Steamed fermented rice cakes with tamarind-lentil sambar and coconut chutney -- simple, healthy, and ritualistic, this is the defining Chennai breakfast more than any other single dish.
In Triplicane, Ratna Café's sambar is considered the city's standard against which others are measured. Arrive early -- the breakfast rush fills tables fast.
In T. Nagar, the ghee podi idli version here is genuinely better than the standard, though it's not always the default order -- ask for it specifically.
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