This Couple Serves The Authentic Taste Of Nellore | CHEPALA PULUSU | VIJAY KITCHEN | Andhra Bhojanam

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With a culinary lineage that goes back to Hotel Manju, supposedly the first table-service restaurant in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh in the sixties, Sashidhar Reddy and his wife, Vijayalakshmi, moved to Bengaluru from Nellore little over a year ago to open Vijay Kitchen, to serve dishes made to traditional family recipes. I visited this modest eatery set in the ground floor of their home in the suburb of Brookefield, where I not only savoured a delicious Andhra Bhojanam but also caught the making of an iconic Nellore Chepala Pulusu, a sour and spicy fish curry. Hope you enjoy this episode. Take care, stay safe and happy eating.
Plate Rice Meals
Served on a banana leaf tray, the rice meals is a simple but satisfying affair that consists of two vegetables, one dry and the other moist, a sambar, rasam and a nourishingly tasty pappu to keep company with the anam (steamed rice) and flavoured rice. There is also a sweet to round off the meal.
Rs. 99 (usd 1.4)
8/10
Chepala Pulusu (Sour and Spicy Fish Curry)
Made by his wife, Vijayalakshmi, to a recipe that goes back to Sasidhar Reddy’s grandmother, the Chepala Pulusu is a must-try here. A sour and spicy affair, the fish curry is made the evening before, thereby allowing for the fish to soak up the vivacious character of the tamarind, raw mangoes, chilli powder and the secret fenugreek spice blend.
Rs. 180 (usd 2.5)
10/10
Mamdikaya Royyalu (Mango Prawns)
A tangy preparation that juxtaposes fresh flavours of shrimp to the tart fervour of raw mangoes. Taste it with the annam (rice) to tone down some of its tangy flavours.
Rs. 250 (usd 3.4)
9/10
Chepala Fry (Fish Fry)
Chinese pomfret or lake pomfret naped in a pleasant masala; the skin is fried to a crisp.
Rs. 150 (usd 1.4)
7/10
Royyalu Avakkai
A spicy, homemade prawn pickle that makes for a great combination with steaming hot rice.
8/10
Mutton Pepper Ghee Roast
The meat is moist and juicy, coated with coarsely ground pepper and tossed in the buttery lushness of ghee. The meat is cooked twice, first a roasted fry with masala, and then tossed around in hot ghee.
Rs. 250 (usd 3.4)
9/10
RR Chilli Chicken
This dish should come with a ‘chilli hotness’ warning! Not for the faint-hearted, there is little else in this dish other than the chicken and tonnes of green chilli. The result is a unique taste that’s fiery at first but also the sort that endears itself once you get past the ‘suffering’! If you like it toned down, tell them so and they will toss it in some ghee.
Rs. 150 (usd 1.4)
8/10
Chicken Fry Biryani
A dish that was introduced as a means to consume leftover biryani rice, topped with chicken fry, the chicken fry biryani today is more popular than the Nellore biryani here. One can taste the warming flavours of the biryani spices in the kushka, the rice, that makes for a great combination with the robust tomato-onion rich masala of the chicken fry.
Rs. 180 (usd 2.5)
8.5/10
Kripal Amanna,
Gourmet On The Road,
Food Lovers TV
TIMINGS: Lunch - 12pm to 4pm; Dinner - 7pm to 11pm
Note: This is a family run enterprise that is doing its best to cope with the realities of the new normal. The food is great, and the family does its best in its service assisted by a few staff members.
ADDRESS - Vijay Kitchen, 533, B Block, AECS Layout, Marathahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560037; tel: [phone]
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[@dharmendrakusu4178]

Your telugu language is very fluent and thanks for trying to remember all the words in Telugu 🙏

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[@venkatnelapati7929]

He speaks telugu words so correctly..... Love from Nellore... 🥰🥰

[@vinod_lifevlogs]

Yes, because kripal sir wife is from chittoor district, madanapalli, AP 😊

[@munnat8073]

Andhra food is unique. It burns you from the inside but still makes you crave more.

