Founder Navjot Singh Rajput in a South Indian colonnade, morning light raking through the arches

Our story · told by the founder

I went south for a degree.I returned on a mission.

I'm Navjot Singh Rajput. I went to NIT Trichy to study a Masters in Power Electronics, and fell in love with authentic South Indian food instead. A single bite of a real Trichy dosa revealed a world of difference. This is how that bite became Cauvery Chutney.

Read on

A friendship, a restaurant

In Trichy I grew close to Lawrence, the mess manager, a man who knew South Indian food like few people do. We called him Anna, “elder brother.”

Over countless meals and conversations, a simple idea took shape between us: head north, open a small outlet, and share the real taste of South India with everyone.

That became our foundation: serve authentic South Indian food at the most honest price possible. No shortcuts, just the food we fell in love with.

Navjot Singh Rajput, arms folded, in front of a temple arch

“In the South, the food was affordable, abundant, and better in every way. People in the North deserve to taste the real thing, not a watered-down imitation.”
Navjot Singh Rajput, founder

Four turns

How it happened

01
NIT Trichy: a degree and a discovery
I moved south for a Masters in Power Electronics; a bite of real street food changed everything. The gap between what I ate in Trichy and what was served up north was impossible to ignore.
Navjot and Anna, Trichy
02
The bond: friendship with Anna
With Lawrence, whom we called Anna, I shared countless meals, and a friendship grew. Together we made a plan: bring the real taste of the South to Delhi.
Anna
03
The idea: authenticity for all
In the South the food was affordable and excellent; in the North, expensive and diluted. My mission became simple: authentic South Indian food at a minimal price, so everyone could taste the real thing.
Sector 135, Noida
04
Today: Cauvery Chutney
What started as a dream between two friends, named for the Kaveri and the legend of twenty-one chutneys that inspired me, is now our home in Sector 135.