Plain, masala, paneer and chicken dosa from $12.90, each one poured onto the griddle when you order it and served with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar. The kitchen stops making dosa at 8:30pm.
Raj's Corner cooks South Indian dosa at 116 Beaumont Street, Hamilton. Six South Indian dishes sit in the Special Dishes part of the menu: four dosas, utthapam and idli sambar. Every one of them is made on the griddle or steamed when the order comes in, which is why the kitchen stops making them at 8:30pm even though the doors stay open until 10:00pm. If you want a dosa, order before 8:30pm.
North Indian cooking came first here, the curries, the tandoor breads and the biryani we layer with basmati. Then the south arrived: dosa cooked to order on the griddle, sambar on the side, coconut and curry leaf and tamarind sitting alongside the cream and cashew of the north. Two very different cuisines out of one kitchen, which is not how most Indian shops in Australia are run.
Nothing went on the board because it looked good on a menu. Customers asked for dosa, so it went up, and it stayed because other people kept asking for it. The same is true of utthapam and idli sambar.
A dosa cannot be made ahead and held. The batter goes onto a hot griddle, spreads thin, crisps at the edges and comes off as soon as it is ready. That is the reason for the 8:30pm cut off: after that the griddle is cleaned down for the night.
All six sit in the Special Dishes section of the menu, and all six stop at 8:30pm.
An Indian crepe cooked on the griddle, served with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar. The one to start with if you have not had a dosa before.
The same crepe filled with potato, peas and onions, served with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar. The most ordered dosa on the menu.
Filled with cheese and served with the same coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar. The dearest of the four and the most filling.
Filled with tandoori chicken from the same oven that does the breads, served with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar.
A thicker rice and lentil base topped with onion, tomato, capsicum and chilli. Closer to a savoury pancake than a crepe, and it eats like a meal on its own.
Steamed rice and black lentil cakes served with sambar. Soft, mild and the gentlest thing on the South Indian part of the menu.
Order ahead and pick it up on Beaumont Street, or have it delivered free after 5:00pm within 5km. Get your order in before 8:30pm and the griddle is still on.
Vegetables are bought fresh and the dips and sauces, including the chutneys that come with your dosa, are made on site every day. No dish is cooked with MSG.
Every dish carries its dietary codes, GF gluten free, NF nut free, DF dairy free and V vegan, so you can order without a long conversation about ingredients. The same codes run through the paneer dishes if cheese is what you are after.
Kuldip and Sylvia Sangha opened the counter at 116 Beaumont Street in 1998, after running Flavours of North India in Sydney from 1991. Kuldip was born in Budhlada, Punjab. The dining room was added in 2011 and the shop has never been franchised.
Plain dosa is $12.90, masala dosa is $14.90, chicken dosa is $16.90 and paneer dosa is $17.90. Utthapam is $16.90 and idli sambar is $13.90. Every dosa comes with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar included. Raj's Corner is at 116 Beaumont Street, Hamilton NSW 2303.
The kitchen stops making all dosas, utthapam and idli sambar at 8:30pm, seven nights a week. The restaurant itself is open 10:30am to 10:00pm every day, so the rest of the menu runs later, but a dosa has to be cooked to order on the griddle and the griddle goes down at 8:30pm. Order before 8:30pm if a dosa is what you want.
A masala dosa is a thin Indian crepe cooked on a griddle and filled with potato, peas and onions. At Raj's Corner Hamilton it is $14.90 and comes with coconut chutney, mint chutney, tamarind sauce and sambar. A plain dosa at $12.90 is the same crepe with no filling, served with the same accompaniments.
Pappadums at $3.50 for four are the usual thing for the table, and a mango lassi at $5.90 or a plain lassi at $5.50 sits well next to the chutneys. Masala tea, or chai, runs from $4.00 to $5.00. If you are ordering for a few people, the samosas and other entrees are the easy way to start the table off while the dosas are on the griddle.
Yes. Delivery is free after 5:00pm within a 5km radius of 116 Beaumont Street, Hamilton. You can also order ahead and pick up, or eat in the dining room. Remember that dosa orders need to be in before 8:30pm, so a late delivery order will miss the griddle.
We are on the Hamilton end of Beaumont Street, with the Indian grocery next door. Eat in the dining room, order ahead for pick up, or have dinner delivered. Dosa, utthapam and idli sambar are cooked until 8:30pm.