[@maximusautomobileengrs7649]

kada same feel nakuda andra food is unique

[@Karthik-go5fo]

I will offer you a open challenge, live in a Andhra PG max to max 1 month. Then I love to hear same words from you. Hahha

[@Karthik-go5fo]

@Sarran BiggerBen Dude I just tried to divert his words into a humourous way. I absolutely agree with your words. I have eaten great foods of Andhra and bad foods too... I had very bitter experience with those hotels in highways of Andhra and Andhra PG's in Bengaluru. To be honestly I was paying 8K per month for a 2 sharing room, still I got disappointed

[@MahabodhiPlacements17]

@@Karthik-go5fo i stayed in andhrapradesh pg in bangalore electronic city but food is worst because cook master is Bihar

[@ravipampana5382]

Dear, Vijay kitchen why don't you start a PG home or a Hostel .. in your Area and serve our beloved fans...

[@gerrichandrabhanu7801]

We are from Nellore. We don't precook anything, including oil. We don't add garlic. After adding all ingredients including fish we start cooking. Finally just before putting off stove we sprinkle mustard seed powder and Fenugreek seed powder. One thing is correct. Have it next day. Awesome.

[@skmasoodahemad9151]

Nellore ❤ Our Andhra People are Best in Hospitality ❤❤ I repeat Best..

[@ravipampana5382]

Dear brother this is Ravi very excited from Bhimavaram of west godaavari Dt Andhra Pradesh, I had my lunch at Hotel RR Bangalore , in the year 1979,when I was 16 years old with RR chilli chicken with Tomato rasam . Very very tasty I still remember the taste. Thanks for the wonderful presentation...

[@vijaykitchen9127]

Thanks ravi garu

[@ramakotaiahk7075]

What is liked with this video is that you have been correcting and guiding the owners to use the Telugu names than using the English translation of the same. Love you for that. Hope the Telugu guys start proudly use the Telugu names to the preparations they do.

[@sunandhks9011]

White shirt n chepala pulusu.. He's a legend 😄

[@harithareddy9123]

This was the ingredients we use in Nellore chepala pulusu...I didn't find any where such fish curry like my home town Nellore...should visit once Yummy mouth watery..mam we can add some lightly slit green chilly at the end I mean before 10 Min of the curry ..that tastes awesome..

[@prakashreddy7956]

I was searching for the place where nellore chepala pulusu is available in Bangalore . And tomorrow my plan is to visit the place thnq

[@srinu-rc6jq]

I'm going to this restaurant with my family this weekend 😋😋

[@santoshram1311]

Glad to see 10/10 rating for chepala pulusu item😃😃😃........ 🙏🙏🙏🙏 from andhra

[@anandkirana]

You are super brave, eating a traditional meal on banana leaf with a pure white crisp shirt.

[@malinigowda]

True. I would definitely have proof of my eating for ever on my wear.

[@devendrakalavakunta]

Kripal sir saying all those telugu words. I just love it.

[@sandeepguggilla8400]

Every time you keep a Andhra or Telangana food vlog!! Me : Okay, Let me see kripal's expression while having Pappu 😂

[@abhinavprabhu308]

Ravi had a Vlog with Kripal previous year. It was a great experience watching them !

[@akhiltheboss13]

@@abhinavprabhu308 ravi is lauda lafata

[@ahsanahmed1811]

The way you describe the taste and food is pure art sir the choice of words that you use is very interesting love watching you from Pakistan

[@TheCharan732]

Telugu Bhojanam(meal) Is best always forever 🤩

[@siddharthbehra5250]

I used to come here for lunch, the Andhra meal is great with ghee. Loved it

[@hemasreecollection6227]

Hey nellore chapala pulusu,mouth watering.Nellorian pride.

[@vvvaann]

kripal is wearing white eating chepala pulusu😳. I love spicy chepala pulusu. BTW, I am from nellore.

[@spicesuri]

Ghee, Nyee... "Thuppa" missing..... Kripal Friend, Your commentary is "Out of the Ordinary... simply superb." One can taste the culinary food through your commentary!!!!

