Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Masala Dosa in Beijing - China Tour IX

Jai Gurudev !!

That was a piercing chill evening . We were walking back to the Hotel from office .
We were all feeling hungry after the day long work , with no proper lunch to munch on .
All of a sudden our eyes grabbed a wonderful scene at the road side corner  . Guess what ?
A middle aged woman was making Dosas in a moving cart . How skillfully she was making it with such a great speed. ?!
That too , she is making some stuffed Dosas something similar to our masala Dosas.kind .

We just stood there for a moment and observed that art . My friend even captured the video of it . Also we wanted to confirm if it’s a vegetarian or a non vegetarian item.
People just would stop for a moment , and grab one on their way , paying the yuans( 5 yuans per Dosa). Infact they order different combinations of the inside stuffs .
Even we enquired a person about the name of the item and one said "Just a kind of Pancake !"


How is it made ?
Basically , she applies the batter  made out of Maida flour on the pan and uses a special instrument to make it round and flat . Next , she breaks open two eggs and puts on the Dosa . Once the Dosa is done , she smears about three types of  liquid masalas in different colours as red , green and brown on top , one by one . Then she sprinkles some finely chopped onions & coriander leaves . Finally she places a crispy rectangular wafer on the Dosa and folds it neatly . And while packing , she cuts the Dosa into two halves ,

As a custom made order , she cuts open a packet , where in some prawn pieces , I guess is also added in that inside stuff .

And I ordered one without the egg . To make her understand that special order , I had to do multiple actions .

Do you want to know how it tasted ?
Splendid ..Awesome ...
Because , eating something hot, spicy ,soft ouside - cispy inside  and tasty food in that chill weather , that too in times of  real hunger , should be obviously tasty. Is it not ?
And my colleague , who tasted the Egg Dosa , exclaimed , " No Chance ( Nothing can match this taste )!!

What next ? I tried it once again ,before returning back from Beijing.
Only thing is that , the name of that Chinese item is still not known ...

Love & smiles...

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