Unique to the state of Karnataka, the dosas are called ‘Set Dosa’ because they are served in a stack of three. These Dosas are famous in the restaurants and ‘darshinis’ of Bangalore along with Masala Dosa and Rava Dosa. I found an interesting story here as to how the name was coined and why restaurants serve in sets of three. These are Indian version of savory pancakes that are soft, spongy and fluffy. They are not greasy unlike a regular Masala Dosa.In the restaurants Set Dosas are paired with Vegetable Saagu and coconut chutney while serving. Even though the dosas…
Cornmeal Dosa
You know how you plan something in advance, have plans to execute it methodically but then something happens and the plan takes a 180 turn? Well, this is what happened to me last week. Here I was all geared up for my Dosa Month event, and had few dosa recipes in mind to try and post but then I got bitten by the FLU. So I had to deal with the usual high fever, body aches and chills and was restricted to bed/couch for almost 4 days. As expected I did not have the energy to move or walk let…
Plantain Dosa / Balekayi Dosa
In our grocery we get good plantains all year around and so we buy it often. I usually make Raw banana fry, Banana curry or add it in sambhar most of the times. But recently I have leant making dosa from the green bananas. If this is something new to you then I assure that the taste is that of a regular dosa. The batter has aroma of the raw banana, however there is no flavor or even taste in the cooked dosa. It is as if the banana is invisible in the dosa, but adds good bit of nutrition…