Patholi

Established in 1985, hotel ayodhya (Sri Ram Bhavan restaurant) is famous for dishing out local vegetarian Mangalorian GSB (Gaur Saraswat Brahmin) cusine at affordable prices.

Do visit this hotel if you wish to see and try many different vegetraian local snack items in Mangaluru, Hotel ayodhya (Sri Ram Bhavan restaurant) is famous for dishing out local vegetarian Mangalorian GSB (Gaur Saraswat Brahmin) cusine at affordable prices.You get numerous local snack items (sweet as well as salty) like Pundi Ghasi, Patholi, Pathrode, Thekkare Idli, Avalakki, Mude Tove and many more. Please note that most of the dishes are made early in the morning and kept ready to be served, so do not expect snacks to be piping hot and fresh.

Patholi (Sweet Rice Dumplings Steamed In Turmeric Leaves) is a konkani sweet dish made with rice. Rice is ground into a thick batter and spread on a turmeric leaf which is then filled with a sweet coconut filling. The leaves are folded together and steamed. The turmeric leaves impart their heavenly aroma and flavour to these rice dumplings.

We tried Patholi in Ayodhya and found it to be very unique and good in taste. It was wrapped in turmeric leaf and had a thin filling of coconut and jaggery.

Below are some of the other good food joints in Mangalore serving authentic veg Mangalorean cuisine-

• Hotel Janatha Deluxe
• Woodlands Restaurant
• Chutney Pure Veg Restaurant
• Hotel Indra Bhavan