dosa

Definition

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

Etymology

From Kannada ದೋಸೆ (dōse).

Example Sentences

• "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."