Amma's South Indian Cuisine
Amma's South Indian Cuisine
Tomato, Chilli, Pepper and Cumin made within tamarind extract base
Vegetable soup flavored with Indian Spices
Farm-fresh country chicken with turmeric, curry leaves and peppercorns
Farm-fresh country mutton with turmeric, curry leaves and peppercorns
Made with flour, yoghurt and spices
Deep-fried snack made with chickpea batter and stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes
Boiled eggs dipped into a batter of spicy gram flour and deep fried
Deep fried fritters made with raw banana or plantain and chickpea flour
White flour, potatoes, peas, onion, spices and green chilli
Long pepper fried with flour and spices
Besan flour, cumin seeds, onion, spinach and curry leaves deep fried
Crispy & savory deep fried fritter made from channa dal and spices
Indian fritters made with lentils and whole black peppers, onions and curry leaves
Dessert snack made with urad dal, fritters soaked in a sweet and savory yoghurt
Medhu Vada soaked in lentil sambhar or rasam which makes it soft and tender. It is served with finely chopped onions and coconut chutney
Crispy cauliflower with tangy sauce, garlic and herbs
Crisp parotta with ginger, garlic added into chilli sauce
Cauliflower dipped in red chilli, besan and deep fried
Crispy paneer with tangy sauce, garlic and herbs
Meat marinated with ginger, garlic, turmeric, coriander spices and herbs, dusted with flour and deep fried
Crispy chicken with ginger, garlic, green pepper, spring onions in chilli sauce
Chicken cooked with crushed black peppers, curry leaves, tomatoes, onions and herbs (comes with a piece of parotta)
Chicken cooked in a medium flame with crushed peppers, red onions and herbs until it becomes dry (comes with a piece of parotta)
Farm fresh bone-in country chicken made with chettinad masala, ghee, spices and herbs. Cooked in a flat grill until golden brown (comes with a piece of parotta)
Goat or lamb cooked with turmeric, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, red onions, crushed black peppers and herbs (comes with a piece of parotta)
Shrimp roasted to beautiful deep red with medley of masalas and tantalizing aroma (comes with a piece of parotta)
Minced meat cooked with spices, red onion, garlic, ginger and herbs (comes with a piece of parotta)(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free)
Tawa fish fry, marinated with south indian ground spices, herbs and curry leaves(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free)
Chicken marinated in a mixture of yoghurt, garlic, ginger, selected spices and grilled(Gluten Free, Nut Free)
A dish made of smashed samosas and served over chickpea, sweet sauce and spicy chutney
Crispy chips, boiled potatoes, chickpeas, yoghurt, mint and tamarind chutney and crunch sev
Crispy puffed poori stuffed with boiled potatoes and topped with sweet, sour and spicy chutney. Onion, sev and yoghurt
Fried crispy poori filled with potato masala and loaded with flavorful water
Veg Appetizer, main veg curry, rice, variety rice, sambhar, rasam, mor kuzhambu, kootu, pooriyal, appalam, pickle, chappati and mor (includes dessert)(Feel free to refill the rice)
It's shredded indian flatbread with assorated vegetables/eggs/meat and spices
Flavor packed food made with tamarind juice, red chilies, pepper and steamed rice
Steamed rice mixed with lemon juice, fried nuts, aromatic herbs and spices
Smashed rice mixed with fresh yoghurt and garnished with fried pieces of green/dried chilli and mustard
Smashed rice mixed with rasam/tamarind juice and a combination of tomatoes, chilli, peppers, cumin
Plan white rice cooked with sambhar along with aromatic herbs and spices
Rice flour pressed into noodles, oven into a flat disk like shape and steamed (Veg kurma and coconut milk)Gravy made with coconut milk, spices and vegetables(Vegan, Dairy free, Gluten free, Nut free)
Ven Pongal is a popular south Indian dish made with rice and moong daal, tempered with ghee, curry leaves, black pepper, ginger, cumin and hing(Gluten free, Nut Free)
Steamed rice cake, served with sambhar and chutneys(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
2Pcs Idly + 1Pc Vadai served with sambhar and chutneys(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Tiny Idly pieces tossed with millagai podi and ghee(Gluten Free, Nut Free)
