Alexis B.
Yelp
I stopped by 615 Chutney for takeout for dinner tonight, and it was a really great experience. What I loved about the meal was that the restaurant specializes in South Indian cuisine, including dishes from the Chettinad region and the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Because they specialize in the cuisine of this region, the menu offered a lot of dishes I'd never had before. I had a hard time narrowing down what to order, so I just ordered A LOT and figured we'd eat it over a few days! Worth it.
So what did we eat? From the starters section of the menu, we tried Egg Podimas (shredded hard-boiled egg tossed with veggies and Southern Indian spices) and Kyma Idli (shredded rice cakes grilled in South Indian spices and house-made masala with choice of protein - we chose lamb). The Egg Podimas was good - a sort of South Indian flavored egg salad since it was hard-boiled eggs rather than scrambled (which I found some recipes for online). The Kyma Idli was delish - well flavored and a good texture. I loved it.
From the mains, we tried the Chettinad egg curry (hard-boiled eggs in a Chettinad curry tomatoes and onions), Kothu Parotta (shredded parotta/paratha cooked in spices with your choice of protein - for this dish I chose paneer), and pepper chicken curry (boneless chicken cooked in South Indian black pepper sauce). All three were really good. It was the first time I've ever had hard-boiled eggs in curry - yum! The chicken was tender and delicious. But the Kothu Parotta was my favorite.
Both the Kyma Idli and Kothu Parotta reminded me of an Ethiopian dish I love - firfir (leftover injera cooked in a Berbere-spiced sauce). The idli and the parotta cooked down in their respective sauces to make for interestingly textured and very tasty dishes.
I also ordered a dosa, but sadly the filling/paste for the dosa didn't make it into my to go bag. I look forward to trying it for real next time (it was the Nethili - anchovy - curry dosa, which sounds so interesting!). For dessert, we tried the Ras Malai (soft cheesecake patties soaked in milk flavored with cardamom), which was a good way to end a spicy meal!
Despite trying so many dishes, there are a lot more dishes I'd love to try! They also offer dishes that are more familiar offerings from Indian restaurants if you want a familiar/already loved dish (Paneer Tikka Masala, Butter Chicken, saag, Kurma, Vindaloo, Biryani, Chana Masala, Pakora, Samosas, dosas, and more). They have the dishes you already love and maybe some you haven't had the chance to experience yet (at least that was the case for us)! When ordering, they offer several spice levels for their dishes. We went with Spicy for our dishes and they were!
I ordered online on their website. They texted me to confirm my order and then texted me when the order was ready. They have curbside if you prefer (I think you just call them when you're outside), but I just popped in to get my order after they texted it was ready. Their lobby area is pretty spacious, and no one else was inside waiting for their meal when I went in. It looked like they did offer dine in, but the few tables are really far apart and it wasn't busy inside.
The menu is varied and exciting and the food is delicious. Other than forgetting a couple of items I ordered (the anchovy paste for the dosa and a drink I ordered), the meal was near perfect. And it's understand that certain items sometimes get forgotten with takeout and given how much food I ordered! I'll happily go back and get an absurdly large order of food again!