coconut 🥥 nectar
a perfect sweet and refreshing drink made from flower buds of coconuts trees .
this one is mind blowing and has loads of medicinal values in it .
(they call it as neera or padhaneer in local language)
👉🏻then tried the mushroom 🍄 soup made with fresh veggies . no artificial colours or preservatives used !
👉🏻 then comes kolaurundai - madurai speciality which is made with soya chunks , coconut , chinna dal.a perfect appetiser .
👉🏻apollo paneer a perfect replica of hyderabad speciality apollo fish .
but this one is made with paneer andmilletcoating ,loved the tangyness and finely chopped garlic used in it.
👉🏻special thali - this compromises ofmilletbased veg biryani ,milletsambar dish ,milletbased rasam dish and miller based curd dish .
the chutneys are given as accompaniments - allammaagaya, pappuchutney .
it comes with roti , channa masala and poriyal.
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to end this meal we have black rice halwa which is just divine
(reminds me of thirunelvelli halwa 💓)
on the whole it’s a roller coaster ride of native touch with robust flavours i could sense with each dish served .

if you are in chennai do head to
prems graama bhojanam for an offbeat experience.

summing up my trip on a delicious note
food -5/5 excellent and taste is divine
service -5/5 dutiful and warm staff
ambiance - 5/5 simple decor with great wall arts around . feel at home kinda place
vfm 5/5
true value for money
(special thanks naveen suresh for the prems breakfast meet and introducing me to uncle back in bangalore )

every time i’m in chennai i’m coming back to prems 😁

chennai

prems grams bojanam serves some healthy breakfast with only சிறுதானிய or millet
prems grama bhojanam which is located in adyar they are now recently started to provide healthy breakfast

millet - types of millets,
kambu, thinai, saamai, varagu, kuthiraivali, ragi

nowadays people are becoming more and more health conscious. we all started looking for some better alternatives for rice and wheat to reduce its daily consumption. for those people, millets are really wonder grains or miracle grains i should say. millets are the power house of fiber, calcium, minerals & iron

the intresting part is their vada which is not a regular one .they mix up (spinach + flax seeds) that is (கீரை +ஆளி விதைகள்) along with it

they have some reasonable price ranging combos like

millet idly + sweet potato masala dosa + vada ( keera+ flax seed)+millet pongal +milletjaggery sweet for just 75 inr

price differs on the combo what we choose but maximum price of combo is 75 inr

ambience was peaceful and good

self service

taste wise they were really good and the main thing about this place, it is healthy and organic

dont forget to tatse their lunch varities too where they serve kuthuravali rasam ,thenai sambar etc

post credits : eat healthy and stay healthy

rating 4/5

we went with family and relatives on 9th august.

it was a small and neat place. some of the family members were skeptical about the kind of food that we could get here, but we settled down in few tables and went through the menu. the manager explained that all the food here were made of millets.

we ordered mini tiffan, need dosa, thinai rava dosa, thatte idli,millethalwa, khulfi, pathaneer etc,

all items were tasty and the feeling at the end if the meal was one of healthy satisfaction.

all staff patiently explain the dishes ( mostly forgotten rural recipes) and encourage you to try them.

will visit again!

one of the best no nonsense places for south indian tiffin in chennai - the food ismilletfocused, but you will really not be able to tell. there is no compromise at all on  taste. food is very reasonably priced, and all items are excellent. the thatte idly with peanut chutney and the palm jaggery kulfi are especially good. since they have recently moved to a larger place two streets away, the seating is more spacious and relaxed. its the kind of place your tongue and your wallet both want to keep visiting

old wine in a new bottle

 
we all know how pgb sculpted success through their introduction of traditional millet-based lovely esculents. their first pleasure point where we used to quench our culinary needs was in a place adjacent to grt jewellers, adayar. now they have moved over to a better place at 23/10, 3rd main road, kasturibai nagar, adayar, next to shiv nadar university office and opposite to indus ind bank.

 

advantages in the new place:

 

ground floor.

air-conditioned.

parking facility.

more covers (i think).

 

things that remain unchanged:

 

smiles from the entire family of ns krishnamoorthi who runs the show.

his cogency in maintaining a pleasant rapport with his patrons

variety and quality of the dishes.

 

my comments about the food at pgb will be inconsequential as they have already earned in abundance laurels and analytical appreciations from almost everyone who took a seat at their tables. yet falling within the line of control of this forum, i post some of the delicacies i had in their new place.

 

for two of us we shared the following:

1.      pathaneer. i have to say that this delectable palm nectar is a new entrant in their menu. wonderful!

2.      thatta idli. the mind-boggling soft idli that contains no rice!

3.      davengare benna dosa.  this dosa is felicitous.

4.      apollo paneer. this is a personal creation of nsk which is a ‘must to try’.

5.      kola urundai. i till date can’t make out how a vegetarian dish can taste so much like non-vegetarian stuff.

6.      cholam ghee roast. amilletmarvel.