Crispy idly along ginger garlic and mixed with chilli sauce(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegan)
Idly dipped in Sambhar/Rasam (2Pcs)(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegan)
(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Crispy rice and lentil crepes stuffed with spice and savory potato filling(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Crispy Rice Crepe garnished with ghee(Gluten Free, Nut Free)
Rice Crepe stuffed with onions and potato filling(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Special Chutney, Onion, chilli, Cheese(Gluten Free, Nut Free)
Rice Crepe with egg filling(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free)
Crispy sooji crepe served with sambhar and chutneys(Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Thick rice crepes topped with onion, chilli and millagai podi(Gluten Free, Nut Free)
Veg Biriyani, Veg Kothu parotta, Spinach Onion pakoda, Veg Kurma, Parotta (2Pcs), Dessert
Mutton Biriyani, Chicken Biriyani, Chicken Roast, Chicken Kurma, Parotta (2Pcs), Dessert
Selected baby eggplant cooked in hot tamarind sauce and spices(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Made with white chickpeas, onions tomatoes, spices and herbs(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Made with lentil, onions, tomatoes, spices and herbs(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Gravy made with coconut milk, spices and whole garam masala
Made with coconut with fennel seed paste and spices(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Vegan)
Made with flavorful creamy sauce(Gluten Free)
Made with flavorful creamy sauce(Gluten Free)
The meat is cooked with sorrel leaves known as Gongura to get a tangy taste(Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free)
It's a kerala style fish curry cooked in coconut milk(Gluten free, Dairy free, Nut free)
Mild from the natural sweetness of the coconut milk and aromatic from the whole spices(Gluten free, Dairy free, Nut free)
A fish curry that's popular in Madurai a famous city of Tamilnadu. You 'll taste the tamarind, turmeric and herbs(Gluten free, Nut free, Dairy free)
Multi-layered bread made from white flour(Nut Free)
Flatbread made out of wheat flour(Nut Free, Vegan)
Rice crepe with melting chocolate(Gluten Free)
Rice crepe with cheddar cheese(Gluten Free, Vegan)
Warm brownie with our home-made Vanilla ice-cream
Milk solid based sweet balls soaked in honey syrup
Indian Cottage cheese cooked in sugar syrup and then served with chilled thickened milk
Please ask your food runner for today's special
Made by boiling black tea in milk and water with a mixture of aromatic herbs and spices
Freshly brewed using only the finest and fresh coffee blends
Delicious creamy drink with mango and yoghurt
Spiced drink made with yoghurt and salt
Non-alcoholic rose flavored drink made with chilled milk
Aromatic juice in which nannari root syrup is mixed with lemon juice
a bowl of soup
a pile of chicken
a basket of chicken wings
a plate of food
a piece of meat on a plate
a close up view of some food
a bowl of birya rice
a bowl of curry
a bowl of curry
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Chicken 65
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Hand washing station
Amma's Chicken Curry
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Nice room!
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Matt F.
Sep 3, 2024
I'm not an expert on South Indian cuisine, but we had a wonderful experience at Amma's. The food is delicious and the portions are generous, particularly for the price. We'll definitely be back!
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Stephanie H.
Jul 25, 2024
Food 3/5, Service 3/5, Value 3/5, Ambience 3/5We were excited to find a place in Philly that served dosa! We came with a group of 4 people. Services was generally just okay and they were slow to take our order and refill our waters. We all ordered the masala dosa. Dosa was a good size and the chutney and masala tasted good! The dosa was also reasonably priced. The downside was that the dosa was really not very crispy, which for me is one of the most important parts of dosa. Overall may come back if I'm craving dosa, but dosa was just average compared to other places I've been to!
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Jim C.
