Re: dosai vs idli

by Guest Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:09 pm

nevada wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:Masai Dosai?
http://onceuponafeast.blogspot.com/2010/11/getting-through-november-blahs.html

...think street food from India (Masai Dosai and so much more. We had some of this because it brought back wonderful memories of Joanna's trip to India and she hasn't had any Masai Dosai since then. It's a South Indian street food favorite),

a guess: in TN the "masala dosA" is often listed on the menu as masal dosai (doing northindians the favor of cutting off redundant vowels at the end of words as is their wont). they probably misread it and hence the east african prefix to the dosai.
Hmm, I thought masai implied an afro-tamil fusion. Also, don't some African cuisines have a dosa like thing called injera? Maybe injera is a corrupted form of Kanjivaram.

so the arabs (injera) brought dos to india. they brought idl as proven upthread. EOD.

by nevada Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:16 pm

tingu wrote:
nevada wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:Masai Dosai?
http://onceuponafeast.blogspot.com/2010/11/getting-through-november-blahs.html

...think street food from India (Masai Dosai and so much more. We had some of this because it brought back wonderful memories of Joanna's trip to India and she hasn't had any Masai Dosai since then. It's a South Indian street food favorite),

a guess: in TN the "masala dosA" is often listed on the menu as masal dosai (doing northindians the favor of cutting off redundant vowels at the end of words as is their wont). they probably misread it and hence the east african prefix to the dosai.
Hmm, I thought masai implied an afro-tamil fusion. Also, don't some African cuisines have a dosa like thing called injera? Maybe injera is a corrupted form of Kanjivaram.

so the arabs (injera) brought dos to india. they brought idl as proven upthread. EOD.

Injer - not injera.

by Hellsangel Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:55 pm

Is Injira made from/with ginger?

by bw Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:14 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:Masai Dosai?
http://onceuponafeast.blogspot.com/2010/11/getting-through-november-blahs.html

...think street food from India (Masai Dosai and so much more. We had some of this because it brought back wonderful memories of Joanna's trip to India and she hasn't had any Masai Dosai since then. It's a South Indian street food favorite),

a guess: in TN the "masala dosA" is often listed on the menu as masal dosai (doing northindians the favor of cutting off redundant vowels at the end of words as is their wont). they probably misread it and hence the east african prefix to the dosai.

shouldn't it be 'masalai' dosai?

by bw Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:17 pm

Hellsangel wrote:Is Injira made from/with ginger?

from ginger and cumin and it is 'injirai', thank you very much.

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