Restaurants In Chennai Where You Can Indulge In Delicious Pongal This Festive Season

In a state like Tamil Nadu where culture plays a lead inspite of extensive westernisation, Pongal is the one festival that has been preserved since time immemorial. As the chief festival of the state, Pongal needs to be celebrated with some juicy sugarcanes, beautiful kolams and not to forget the protagonist of the day, pongal. Pongal is a festival that brings back the Tamil culture depicted by our ancestors and we by reincarnating the ancient cultural practices in this modernised era gently reminds us that we still respect and take all initiatives to preserve our undying Tamil culture. This day of the year, the city is alive and breathing with music, food and happy souls and the streets are buzzing with joy with happy families sharing pongal, sweets and sugarcanes. The streets are lit up with colourful kolams as they radiate the glow of the Tamil culture. Families and friends come together and cook pongal to celebrate this auspicious day of the year whereas some families visit their native villages to reminisce their harmonic memories by diving into a pool of nostalgic waves as they wait every year for this prime festival to arrive. 

People celebrate Pongal in their own unique way by exhibiting the culture of Tamil Nadu in accordance to their ancestral norms. Pongal is all about sharing love, spreading cultural values and above all, eating pongal. So how are you going to celebrate Pongal this 2017? Too lazy to cook pongal at home? Worried about getting the perfect consistency? 

Well, here is a list of restaurants in the city where you can indulge in some delicious pongal to celebrate this auspicious day of the year with your family and friends.

Prems Graama Bhojanam 

If you want to plunge into a nostalgic pool with native south indian feels, this is the place to get your pongal. Although this place is small, your stomach and your satisfaction won’t be after you visit this temple of south Indian cuisine. 

Where: 19, Sardar Patel Road, Next To GRT, Adyar, Chennai

Sangeetha veg restaurant 

This place has been an abode for vegetarian cuisine for quite a long time and the pongal here is something you need to try this year if you haven’t. 

Where: 91, Shivalaya Complex, Ethiraj Street, Egmore, Chennai

Mathsya

A legendary vegetarian restaurant in the city which is open all the way from dawn till 2 AM and the pongal is delicious in this house. Don’t forget to reserve your table as this place is known for the crowd. 

Where: 1, Halls Road, Egmore, Chennai

Sree Akshayam

Authentic vegetarian dishes known for its reasonable prices, pongal is a must try here. 

Where: AJ-6, 4th Avenue, Shanthi Colony, Anna Nagar East, Chennai

Hotel Saravana Bhavan 

This is a world famous franchise known for its delicious array of vegetarian dishes and you need not compromise on getting your pongal under this house except that the prices are a tad bit on the higher note. There are uncountable branches in the city but you can visit the Anna nagar branch for good ambience and service. 

Where: Y 209, 2nd Avenue, Anna Nagar West, Chennai

Murugan Idli Shop

This place is where you will get the most delicious and mouth watering south Indian dishes where idlis are pillows and dosas are satin sheets and the pongal is a warm bed of soft cotton. Mark this as a place you need to visit before you meet the gods. It is considered a sin to not try out the sweet pongal in this heavenly abode. MUST VISIT. Although there are many branches, the kilpauk branch offers you good ambience and very good service. This place is known for its long queues, so its a good way to train your tolerance level. 

Where: 31 & 12/3A, Ormes Road, Kilpauk, Chennai

Annalaya veg restaurant 

A friendly restaurant where you can try out some delicious pongal on this auspicious day. 

Where: 14, Jaganathan Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai

Ratna cafe

One of the best joints in the city for delicious south indian food with affordable prices. Celebrating the day here with some mouth watering pongal is an ideal choice. 

Where: 255, Triplicane High Road, Triplicane, Chennai

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Extremely neat ambience, good crowd and delicious pongal. Although this place is for the idlis and the dosas, you won’t regret having the pongal here. Beware of prices. 

Where: 8, 1st Floor, Sathyam Cinemas Complex, Thiruvika Road, Royapettah, Chennai