Aug 30, 2024
Service was good. Food is OK to me but probably better for other people. I did not know what to expect. My daughter started recently dating in Indian kid so I said screw it. Let's go see what the food is like. I guess he's north Indian and this was south Indian food. it was good, just not my cup of tea
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Kinjal S.
Jul 29, 2024
So delicious, definitely the best dosa I ever had. Mansi was wonderful, I overheard her service to the table next to us and she was so thorough and really nice in explaining everything to the gentlemen. We didn't feel rushed out anything. All the chutneys were delicious. My dosa was so crispy and so good. It was a bit spicy but not overly spicy. Can't wait to come back.
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Linda L.
Dec 21, 2023
Amma's is always a safe & great choice. This was my fifth time coming here and I have been coming here since they initially opened. I will say... i think their dishes have gotten smaller. But it's a good size for a single person! The spice level in the dishes are serious! It is a byob and they also serve beer. Definitely make a reservation if you're coming in a large group or on the weekend
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Terry M.
Aug 19, 2024
Outstanding food. Dosas are authentic. Spice levels adjustable. Food quality was excellent.
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Spencer W.
Aug 10, 2023
Still tasty.Dosas are the best still, everything else is more standard/average.Small tables and space of the popularity. Lots of waiters so pretty easy to flag someone down if you're in a rush
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Anna S.
Nov 10, 2023
Excellent food place for a great price! This restaurant is often listed as one of the best food places in Philly - alongside higher end dining establishments with a much larger price tag. The restaurant feels very nice and fancy and intimate - and really is worth the hype. The best part is that it's still fairly affordable - especially when you compare it to other popular/highly touted Philly spots. You can call ahead for a reservation but we saw others were able to get a table fairly quickly (even after an Eagles game). On the toast tab, they automatically add a tip so no need to do that (even though the receipt itself has an option for additional tip). Now onto the food! The mango lassi comes in a bottle instead of a glass - but it was still delicious. It tastes far more strongly of yogurt/milk than mango - unlike other mango lassis I've had. The mango flavor is still there but it's more subtle and feels far less artificial. The samosas and pakodas were also very tasty - and the chutneys that accompanied paired perfectly. Someone ordered a dosa and they are *huge* - he ended up eating only half of it because the serving was so large. I've never seen a dosa that large before - so if you like dosas, this is the perfect place for you. I ordered their veg meal and it was excellent. The seasoning is done perfectly - you can really taste all the flavors blending together in perfect harmony in which no one spice overtakes everything else. If I'm in the Philly area again, I'm definitely going to visit here again.
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Benny B.
Jun 24, 2024
The worst Indian food I've ever had in my life. I thought the New Delhi Indian Restaurant in Philly was bad, this is worse. I really don't wanna waste my energy with this review but here we go, it seems that they are packed only because they happen to be in the middle of the city. But there isn't another one on South Street that goes simply by the name: "Indian Restaurant" I prefer their yummy food better. So this place I ordered lamb saagwala. That thing had so much yogurt, you couldn't taste the greens or the curry. No hint of spice but sweetness. The banana thing was worse, it said plantain and I thought it was sweet plantain, I even asked the waitress, and she said yes, plantain... That thing was raw banana, dipped in flour and fried. Hated it! This place has so much regular finger food... I thought for a minute it wasn't an Indian restaurant. So much going on and noisy... you would have to scream just so someone next to you could hear you.
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Kiran V.
Feb 5, 2024
Came here on a Saturday afternoon and was seated very promptly, which I was surprised by. We ordered the spinach and onion pakoda for starters and it came with this green chutney and a dusting of chaat masala on top. It was really fresh and crispy and the portion was huge! We each got dosas; I had the Mysore masala dosa. I had higher hopes but found that the masala inside wasn't that flavorful. I felt it was overpriced for the taste but the portion was hefty. The ambience was fine but there were a lot of people going in and out which was interesting. Overall a good experience, maybe a little overpriced but portions were sizeable.
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