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Atmanam's Gurugram Encore There is a particular kind of restaurant that I've always been drawn to—the sort that doesn't announce itself with fanfare or gimmickry, but simply gets on with the business of cooking honest food. Atmanam, which has quietly built a devoted following in Gurugram, is precisely that kind of place. And now, with its second outpost at Elan Miracle Mall in Sector 84, it's become even more accessible to those of us who believe that good South Indian vegetarian food needn't be relegated to the breakfast hour or the airport departure lounge. I should confess upfront: I am deeply suspicious of the term "contemporary" when applied to regional Indian cuisines. Too often, it's code for confused cooking—a little foam here, some unnecessary molecular gastronomy there, all conspiring to obscure rather than illuminate the original intent of the dish. But Atmanam uses the word differently. Here, contemporary simply means intelligent cooking for the urban palate: flavours that are recognizable and authentic, but spicing that is balanced rather than aggressive, presentations that are thoughtful without being pretentious. The new space at Elan Miracle is bright and unpretentious, with the kind of unhurried atmosphere that suggests the management actually wants you to enjoy your meal rather than vacate your table for the next sitting. The menu reads like a greatest hits compilation of South Indian vegetarian cooking, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Take the Benne Dosa, for instance. Now, I've eaten more dosas than I care to count, in every permutation from paper-thin Mysore variants to the stuffed behemoths served at Udupi joints. But there's something about a properly made Benne Dosa—crisp at the edges, buttery in the centre, with that distinctive tang that comes from well-fermented batter—that always manages to feel both familiar and special. Atmanam's version delivers on all counts, arriving at the table with the requisite池of ghee pooling around it and the kind of golden-brown colour that speaks of a tava at precisely the right temperature.

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