[@satishganta8991]

True 👍

[@sudhan1705]

@@satishganta8991 I II Mi I’m uKiu My u

[@saivenkatesh182]

Love from Nellore ❤

[@DrBrunoRecipes]

Lovely 👌🏻 Greetings from Scotland 😊 Have a wonderful day everyone 🌻

[@bharathg7284]

We love the Scots here in Bangalore!! Do drop by and we'll treat you to some great food if you can bring the scotch! :P

[@grnsowjanya1661]

I have learnt how to cook chepala pulusu🤩Kripal sir's rating about the food is too good,except fish fry ,everything is rated 👍🏻looking forward for a yummy weekend😋😋😋

[@ratnasaiganeshmantravadi3583]

Kripal sir the way you spoke our telugu words like Annam, pappula podi, menthulu etc was very very cute and very good to hear telugu from your mouth... Lot's of Love krial sir.👍🙏❤️

[@kirmanisyed]

Hi Kripal, your expression and love for food is mind blowing, you are like the Tharoor of food, I've been watching food shows for years trust me no one can beat you..you have a long long way to go...Good luck..May be I want to join you sometime in your culinary journey..

[@dizzyb111]

When that aunty added water to scrape the last bits of masala into the mix, I was taken back 20 years to my mom's kitchen. Moms know to stretch every rupee and every belly.

[@ramaseshupasuparthi843]

That's absolutely correct,,tiny prawns will be more tastier than tiger prawns

[@sahukamal]

Seshu

[@ShamzKSA]

Eating off a leaf, I need to try this one day! ❤️👍

[@saranraparthy]

South Indian food tastes even yummier when u have it on the banana leaf

[@manovihari3889]

Thanks sir for showcasing our Nellore pride and famous chepala pulusu

[@srinivasshetty6207]

600k subscribers ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು ಕ್ರಿಪಾಲ್...

[@abhikdas8464]

There used to be a time i didnt like andhra meal but now i miss nattu kodi pulusu and obviously the value for money meals 😭

[@hemachandra4315]

Nelloruuu chepala pulusu as soon as you listed to that sound it makes your mouth watery especially Andhra Pradesh people 🤤🤤

[@radhakrishnankesavan881]

What a characteristic explanation with detail nodes of each species that you mention during your conversation with them.. Truly Amazing Human Being You are.. While you taste the food we are feeling the flavours😍😍😍😍.. Love Watching You & Your Videos 😍😍😍😍

[@FoodLoversTV]

Thank you for your kind words, Radhakrishnan.

[@poopcee6322]

The great thing about Kripal is... he becomes a kannadiga when he eats the kannada cuisine, becomes teluguite when eating telugu food, mallu when mallu and tamil when tamil. It's not easy... that's why we love you☺️

[@Autofever24]

These are characteristics of A Bangalorean ;)

[@harishkd1]

That’s a way to attract people across different languages ..making a Fan base

[@poopcee6322]

@@harishkd1 he is no novice and doesn't need to attract masses. He believes eating local and being local.

[@anandm2716]

Wow great Andhra Food Salute to Vijaylakshmi for her preparations & thanx to Kripal.

[@vijaykitchen9127]

Thank you

[@HRUSHIKESHSVth_-]

We can define kripal ammana sirs dining table manner by his shiny white shirt which does not even have a pin point mark👌

[@anvitharavipati9586]

Understated fact about curd/yogurt- No one can achieve a flavour balance in their perugu like the telugus

[@shanthananda]

Whatever it is Kripal it’s your enigmatic presentation of any food that creates love!! Any viewer who watches complete video will be a “food lover”, amazing Andhra cuisine so will definitely try!! Thanks Kripal

[@Bruh-tf6xp]

Hey, it would be more helpful if you edited the scores/ratings of the food alongside it with a small overlay like your old videos. That's it just a small suggestion. Thanks for bringing us the excellent production quality.

