Madha, Glasgow

42 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH

Website: http://www.madha.co.uk

Vegan menu here: http://www.madha.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/MadhaVegan.pdf

Madha is one of those rare Indian restaurants that clearly labels all the vegan food on their menu. The lovely owner, Joseph, personally assured Rooting Aboot that all vegan food is prepared in a separate area of the kitchen with its own pots and utensils. Don’t be fooled by the small restaurant front. Comfy booths and peace and tranquillity from the bustle of the Merchant City is guaranteed in the much larger soft-green coloured restaurant at the back.

Madha cooks both north and south Indian cuisine, so offers different dishes, flavours and spices than just the usual North Indian/Pakistan fare found in Glasgow. Start off with the poppadoms and homemade pickle, chilli tomato and mango chutney. Next try the Rasam; a traditional tomato based soup that makes your lips tingle and puts fire in your belly, but not for the faint hearted. And boy, do I love their dosa; a thin crispy lentil pancake with a spicy potato and onion masala in the centre, accompanied with sambar, coconut and tomato chutney. Yum, yum and more yum.

Purely for the purposes of giving you a comprehensive review (ahem) we felt obliged to order the chocolate brownie. Rich, velvety and smooth there was three minutes of silence while we scoffed it.