The menu, as well as the mess staff, changes every year so you won't get bored with the dishes and the taste. Here is how a typical mess menu of a day looks like
- Breakfast: Common items + 2 breakfast items (1-oily and 1-non-oily item)
- Lunch: Veg: 4 days (2 days-paneer, 1 day-mushroom, 1 day corn). Non-Veg: 4 days (1 day fish, 1 day egg, 1 day prawn curry, 1 day chicken)
- Snacks: Veg: 1 day paneer. Non-Veg: 1 da yegg.
- Dinner: Veg: 5 days (2 days mushroom, 2 days paneer, 1-day corn, and paneer). Non-Veg: 5 days (1 day mutton, 1 day egg, 3 days chicken)
A special lunch and dinner are served weekly.
Common items:
- Common items Breakfast: Cornflakes + milk/ bournvita +milk/milk/tea/coffee; egg bhurji/paneer bhurji/boiled egg; bread, butter, and jam; bananas.
- Common items Lunch: Rasam/Sambar/Kara kulambu/Vattakulambu; Toor dal; Dalma/Chana dal/Masoor dal/Moong dal; Tomato chutney/pickle/salad/chips/papad/curd/dahiboondi/dahibrinjal/dahiraita; roti/chapatti; rice.
- Common items Snacks: Tea/coffee/milk/nimboopani; bananas/water melon/fruit salad/other fruits; biscuits.
- Common items Dinner : Rasam/Sambar; Dal; Roti; Rice.
The food quality depends upon the caterer of the hostel. The mess secretary is also a student so students can customize the menu as per their needs.