VIT has different type of messes for freshers. In the first year the caterers for all the 5 types of messes are Darling Vellore and PR Vellore. There are Five Types of Messes in VIT for Freshers namely South Indian Veg, South Indian Non Veg, North Indian Veg and North Indian Non Veg and Special Mess. Here in this post you'll get VIT Mess Menu.
Special Mess
The Darling Special Mess and PR Special Mess are considered to be the best among all other messes. They serve a wide variety of items for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The quality of food here is good and the staff here keep up cleanliness.
Breakfast
- 2 Glasses of juice, you can take more as nobody’s really watching you.
- Plain Dosa (served every alternate day)
- Tea
- Coffee
- Cornflakes
- Cold milk to go with the cornflakes
- An Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, Pongal, bhaji, vada)
- Any prep of egg (boiled, scrambled, omelette)
- Bread
- French Toast
- Butter, jam
Lunch
- Sweet (Gulab jamun/ Peda / jalebi)
- Rice
- Dal
- Sambar
- Rasam
- Roti/ nan / chappati / Phulka
- Some sabji
- Another special curry (chicken is served on alternate days)
- Chicken Biryani (only on Sundays)
- Chicken tandoori (twice a month)
- Salad
- Curd / butter milk
- Wheel Chips (Alternate Days)
- Papad / potato fry
Snacks
- Tea
- Coffee
- Pakora/Cutlet/Sandwich/ Burger/ Vada/Samosa/Bread Bhaji
Dinner
- Fruit (usually banana, sometimes guavas and oranges)
- Roti
- Soup
- Dal
- Some preparation of paneer (alternate days)
- Some kind of special rice
- Curry
- Cucumbers or onion
- Noodles (once a week)
- Milk
- Dal
South Indian Veg Mess
The mess here, serves exceptionally good food. Be assured you won’t face any problem with the food served here. The mess is run by Darling Caterers and the staff here make sure the food served is of great quality.
Breakfast
- Tea
- Coffee
- Milk
- An Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, Pongal, bhaji, vada, Plain Dosa, Utthapam)
- Bread
- Butter, jam
Lunch
- White Rice
- Dal
- Sambar
- Rassam
- Pickle
- Some Vegetable Fry
- A Special Rice [Lemon Rice, Bisi Bele Bath, Khuska Rice, Peas Pulav etc.]
- Curd / butter milk
- Wheel Chips / Appalam
- Papad / potato fry
Snacks
- Tea
- Coffee
- Pakora/Cutlet/Sandwich/ Burger/ Vada/Samos/Bread Bhaji
Dinner
- Fruit (usually banana, sometimes guavas and oranges)
- Any one sweet (On Alternate Days)
- Roti
- Dal
- Phulka
- Some kind of a Special Rice or an Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, vada, Plain Dosa, Utthapam, Pulka, Chapati)
- Curry
- Milk
- Coffee
North Indian Veg Mess
People who are pure vegetarians from the north will have no problem with this mess, although being in the south, this mess serves delicious north vegetarian meals. The mess is run by PR caterers.
Breakfast
- Tea
- Coffee
- Milk
- An Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, Pongal, bhaji, vada)
- Bread
- Phulka
- Butter, jam
Lunch
- Rice
- Dal
- Sambar
- Rassam
- Roti/ nan / chappati / Phulka
- Pickle
- Some Vegetable Fry
- Curd / butter milk
- Wheel Chips (Alternate Days)
- Papad / potato fry
Snacks
- Tea
- Coffee
- Pakora/Cutlet/Sandwich/ Burger/ Vada/Samos/Bread Bhaji
Dinner
- Fruit (usually banana, sometimes guavas and oranges)
- Any one sweet (on Alternate Days)
- Roti
- Dal
- Phulka
- Some kind of a Special Rice.
- Curry
- Milk
- Coffee
South Indian Non Veg Mess
The South Indian mess serves delicious items, with just a few differences from the north mess. If you want to save a bit, but still enjoy most of the items, then take this mess. The mess is run by Darling Caterers.
Breakfast
- Tea
- Coffee
- Milk
- An Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, Pongal, bhaji, vada, Plain Dosa, Utthapam)
- Bread
- Butter, jam
- Boiled Egg or Omlete
Lunch
- White Rice
- Dal
- Sambar
- Rassam
- Pickle
- Some Vegetable Fry
- A Special Rice [Lemon Rice, Bisi Bele Bath, Khuska Rice, Peas Pulav etc.]
- Curd / butter milk
- Wheel Chips / Appalam
- Papad / potato fry
- Non Veg Item (On Alternate Days)
Snacks
- Tea
- Coffee
- Pakora/Cutlet/Sandwich/ Burger/ Vada/Samos/Bread Bhaji
Dinner
- Fruit (usually banana, sometimes guavas and oranges)
- Any one sweet (On Alternate Days)
- Roti
- Dal
- Phulka
- Some kind of a Special Rice or an Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, vada, Plain Dosa, Utthapam, Pulka, Chapati)
- Curry
- Milk
- Coffee
North Indian Non Veg Mess
The North Indian mess here, will make you feel just at home. Ideal for those who live in the north and crave for their kind of food in the south, this mess doesn’t disappoint.
Breakfast
- Tea
- Coffee
- Milk
- An Indian dish (sambar, chutney, idly, poori, Pongal, bhaji, vada)
- Bread
- Phulka
- Butter, jam
- Boiled Egg or Omlete
Lunch
- Rice
- Dal
- Sambar
- Rassam
- Roti/ nan / chappati / Phulka
- Pickle
- Some Vegetable Fry
- Curd / butter milk
- Wheel Chips (Alternate Days)
- Papad / potato fry
- Non Veg Item (On Alternate Days)
Snacks
- Tea
- Coffee
- Pakora/Cutlet/Sandwich/ Burger/ Vada/Samos/Bread Bhaji
Dinner
- Fruit (usually banana, sometimes guavas and oranges)
- Any one sweet (on Alternate Days)
- Roti
- Dal
- Phulka
- Some kind of a Special Rice.
- Curry
- Milk
- Coffee
The Special Items served at the messes above are as follows
Non Veg
- Chilli chicken
- Chicken 65
- Chicken curry
- Tandoori chicken
- Garlic chicken
- Chicken Kadai
- Chicken Chettinad
Veg
- Panner tikka
- Butter panner masala
- Chilli Gobi
- Baby corn 65/ Gobi 65
- Chilli potato fry
- Mushroom curry
Overall, the food served at VIT is good, and much above the standards of the food served in other colleges. If at all there are any complaints regarding the food served, VIT takes them very seriously and almost immediate action is taken.
Author: Dayne Fernandes