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South Indian filter coffee poured from a brass tumbler beside idly and podi
Flavours of Madras

Soft idlys, crisp dosas &
filter coffee with a kick.

The breakfast soul of Madras — made fresh, daily.

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Vanakkam & welcome

A little corner of Madras, wherever you are.

A Madras tiffin kitchen, reborn for Sydney. Three things, done properly — the podi, the idly & dosa, and the pour. Old flavour, new colour.

Color Kick Dosai — a dosa divided into six naturally-coloured wedges Our Signature
The Color Kick Dosai

One dosa. The whole rainbow.

One golden dosa, five natural colours — from beetroot, turmeric, butterfly-pea, spinach & chilli. No artificial dyes. As good as it looks.

Purple Yellow Pink Red Blue
What we serve

Three Madras classics, done right.

01 — Idly

Pillow-soft idlys

Fluffy steamed rice cakes — plain, podi-dusted, or in fresh sambar.

From $9.99
02 — Dosai

Crisp, golden dosas

Crisp or soft — plain, masala, podi, spicy chutney, or the rainbow Color Kick.

From $11.50
03 — Pour

Filter coffee, the real deal

Poured davara-to-tumbler till it froths. Strong, sweet, unforgettable.

$4.50
A Madras cook sprinkling spice podi over a dosa on a hot tawa
From a Madras street corner
“Every plate carries a memory — of paati's kitchen, of the corner mess, of coffee at dawn.”
— Flavours of Madras
Where to find us

Hornsby every Thursday.
Gordon every second Sunday.

Hornsby Organic Food Market — on the green mat by the Fountain, every Thursday. Gordon Markets, Wade Lane — second Sunday of the month. And we cater right across Sydney.

Catering & delivery

Bring the Flavours of Madras to your event.

Weddings, offices, festivals, parties — live dosa counters, podi gift boxes & filter coffee.

Catering

Live dosa counters & tiffin platters, tailored to your event.

Enquire

Delivery

Tiffin boxes & podi packs — pickup or local delivery around Hornsby.

Ask us how

Follow along

New spots, specials & the next Color Kick — first on Instagram.

@podiandpour
Spotted around town

Our look, out in the wild.

The same Madras soul, on every stall and pour.

Podi & Pour stall poster — a Madras cook sprinkling podi over a dosa
Podi & Pour stall poster — filter coffee poured beside idly and vada