Meaning of dosa | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.

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Examples

“Eric dipped a piece of the dosa in the coconut chutney.”

“The restaurant's dosas were truly atrocious, so I stopped going there.”

“In those days she had admired his pluralistic openness of mind⟳, and struggled, in her kitchen, towards a parallel eclecticism, learning to cook⟳ the dosas and uttapams of South India as well as the soft meatballs of Kashmir.”

“I carried the Mongoose's bags to the right carriage of the train⟳, then went to a stall and bought a dosa, wrapped in paper, for him.”

“These condiments are provided as something for you to dip your dosa into. The dosa wrap⟳ itself has a slight tang to it, as it is a fermented bread made from rice and lentils, and is light⟳ and delicious.”

“The dosas all came with coconut chutney and sambar, a lentil broth — good dipping condiments.”

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