[@kvsr37]

love from padma nabha satram native place of RR hotel ravana reddy🎈🎈

[@aryanthreddy]

Maa friend vallade aa hotel

[@PravinKumar-xj4un]

Haaaa haaa haaaa Kripal Ammana Sir Really Very Testy & Delicious Andhra bhojnam food veg & Nonveg Mostly Andhra'sTermind Chintapandu Chapala pulusu curry is very popular so testy and delicious .

[@rupikareshma837]

No garlic is added in original recipie of nellore chepala pulusu n raw mango is added

[@fuji3164]

Yes

[@radhikakudamala1066]

No garlic

[@gauravsabbath28]

Very nicely covered Sir. It's always a pleasure watching your videos ☺️

[@nandamuniyappa9141]

Amazing place... must visit eatery... Thanks Kripal for exploring

[@kiransalunkhe7346]

100/100 marks for Keeping Shirt Spotless while eating scrumptious food :) :)

[@vinayraju2544]

This is very difficult for me

[@lakshmikumaravel5185]

Learnt to appreciate food and eat after watching your channel invariance of whatever the food simple/otherwise. Thank you

[@swapnilgoswami4741]

I definitely love the videos ❤️❤️. I wonder, what happens to the unfinished food which are left ?

[@nishantpophali4976]

Mr. Kripal has mentioned in Q&A session his team which is with him behind the camera also eats the food once shooting is over.

[@Sumanth1947]

Kripal Sir Shakespeare of the food.

[@gwinil]

Mouth watering! Not that far from my home, am going there this week. Want to taste Chepala Pulusu as early as possible.

[@ashwinbaliga1101]

What a beautiful culinary tradition. Salute

[@Ravirajphoenix]

My Saturday fix is here❣️

[@rajar1760]

Horrible. I had ordered 12 Biriyani, rice was over cooked, two pack wad left out, by evening it got spoiled. Nothing great. Just wasted ₹3000/-

[@rajshkr786]

Happiness is listening telugu from you kripal,we would you to come and taste the nizami culinary food.

[@amitpendurkar3991]

Awesome vlog. So much passion and such an elaborate usage of expressive words. Just wondering what happens to all the food that you order. You must be having a large team who would be joining you after the shoot 😀

[@rameshotturu3530]

Wow.... love from nellore guy from 🇺🇸

[@varshinishami9333]

My childhood was in vizag so when ever there is a andhra cuisine vlog i get so excited but my native is Mangalore. ♥️

[@hawardprakash2234]

The way how u explain , thats make so yummy the food , thanks for the family how thy enjoy to cook lovely food

[@madhusudanbhandarkar]

Andhra dishes are probably the most delicious ones since they are spicy and chilly hot. Whenever I visit Bangalore with my wife, we never miss going to Nagarjuna. Next time we will surely visit Vijay Restaurant. Excellent presentation by you Mr. Amanna. Nobody can match your fluency in not only the language but also your knowledge of variety of food. Keep it up.

[@mohammedshaik7113]

Whenever you talk of Andhra place I feel you have travelled to Andhra like subbaya gari hotel and Nellore. Do make a trip starting from Nellore to vizag that belt has some of the authentic food

[@yashwanthdr54]

I am regular for lunch to vijay kitchen. It is in near Brookfield mall.... A must try for all.. Awesome food

[@mallikarjunuppin7264]

Chepala pulusu nekkilesu golusu 🙏❤️

[@venkatasivadoguru3137]

Great video Krupal and especially explaining about items in telugu to viewer's.

[@DilipKumar-fn6oe]

That tamarind ZINGER in fish curry.. Wow.

[@jagadeeshkeerthi8694]

very delicious.. Andra style food always 👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@amithpallavoor]

Not expensive at all, considering that we are in Landlocked Bangalore.

[@tommats]

really a wonderful treat of culinary exotics and mr kripals twist of tongue!!

[@harishharish5675]

My parents are from kerala born in Mumbai now staying in mysore...i watch ur all video sir...

