This was a recommendation from John's friend Dhruv. It is where he goes with his family when they go out for Indian food. Saravana Palace is a vegetarian mostly southern Indian buffet. There was a huge selection and of course we tried a bit of almost everthing! 
This is a selection of the fried table offerings. The triangle one is a samosa. There was fried cauliflower, vada and bourdi (which reminded me of hushpuppies but with rice flower) masala vada (a fried lentil and spinach cake) and spinach pakora (a fried spinach ball). This table also had a selection of breads; uppatham, a pancake with small amounts of veg in it Papdams rice flour crisps quite tasty, Idli which was a pretty heavy doughball that was very bland. We sampled all of the many sauces offered: coconut with chili (odd texture and suprpisingly spicy), green chili cilantro sauce (fresh and clean tasting with a bit of a bite; a nice contrast) brown sauce (sweet and sour flavors a favorite with John and Julia) and yogurt sauce (for cooling things down).
There are small metal bowls where you can put the different dishes so they don't run together (I love this idea). Shown here are yellow dal; curried and not too spicy . Cabbage with paneer; this is delicious if you like the texture of the paneer. Paneer is a fresh cheese that is firm enough to cook in the
stew -like dishes that seem to be typical of Indian cuisine. It kind of squeeks when you chew it. Some may find this objectional. I enjoy the paneer dishes. Curried zucchini good but not terribly different. Rasam; a kind of lentil soup just okay. Onion bread; sort of like an Indian quesadilla with no cheese. A dish that Juian and I particularly like is shown on the picture above porail is the preparation and there was both potato and okra. The veggies are cooked and then sauteed in spices and then something crispy (we think crisp fried tiny lentils and mustard seeds) is tossed in. That contrast of stew with the crisp is just perfect and the dish had just enough heat.
stew -like dishes that seem to be typical of Indian cuisine. It kind of squeeks when you chew it. Some may find this objectional. I enjoy the paneer dishes. Curried zucchini good but not terribly different. Rasam; a kind of lentil soup just okay. Onion bread; sort of like an Indian quesadilla with no cheese. A dish that Juian and I particularly like is shown on the picture above porail is the preparation and there was both potato and okra. The veggies are cooked and then sauteed in spices and then something crispy (we think crisp fried tiny lentils and mustard seeds) is tossed in. That contrast of stew with the crisp is just perfect and the dish had just enough heat.
The deserts were familiar from the last time Gulab Jamoon doughball in rosewater syrup yum. The same dumpling fried and tossed with coconut. Warm rice pudding delicous. A yogurt doughball which was so tangy it just didn't suit us and a smooth yogurt pudding. We had a delicious coffee and were stuffed.
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