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Possibly Delhi’s most highly regarded Malayali restaurant, Mahabelly is best known for its meat curries and roasts. On April 15, which marks Vishu, the Malayalam new year, the restaurant will lay out the 12th edition of its sadhya of 21 dishes – traditionally vegetarian. We’re equally excited – because the richly zangy flavours here have always been more important than whether it’s non-veg or not.
This comes hot off the heels of their Easter Special menu for Malayali Christian families. Mahabelly already stands for excellence and a dedication to quality as much as authenticity, and this fresh confidence as the new year rolls in means we’re sat.
We're talking sharkara peratti (sticky, jaggery-glazed banana), avial thick with coconut and yoghurt, inji curry, a cooling pineapple kichadi, and kaalan. There's olan, kootu curry, parippu, sambar, rasam, pulissery, pacha moru – the whole procession, ending with both a jaggery payasam and a milk payasam. Because why should you be forced to choose something right at the beginning of the year?
Dine-in starts at ₹1,299 per person. Takeaway is ₹1,499 and delivery ₹1,799 – if eating a sadhya on your own sofa is more your speed, for some reason. Both lunch and dinner seatings are available, but seats and boxes are limited, so the booking link is already live. Be warned: punctuality matters.
Where to go
You have three options.
Mahabelly Saket, DLF Avenue, Delhi
Address: First floor, Commons, DLF Avenue mall, AV-242, Saket, Delhi 110017
Price: ₹1,599 per person
Parking: Available in-mall
Nearest metro: Malviya Nagar
Mahabelly Canteen, Saidulajab, Delhi
Address: Ground floor, opposite ITDC, Westend Marg, Saidulajab, Delhi 110030
Price: ₹1,299 per person
Parking: Available nearby, staff will assist you
Nearest metro: Saket
Mahabelly Canteen at The Kunj Mall, Vasant Kunj, Delhi
Address: The Kunj, 8, Nelson Mandela Marg, Pocket 4, Sector C, Vasant Kunj, Delhi 110070
Price: ₹1,299 per person
Parking: Available in-mall
Nearest metro: Vasant Vihar or Chhatarpur