GET READY to experience the rich and colourful culture of Chennai as Dhoom Indian Streatery takes you on its latest culinary journey. 

After spending four weeks in Chennai last November, during which time he researched his new menu, the New Row restaurant's owner and chef, Prasad Dhaneshwar, is now ready to unveil it to his customers.

He said: "Chennai is a warm and welcoming coastal metropolitan megacity with a love for food, music, dance, poetry, and culture, It’s a city where the heritage of the past is met with a changing vista of a modern cosmopolitan.

"The Colonial Influence is still reflected throughout the City in its architecture, its culture, its food, and, of course, the people themselves.”

The region is located in South India, where the food is much different from the rest of the country.

Prasad continued: “Coconut, curry leaves, mustard seeds, rice, dal or legumes are cornerstones of Southern Indian cooking.

"The region is blessed with a large variety of agricultural vegetation and produce owing to with good rains and fertile lands.

"The proximity to the coast means fresh seafood throughout the year as well.

“This is the “Land of Spices”, and that is very much reflected in the cuisine as well. Cardamom, pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon are some of the important spices used in Southern Indian cuisine.

"All in all, it is a truly inspiring region for me to explore through a new tasting menu!”

The new menu will incorporate Chennai street food preparations such as Thakkali Rasam, Gunpowder Masala Idli, Niligiri Murgh Tikka, a special Mother’s style Sambar, Kongunadu Kozhi Kuzhambu, Coromandel Lamb Curry, King Prawn Thokku and Madras Filter Coffee with a Prasad's own twist.

All 11 of Dhoom's previous 10-course tasting menus have been well-loved by diners, and Prasad hopes that his twelfth will also be well-received.

He said: “We very much hope that the guests will show love and support to their 12th journey to Chennai as well, and will cherish this completely different and new experience of the cuisine of the Southern Coast of India."

And he isn't stopping there, Prasad plans to return to India, time and time again, in order to keep bringing back new culinary experiences for the people of Dunfermline. 

He added: “I will keep going back to the streets of India and looking for something different, something unique and authentic.

“I want to explore as many different regions, and parts of India as possible, to keep bringing back that flavour, that colour, that taste sensation to Dhoom.”

The Chennai Tasting Menu starts at Dhoom on Thursday, April 25.