The Best South Indian Restaurant In Leeds

No exaggeration, the brand new Kerala Canteen in Leeds, opened simply six months in the past by pioneering Masterchef quarter finalist and culinary advisor, Bobby Geetha, is just not solely the greatest South Indian restaurant in Leeds however I’d go so far as to say, the very best in the entire of the UK! Really.

Layers and layers of genuine Kerala flavours, delicate spices and seasonings and seasonal, native produce seems to be the successful culinary equation which works into Bobby’s moorish tapas, curry bowls and biryani masterpieces. Bobby’s distinctive and tastebud-exploding interpretations of conventional dishes are so good, I might eat there daily!

Feast your eyes on this…feast!

Cleverly influenced by the Spanish model of consuming, and meze too, in the case of us Greeks, this collaborative, shareable expertise of tapas plates to start out, lets you style a bit little bit of all the pieces adopted by a luxurious curry and/or biryani dish with carby sides, leaving you full and content material, however not bursting from the seams of your denims (which is at all times a welcome reduction right here).

The restaurant decor is simply as spectacular because the meals too. Have a look at this beautiful decor which transports you to Kerala below the moonlight!

Kerala Canteen gives you an elevated, advantageous eating but relaxed, child-friendly expertise with out the large worth tags you’d count on from such an excellent, and superbly Instagrammable restaurant.

We should have tried all the pieces on the menu because of Bobby’s generosity with each tapas plate, curry and biryani dish plus dessert to observe, we sampled, prompting us to audibly ‘oooh’ and ‘aargh’ at how scrumptious all the pieces was. My youngsters cherished all of it too and devoured up the rice and wholewheat flatbreads together with the curries earlier than we had even had likelihood to {photograph} them! I’m following a low carb diet and there was SO a lot for me to eat on my food plan which will be uncommon with different eating places!

We devoured the under which collectively knocked our socks off:

Crispy Curry Leaf Calamari 
Frivolously coated calamari with curry mayonnaise.

Chilli and Tamarind Cauliflower.
Fried cauliflower tossed in a lightweight chilli tamarind sauce.

Trivandrum Fried Hen 
Frivolously spiced recipe from Trivandrum, the capital metropolis of Kerala with fried garlic yoghurt.

King Prawn and Courgette Masala. Tail on King prawns tossed in a spiced onion tomato.

A lot flavour, texture and style in each plate!

Salmon and Inexperienced Mango Curry. 
Pores and skin on salmon in a calmly spiced Kerala village curry cooked with inexperienced mango.

Kovalam Beef Brisket Biriyani.
Kovalam is a world seaside vacationer vacation spot in Kerala, well-known for its beef biriyani. This fragrant recipe is gradual cooked, regionally sourced beef Brisket mixed with quick grain karma rice.

Entire-wheat flatbread cooked in a griddle, brushed with clarified butter and grated cheese. Premium basmati rice (not photographed as a result of youngsters’ greed!)

Dubai Chocolate Cheesecake and Gulab Jamun.
Dubai’s expat inhabitants majority is from Kerala and this dessert is devoted to them. Baked vanilla cheesecake, heat gulab jamun (spherical, candy sponge) and berry sauce.

What a showstopper!

Kerala Canteen really units the bar for South Indian meals in Leeds, within the UK and worldwide. Wow.

Located subsequent to the Leeds Playhouse, it’s excellent for a pre-theatre dinner or a household lunch or early dinner.

This was a complimentary meal however as at all times, my phrases are trustworthy.