Definitions
Etymologies
- From Kannada ದೋಸೆ. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“What makes Dhirda a Marathi recipe unlike the dosa is the sweet tinge to it.”
“Srivalli's Dosa Mela ( "dosa" is a family of Southern Indian crepes/pancakes and "mela" is a gathering or fair) has me all excited.”
“Each dosa is made to order and the cooks are congenial and seem to take pride in what they serve.”
“Adding poha (flattened rice flakes) to dosa is something new to me.”
“Rava Dosa: Instead of the regular dosa batter, this dosa is made with a semolina (rava) batter; it is a dosa that looks lacier and has a different taste”
“The concept of using atta (fine whole wheat flour) for dosa is completely new to me.”
“When the top of the dosa is dry, sprinkle some (or a lot!) of the chutney powder and a little bit of the potato stuffing.”
“Kept reading till I reached the word dosa, was thinking where is the Pooda here, I can see only the dosa, hahahha.”
“I cannot claim that I am a great cook, but guess, dosa is one of my speciality!”
“Some people like the paper thin dosa and others like the thicker kind, the ones that you find in thattukadas (mobile food carts in Kerala, kind of like the ones found in NY city).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dosa’.
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Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1078 more...
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Wonderful bread
baguette, bialy, pumpernickel, boule, brioche, challah, chapati, cornbread, dosa, mantou, flatbread, focaccia and 102 more...
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A Crumb Of Comfort
Types of bread & breadmaking terms. Mainly I'm looking for plain or savoury breads but I'll accept the sweet-ish ones as long as they are more bread than cake :-)
lagana, khobz, pita, foccaccia, ciabatta, bap, altamura, knead, leaven, crumpet, muffin, bagel and 202 more...
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Australian
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scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Exotic Tastes
Interesting words related to food, ingredients, dishes, cookery, cuisines and so on. Exotic in this case is entirely subjective, with funkelberries on top.
tatty, neep, flummery, babaganoush, tahini, samphire, loblolly, scrumpy, fressen, luwak, duxelle, edamame and 213 more...
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Oooooh Donuts!
pâté, paprika, unagi, wasabi, chicory, aubergine, anise, tapas, ouzo, tiramisu, uttpam, dosa and 1 more...
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Fermentations
fermented foods from all cultures
beer, tempeh, bread, kefir, yoghurt, langfil, bouza, sauerkraut, choucroute, kimchi, vinegar, kumis and 11 more...
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Curry Zone
Culinary terms from Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
korma, brinjal, vindaloo, chole, dal, pickle, aloo, biryani, hing, jeera, gram, masala and 63 more...
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When I'm in Holland I eat the pannenk...
Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes!
pancake, flapjack, waffle, griddle cake, hotcake, slapjack, johnnycake, bannock, arepa, blini, crepe, dosa and 23 more...
Tweets
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bilby Dosa batter tends to be lightly spiced (e.g. with methi) whereas idli is generally not. But roughly speaking the batter ingredients are the same: rice and black gram. Jan 30, 2010
hernesheir Crepe made from the same batter that idlis are made from. Jan 30, 2010
pillager "Dosa" is a food item popular in India. It is round in shape and eaten as breakfast, snack or tiffin. Dosa is made of a wet, leavened batter of Urad Dal (scientific name: Vigna Mungo), a type of legume, and uncooked rice.
Dosa is a noun. Jun 18, 2009
bilby An Indian-style thin pancake bread made from a batter of fermented lentils.
Nov 21, 2007