^so i bought this in the asian food store.
but i'm clueless on what to eat along with it... i looked on google but it came up with that it's eaten with soup...

any more creative ideas?
a decent filling, a decent spread or something?

What does it taste like? Just like a normal pancake?

Maybe you could spread some baba ganoush (sp?) on it. Or do what goggle suggested and have it as a side to some miso or sea weed soup?

Oh! maybe you could do like a pita thing, humus spread and then fill it with veggies and those crispy chinese noodle things? That's all I can think of...

No idea. Does it say if its sweet or savory?

i havent tried it yet.
it's savory, it's made of lentils and rice.

hmm...i thought of asia-veggies as well. fried vegetables with loads of asian spices and soy sauce or something...

most people in india eat it with sambhar (sp?), which is a type of dal.

hehe it says gits on the top of the box

are they the same as papadams do you think? are they crispy?

Wow, I didn't know you could buy them pre-made. They're a south indian bread type preparation that's flat, spongy and crispy when fresh out of the pan. It's made with rice flour. As shastateen said, they're usually eaten with sambar (which is a really nice soupy lentil dish). Another fanatastic thing to do with them is make masala dosas. You make a potato and onion filling which you fill the dosa with like a crepe. It's served with sambar and coconut chutney. Fucking yummy, one of my favourite things.





Here are two good recipes, the first one has step by step instructions. For both, just skip the part where they tell you how to make the dosa and go to the potato filling part.

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/snacks/masala-dosa.html

Thank you very, very much!!

You're so welcome. I'm really happy people are eating dosas. I grew up eating those for breakfast on weekends (they're traditionally a breakfast/lunch type food) with my family. Love this thread!

Look, when you get them made for you in restaurants, they're usually quite huge. Oh, make sure to make them very thin, they're not supposed to be thick at all.





Here's someone making them, God love him.

The recipe link I posted doesn't seem to be working, so here they are again.

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/sna...sala-dosa.html

http://www.food-india.com/recipe/R026_050/R037.htm

Aww, thanks again, but the link worked fine for me

The one thing I didn't understand:
What are the other 2 sauces/chutneys in the little dishes?
The links both take me to the "Masala filling".



And those other pictures you posted look soooo good. I'm sure I'll give them a go tomorrow when it's time for lunch.

Okay, the stuff accompanying the masala dosa (masala= filling, dosa=bread) would be sambar http://www.recipezaar.com/115127

coconut chutney
http://www.thokalath.com/cuisine/salads_chutneys.php


and tomato chutney
http://www.spiderkerala.com/kerala/r...x?RecipeId=109

(note the website says "kerala", that's actually the part of india where these dishes are really popular and incidentally, where my parents are from)

oooh thanks again, lactica.
so kind of you.

if you ever need help preparing a German meal ask me

No problem sweetheart. Actually, I lived in germany for a few months, and i recall this AMAZING muesli people kept eating. It had yogourt, berries, oats and apples in it, and no matter how hard I try I can't get it to taste the same. If you know how to make that, I would looooove you.

oh god i want to try that.

Really, where did you live??

Was it homemade muesli or muesli from the supermarket?

Maybe you mean Bircher Muesli?

I'm sure there are tons of recipes around. I think the most important ingredients are the whipped cream, the tiny shot of lemon juice and the tsp honey in it.