[@jitendrachoudhari7061]

mann gaye boss..wearing a ultra white big branded shirt full sleeves and not a single dot of food clourifying your shirt..n just concentrating on that suuper food with high english commentry... salute u once again.. if i would have been there i would have played holi with that kinda shirt

[@AA-gf6vw]

Great Sir , exploring telugu dishes, ur telugu words r so sweet Sir.👌👌👍

[@oneeyedudera]

Congratulations for your 6Lak Subscribers...🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Vazga Valamudan 🙏

[@MADDY371]

Excellent Presentation as always , I would recommend to try eating one Dish at a time for a Meal . It leaves you with that Flavor for few hours post you meal .

[@ujwalasabale18]

Sir I am so happy to see u liking our Andhra cusine ❤️❤️

[@reddy2travel492]

You need to visit Nellore City Ji, do a road trip from Chennai its only a couple of hours drive. Yes the food there is very famous, Veg and Non Veg.

[@savithasatish9160]

Wow the taste was very good . Also try nati koli biryani at master nati koli biryani point near kothnur police station hennur

[@MyUnknowntuber]

Thanks for the Groundnut oil ,it's healthy🙏 Will definitely keep visiting this restaurant if I love the taste

[@vpavangips]

Love from nellore...

[@sharududala8029]

Looks yummy😋 Can also mango pickle on top towards the end of simmering. Delicious👌👌

[@vrsarwan]

When it comes to Chepala Pulusu, the authenticity comes from the regional spices but i always felt the enhanced taste when small fish varieties are used.

[@lakshmanmaddi3763]

Great food by great fooderian. You increase our appetite.

[@diku6]

Thanks for ever enticing reviews👍🏻👍🏻. You are breaking grounds only with your reviews in the south itself. I wish you travel the whole of India and the world for such amazing reviews. Keep up the good work sir!!

[@neehabingo4669]

Sir in Andhra Pradesh we have soo many taste foods in west and east Godavari dist also plz try them and share to u r fans. 😀.

[@santoshram1311]

Amma........ Aavakai....... And Andhra Bojanam....... Always Awesome 😀😉😊

[@satishganta4276]

100% True Bro... 👍🥰

[@NishalAbiJoseph]

"Vivicious character of the tamarind"! My god, what's with this new feature of the humble tamarind kripal sir!

[@varshinishami9333]

😂

[@hamidapatel5540]

Woooooow really really tempting delicious yummy yummy delicious 😋😋😋😋👌👍😍😍😍😍😍

[@roshanbubby4587]

Sir you do the loyal videos ur a genuine person and real person

[@santoshram1311]

Nice dishes, nice serving, very nice people and too nice video all together 😀😉😉😍

[@dattasai1724]

I have been to this kitchen! Absolutely amazing 🔥

[@AVDRCR]

Going to taste much liked n got out of out r nearly it good food... Hope they open branches allover Karnataka in Bengaluru.. By the way Ur crew also have food all over places u visited.. thank u

[@rajawate2797]

Live from Maharashtra.Come to Maharashtra Sir♥️

[@suresha329]

Yem sir maa nelurolatoo mamulugaa undadu 😂😂😂 kalalonchi niluu karalsindeee

[@sumashashi1]

Awesome way of expressing the food.

[@satya9969]

Try Hotel Annapoorna in Gandhi Nagar Bengaluru. They also serve Andhra food.

[@Hope-di3rh]

It's really tasty dish. Evaraina tinakapothe oka sari tinandi guys.

[@abhijeetchitagubbi]

Listing to your description of the taste and texture of dishes I can almost taste them through the screen 😁😅 !

[@tharunkumar5378]

Loved while you speaking Telugu😘

[@rajupolepalli6008]

I love nellore food because i am in thirupathi

[@ashish09842]

Which hotel do u suggest me for Nellore food in Tirupathi bro ...I am from tirupathi

[@rajupolepalli6008]

In thirupathi there are so many pilgrims coming and going i suggest dwaraka

[@smitaghatke4999]

Kripal Sir...your way of talk is fabulous

[@laxmisatyavani867]

Hi kripal! I have seen ur all video's and I am very excited while I am watching videos. Now I have a question to you which food gives u more excited to your pallet