Masala dosa on a banana leaf Dosa batter spread on a tawa Spiced potato filling in a dosa

Signature Masala Dosa

Steamed idli with sambar and chutney Mini idlis in sambar A stack of idli with coconut chutney

Tiffin Idli Sambar

Medu vada with coconut chutney Sambar vada in a steel bowl Close-up of crisp medu vada

Crisp Medu Vada

Soul of the South

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Ishta

Crispy dosas, fluffy idlis, and filter coffee — a pure vegetarian tiffin kitchen on Brimley Road.

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1348 Kennedy Road, Scarborough, ON M1P2L7

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Food From the South

దక్షిణ భారత్ నుంచి నాస్తా

Welcome to Ishta. Authentic South Indian vegetarian breakfast in Scarborough — crispy dosas, fluffy idlis, and vadas poured and steamed the way they should be. One kitchen, one batter, cooked with pride.

Authentically South

శుద్ధ శాకాహారం

Pure vegetarian tiffins from idli and vada to signature dosas, plated with sambar and chutneys made fresh every morning.

Masala Dosa
Signature Masala Dosa
Idli Sambar
Tiffin Idli Sambar
Medu Vada
Crisp Medu Vada
Mysore Masala Dosa
Spicy Mysore Masala Dosa
Mysore Bonda
Crisp Mysore Bonda
Onion Uttapam
Tiffin Onion Uttapam
Ghee Pongal
Comfort Ghee Pongal
Punugulu
Snack Punugulu

Filter coffee & lassi

వేడి కాఫీ, చల్లని లస్సీ

Start with a South Indian filter coffee, cool down with mango lassi or salted buttermilk. The drinks menu thinks like a tiffin box.

South Indian filter coffee in a steel davara and tumbler Mango lassi

Ishta in Your Kitchen

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Restaurant-strength dosa batter, sambar podi, gunpowder, and a chutney trio — packed to travel. Pickup in Scarborough.

What's On

ఇష్టాతో గుర్తుండిపోయే క్షణాలు

Weekend tiffin club, vegetarian catering, festival breakfasts — the calendar is the other menu.

Word On the Street

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The Ishta kitchen plating idli and dosa Apply

Careers at
Ishta

Join the kitchen and spice up your career — dosa tawa, sambar pots, and a morning rush worth showing up for.

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