Masaladosa

Masala dosa is an South Indian delicacy, derived from the terms masala and dosa.

Preparation

Rice and Urad is ground to a paste in water and kept for one day to allow it to ferment. After it has properly fermented, it is fried and mashed potatoes (spiced, hence the term masala) down the center. When the dosa is flipped over, it sandwiches the potatoes in between, similar to an omelette.

Creation of the Masala Dosa

The inventor of this masala dosa is purportedly Kadandale Krishna Bhat Fact|date=February 2007 of Hotel Woodlands, who belongs to the Kadandale village in Karkala Taluk of Udupi district, Karnataka state, India.Before it was invented, plain dosa was served with potato curry ("batata bhaji") without onions in a separate cup. During a shortage of potatoes, he created a method where potato was mashed and sauteed with onions and other spices and placed in the dosa instead of a separate cup. He did this to hide the onions which are not eaten by some Hindus and Jains. People enjoyed this new dosa. Hence, he named it "Masala Dosa", from the sautéeing of spices (masala) during the preparation of the "bhaji".

Variants of Masala dosas

Due to the huge popularity of masala dosa, many variants exist for differing tastes.The following are some of the variants :-
* Mysore masala dosa : Masala dosa with chutney spread inside along with bhaji .
* Vegetable masala dosa : Instead of potatoes, peas and other vegetables are mashed to make bhaji.
* Rava Masala dosa : Rava (semolina ) is used to instead of rice.
* Chinese Masala dosa : In this noodles and other Chinese ingredients are added .

See also

Dosa