Some of the weird stuff I ever ate is the Mexican dosa, hmm.. It happened a few weeks back when I went to this famous shopping mall in Kozhikode. Dosa being one of my favorite items and it's been a long time since I had one, I was looking forward for a spicy dosa. After going through the menu, I hardly found one item that was known to me. Some items were like Mexican dosa, French dosa, Chinese noodles dosa .. :O
When did the traditional Indian dosa became westernized. It's fine that there should be new variants in the dishes, but aren't we losing the traditional flavor of the dosa. How does one feel when a new item is called "Indian Pizza" where pizza is topped with fried rice and served in sambar. (Shit!!)
Probably time would come when there would be so called Italian Idly (Idly with pizza), French bonda (French fries with flour), Chinese vada (vada with noodles served in sambar..ohh..yaak). I doubt whether the next generation can eat an authentic Indian dosa. Atleast hope that Indian flavors are not changed to a state where one can't find anything Indian in them. A dosa has a typical Indian flavor and I don't feel it in a Mexican dosa (dosa with noodles :O).
I still miss the traditional pesarattu (dosa made with green daal) with chopped onions, ginger pieces, green chilly and topped with ghee. (yummy...)
Signs Off
Urs Ved
2 comments:
It is the combination, diffusion or mixing that really make things new and improved. For example I really started to see some refreshing changes in one of my friend from Hydrabad by Not doing his typical activities. But all improvements seem to have gone in vein when I saw him again WALKING the same path :( .
Food is like fashion nowadays. It changes from time to time. Differs from place to place. Indian food is quiet popular abroad, among both nris & local community. Even if it is an remixed version.
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