Dosa

Paneer Dosa: an illustration of the sandwich.

Paneer Dosa

A fermented rice-lentil crepe folds around spiced paneer instead of potato, and the cheese holds its shape as separate cubes because acid, not rennet, is what set it.

Masala Dosa: an illustration of potato, onion and mustard.

Masala Dosa

Dosa filled with spiced potato masala (potatoes, onions, mustard seeds, curry leaves, turmeric), served with sambar and coconut chutney.

Egg Dosa: an illustration of egg, onion, cilantro and pepper.

Egg Dosa

A raw egg cracked onto a fermented rice crepe at the one second the underside sets, smeared thin so it cooks into the surface as a skin, not a filling. A South Indian griddle move off the cart.

Chicken Dosa: an illustration of chicken, onion, ginger, garlic and more.

Chicken Dosa

A fermented rice-and-lentil crepe, spread lacy and gold, asked to do a bread's job for a meat it was never built to hold. The dosa is centuries old; the chicken inside it is recent and undatable.