Lack of awareness amongst food professionals, many unexpected uses of gluten in restaurant dishes and high chance of cross contamination in busy restaurant kitchens pose a serious challenge to a gluten free diner.
We have some tips and information to help you order meals easily and to assist the restaurant staff in providing a safe meal for you.
A Dining Card has a brief set of instructions which can be used in any dining outlet to prepare your meals. Download the tips and the dining card and carry with you to restaurants. Your child should be encouraged to use it too. The dining card has been presented in Hindi as well as English.
Each cuisine has some safe and unsafe items and dishes where gluten maybe hidden in some form. We plan to interact with experts from different cuisines and bring tips for you which can help you place your order. We begin with some suggestions for dining in South Indian restaurant.
Tips for South Indian cuisine
A gluten free customer can have plenty of options to choose from in a South Indian restaurant. Here is a short guide to what you could be watchful for while ordering some popular items in a restaurant serving South Indian cuisine.
Apart from the popular items like dosa and idli, there are many other less popular dishes which are inherently gluten free. A quick guide to understanding some of these names will be made available soon.
Some other tips:
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