Madhuri Tiffin Center

The tiffin center is located right at Gopalpur X Road, so we get a lot of people passing by at all hours. We have to start our day very early, usually when it is still dark outside, to get the batter ready and the stoves lit. By the time the first buses start running, we are already serving plates. It gets very steamy in the kitchen area because of the large pots of sambar and the idli steamers. We don't have a lot of space for people to sit down, so most customers just stand around the tables or take their food to go. The noise from the crossroads is constant, with horns honking and people shouting, but we are used to it by now. We use a lot of fresh ingredients every day because we don't have much room to store things for long. My family helps out with the cooking and cleaning, and it can be quite tiring standing on our feet all day long. The floor can get a bit slippery with all the water and spills, so we have to be careful. We just try to make food that tastes like what you would get at home. Some days we run out of certain items before the morning is even over, which can be frustrating for the regulars. But we just cook what we can and start again the next day.