Ken J.
Yelp
About 40 years ago, my favorite restaurant was a South Indian place. It was in an ordinary shopping center in an ordinary suburb of ... Indianapolis?? I don't remember where. But the restaurant was anything but ordinary.
I don't think anyone went for the ambience. The wait staff was a bunch of very, very nice and human Indians with varying proficiency in English, but their service was excellent. And the FOOD. Holy cats. The FOOD.
South Indian food isn't what you usually see in an Indian restaurant. It's largely flatbread, made with lentil, rice and buckwheat flour. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA - don't stop reading. We're not talking brown lentils - there are 87 different kinds of the little beans. Whatever they use, the pancake-y flatbreads can be sweet or sour or mild; and soft or crispy. They're all types of dosa.
Then they add toppings. They're usually vegetarian, so don't look for lamb. They're made from things like potatoes or a delicious kind of basil or a kind of mango that isn't sweet but tastes amazing after it's cooked. Hotness can be anything from the mildest to holy crap bring another glass of water, depending on the dish and what spice level you order. The spices aren't like you have had before, but they're delicious: savory or sweet or pungent or all kinds of other things. YUM.
At Dosa Corner, I got the spicy spinach uthappam. Get that. The flatbread is spongy and sweet yet substantial. The spinach, onion and spices are baked onto the top, making the whole thing even a bit sweeter. I love hot food, but I'm kind of out of practice, so I had to cut the chili slices in half and still push half of them to the side. But that wasn't hard, because the toppings were arranged kind of in areas on the bread. This made every bite taste slightly different from the last. Heaven.
My wife got a more traditional mutter paneer curry over rice. It was also outstanding, yet spiced a bit differently than might have been done at Aab or other usual Indian place. Get that.
The store is far from fancy, but it's clean inside (outside - not so much). Service is friendly, prompt and helpful. Parking is a bit tight, but try the back before you get annoyed. It's easy to find and to get to.
Go there.