 

we paid a total of 516/- including tax and exited with full satisfaction from that warm and friendly place. i’m sure the new joint is going to burst at the seams with eager customers. i inferred this on witnessing the chockablock of guests on the day of my visit.

 

food of good quality and healthy. so i give a full rating. if you are diet conscious and taste conscious for this budget friendly option. frommilletutthappams to ragi dosa with sweet potato masala, it is 'taste main best' !

we were here for lunch with family.

> decent atmosphere.

>limited menu, so we will not run out of time choosing receipies.

>healthy choice, we get ragi and soya varieties, rice only from millet. no added sugar or chemicals even in desserts.

>we had regular meals made ofmillet- sambar rice was excellent taste, puliogre, rasam different taste, curd rice, ragi chapathi though bigger was very light, dhal and veggie.

> kali kalavai with 6 ragi balls & curry was so yummy.

> kola urundai - protein soya ball, my patti could not resist holding fr a photo, it was light n good

> dojo kulfi is out of world taste.

> ppl can try panagam here which is fame in narasimha temple.

esp water is tulsi water so good taste.

pls try healthy food with your family here.

tried the below,
benne dosa, red rice dosa, neer dosa, thinai rawa dosa, pesarattu , paniyaaram , natural pot kulfi,milletdosa, thatte idli, herbal water.

- organic food @ it's very best ❤️

must try :)

location is quite difficult to find - next to kalyan jewellers, adyar.

as part of our friday food hopping, me and my friend decided to get on to try some healthy chains in the city. prem's graama bhojan did take you on a healthy road of food. we hadmilletbhajji, pesarttu, thattu idli, roti combo, uthappam combo, buttermilk, paanagam and sukku coffee.

the best of what we ate would be podi thattu idli. it was well cooked, the podi was proportionally spread and the getti chutney combo just made it super delicious. the next was bhajji. never eaten such a soft bhajji. wondering how it could be so soft, i found that it was cucumber on the inside and it's flesh have the soft texture and the outer have the bhajji flavour feel of it.
buttermil and paanagam was okay. i have had better. sukku coffee was too good and leaves a good throat.
reducing a star for the service style and the price.

bestmilletlunch in town.. u will get variety rice , sambar sadam, rasam sadam, curd rice, each made of different millet. rasam rice is out of the world.. the kali urundai they provide s delicious.. visited several times for lunch, they do maintain the consistency always . the water will have jeera in it.. we can also get cold drink - panagam n butter milk. i like their panagam. tasted their kulfi too, which is good.
but dinner is not up to level with lunch.. it's decent one..

thanks to a temple visit we got a chance to visit this restaurant. as it was a veg day and we didn’t want to go to our regular abode sangeetha, we visited prems graame bhojanam.

first up we called the restaurant to check for car parking, which was not available so had to park it in the street next to it, which was not easy because of a horde of ‘no parking’ signs. somehow we managed to park at a far end.

the restaurant was a house modified superbly, utilizing the space to the fullest, thus by giving a chance to feel like home as well as being professionally served. it took a good 20 minutes to get a seat as we went during prime time on a saturday evening. but the wait was worth it as the people were friendly in handling customers. in fact that’s the major plus there.

so coming to food, as we had a lot of time to scrutinize the menu we chose what we gonna order before we got a seat. we ordered a mini tiffin which contains half thatte idli, one benne dosa, three kuzhipaniyaram and one among the beverages which consist of buttermilk, paanakam, sukku coffee. seeing the reviews we chose sukku coffee. the package is totally worth it as you get the best of the basic and the filling is wholesome. the fact that chutney and sambar would be at table was an additional advantage because having the sides at our disposal means we can use it as much as we like, more importantly not waste anything. groundnut chutney was my favourite, my family member liked the tomato chutney. sambar was liked equally by all. kuzhipaniyaram was brilliant. thatte idle was huge in size and soft too but i prefer a spicy chutney when it comes to thatte idli. benne dosa again was very good.

neer dosa was not available so we ordered red rice dosa which was decent. dosa was very dry to my taste. pesarattu was good but as i once had it from an andhra grandma i don’t think i’d give 5/5 to any pesarattu ever. thinai rawa onion dosa was good but couldn’t beat sangeetha’s onion rawa dosa. onion rawa is my favourite of all tiffin items of the south. so i wasn’t overwhelmed by it. kavuni puttu sweet was top notch. nothing like i’ve tasted before. it was too sweet but i like it too sweet.
 
among the starters the sweet potato crispies were good but i was expecting something like wedges so didn’t like it much. we anyways parcelled it and had as a tea time snack the next day.milletbajji was decent but oily. sukku coffee like the reviews said, was to die for. you’ll definitely be relived of your cold if you have one cup of it. kulfi on the other hand was a disappointment, it was too hard, felt as if even the spoon would break.
 
well, how can i go without saying the best item which was not in the menu but served compulsorily to all? water. one sip and you’d know what i’m talking about. in all a totally satisfying saturday night vegetarian experience which i’d have given 4.5 star but thanks to zomato’s policy of no 0.5’s i’ll rate it as 4. (still don’t understand why they removed 0.5’s from their rating)