How is the food at IIT Madras?

IIT Madras has a 4 meal per day program. There are both North Indian and South Indian menus.

North Indian menu: 

• Breakfast: Bread, omelet, cornflakes, coffee, milk, sometimes jalebi Or dosa 
• Lunch: Rice, chapatis, dal, vegetables, salad, curd at noon.
• Evening snacks: Coffee and tea
• Dinner: Same as lunch with additional lemonade or buttermilk

South Indian menu:

• Breakfast: Idli-sambar, dosa, upma, pongal-vada, etc. Extras include bread-butter and jam, cornflakes, milk, and coffee.
• Lunch:  Rice, sambar, rasam, curd, some vegetables, phulka, and some gravy. Buttermilk is also served sometimes.
• Dinner: Diner is almost similar to the lunch menu

The food served at IIT Madras is of good taste, quality, and hygienic. There is no compromise in the quality although one might get bored of the same menu every day. Still, it is much better than the food served at other IITs and NITs.