Ganapati

Home-style South Indian kitchen in Peckham

Address: 38 Holly Grove, Peckham, London SE15 5DF
Phone: +44 20 7277 2928
Hours: Tue-Fri 12:00-14:45 & 18:00-22:30, Sat 12:00-22:30, Sun 12:00-22:00, Mon closed

Indian

Menu prices: £2–£15 · £ · Median main: £13.50 · 40/40 with a published price

Ganapati is a South Indian restaurant in Peckham (est. 2004), inspired by the communal eating canteens and street food of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh — thalis, dosas and home-style curries in a colourful, laid-back dining room.

Appetisers

• Kachori — £6.00
• Thoran — £5.00

  Dry stir-fried vegetables with coconut
• Pappadoms Pickles — £4.00

  With pickles
• Vegetarian Street Snacks — £6.00
• Grilled Kanava — £6.00

  Grilled squid
• Winter Mini Dosa — £6.00
• Turkey Cutlets — £6.00

Lunch Meals

• Vegetable Thali — £8.00
• Free Range Chicken Curry Rice — £8.00
• King Fish Curry Rice — £8.00
• Cheera Parippu Rice — £7.00

  Spinach and lentil stew with rice
• Dal Curry Curd Rice — £7.00

Main Meals

• Ganapati Vegetarian Thali — £15.00

  Sambar, dal, rasam, thoran, neer moru, vegetable main, rice, chapati, chammanthi podi, pickles, poppadoms and dessert
• Kayal Fish Curry — £14.00

  Mild Kayal-style fish curry
• Tamil Nadu Fish Curry — £14.00

  Hot Tamil Nadu-style fish curry
• Kara Prawn Curry — £14.00
• Kadalundi Seafood — £14.00

  Spicy Kadalundi seafood curry
• Kavoor Chicken Curry — £13.00
• Kerala Chicken Stew — £13.00

  With paratha
• Kerala Goat Curry — £15.00

  With neychoru ghee rice
• Paneer Pumpkin Pea Masala — £12.00

  Paneer, pumpkin and pea masala
• Brussel Sprout Swede Chestnut Curry — £12.00

  Brussel sprout, swede and chestnut curry
• Black Eye Bean Potato Curry — £12.00

  Black eye bean and potato curry
• Masala Dosa — £8.00

  Rice flour and lentil fermented pancake with spicy mash potatoes, sambar and chutneys

Rice & Sides

• Curd Rice — £3.00
• Plain Boiled Rice — £2.00
• Coconut Rice — £3.00
• Dal Curry — £4.00
• Vegetable Curry — £6.00
• Kerala Paratha — £3.00

  Flaky griddle-cooked flatbread
• Raita — £2.00

  Yoghurt side
• Mushroom Spinach Curry — £12.00

  Mushroom and spinach curry

Desserts

• Gulab Jamun — £5.00
• Shrikkand — £5.00

  Sweet strained yoghurt
• Ganapati Ice-Cream — £6.00
• Ganapati Sorbet — £5.00

Drinks

• Lassi — £3.00

  Mango, banana, sweet or savoury — made with homemade yoghurt
• Lime Soda — £3.00

  Salt or sugar
• Masala Tea — £3.00
• Filter Coffee — £2.00

  Monsoon Malabar, filter style