WTF for vegetarians

What Tasty Food offers quality ingredients and dishes that are freshlycooked too without added MSG or artificial colours. How delightful, writes Tan Bee Hong

Chickpea in gravy with fluffy bathura (left) and Indo-Chinese Sizzler with Manchurian sauce.

Nasi Lemak Sizzler with condiments including a delicious tofu sambal. Mumbai Vada Pau, Indian street vegetarian burger (front) and Paalak Chaat, a delicious creamy spinach starter.

Pani Puri with potato, green mung, black chana and dates chutney.

(From top) A variety of naan, Ghunghat Wali Subzi, Sham Savera in tomato and spinach gravies and Pav Bhaji mixed vegetables with cottage cheese.

Here, potato and cottage cheese koftas are simmered in two types of gravies and tomato spinach - in contrasting colours to give it a day and night appearance respectively.

SIZZLING HOT

WTF is known for its sizall-time zlers. An favourite is Nasi Lemak Sizzler (RM25). In a hot plate are coconut rice with chilli gravy, mixed vegetables and tofu sambal as well as cucumber, peanuts and deepfried sliced button mushrooms.

Indo-Chinese Sizzler (RM28) has fried rice, vegetable balls with Manchurian sauce, stirfried mixed vegetables and spiced paneer ginger. It’s a rich dish, made even more exciting by the sizzling sound as it is served.

The vegetable balls, simply called Manchurian, are also available as a snack that makes a perfect tea-time treat with a cup of steaming hot chai (tea).

NOT SO SWEET

When Jigna suggests Indian sweets for dessert, I give an involuntary shudder. She laughs and assures me that “we make our sweets with 60 per cent less sugar”.

Indeed they do. I can finally enjoy, without guilt, the taste of chocolate and vanilla barfi and milk barfi with dried fruit and cashew slices.

But my favourite has to be Ras Malai (RM10). The soft balls of mashed cheese are soaked in chilled milk flavoured with saffron and topped with sliced almonds. So chill!