Southern Indian cooking is one of the great cuisines of the world, rigorously vegetarian, intricately spiced, dominated by tart, fiery stews. The best place to go for southern Indian cooking is the plush Dasaprakash, which is affiliated with a family-run chain of hotels back in South India. Many people in the Indian community consider Dasaprakash --- to be one of the very serious Indian restaurants in Southern California.
Outside south India, it’s hard to find Sambhar that tastes right -even the best dosai place in Calcutta can’t duplicate the flavor. The Sambhars I’ve tried in Los Angeles have been terrible, but Dasaprakash gets the seasoning as right as may be possible here.
Its a little on the expensive side, but worth a visit
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