Hints and tips:
...The gundu dosas – fried dumplings made from fermented urad dal and rice batter and studded with mustard seeds – are hot little nuggets of comfort....
...Fortunately I am greater, so it was also necessary to try gundu dosas....
...And the place I wish I had visited a few more times . . ....
...French anthropologist Marc Augé coined the term “non-places”: broadly, “supermodern” places of transience, like airports or hotel rooms, where humans barely leave an imprint....
...Yet the mint was clear and bright, combined with something with an edge of clove and, at a dip, made the world a better place....
...That the idli-dosas are also perfectly made is little surprise, given Nair’s south Indian heritage....
...“I keep the place spare and change it often. People come to discover niche things that are sustainable and made with love.”...
...They also do a good dosa....
...Those were virtually non-existent in the places they found themselves....
...When hunger bites, get a house-brewed beer and a dosa or a sizzling beef poriyal. The curry-leaf peanuts are also essential snacking....
...Smoked mackerel and potato dosas Serves four For the dosa batter, place the rice and lentils in a bowl, add enough cold water to cover by 5cm, and leave to soak overnight....
...Hoppers’ dosas (rice pancakes) are particularly special, as are the appas from which the restaurant takes its name....
...“Any place, any time, we’ll get it to you,” the 35-year-old said....
...It’s not quite the subcontinent but you can find a good dosa or thali....
...Nilanjana Roy FT columnist The battle between Ayurveda and yoga on one hand, and the Indian fondness for masala dosas and biryani on the other, is exciting to watch....
...He fell so deeply in love with the place that he laid down the family’s roots there. — My sweetest memories are of my grandfather taking us to Sno Cream, an amazing ice-cream parlour....
...Drizzle a little oil around the outside of the dosa to loosen if need be, then flip it and cook for 1½ minutes on the other side. If the dosa is nice and crispy, place on to the plate....
...The dining room, with its colonial-era furniture and quiet pastel colours, seemed an odd place for an internet luminary to hold court....
...Unlike their Mayfair restaurant Gymkhana or Trishna in Marylebone, Hoppers is a place at which you are going to queue....
...The key ingredients — gotu kola, or pennywort leaf, pandan leaves, lemongrass and dried-fruit souring agents — are present in the Hoppers menu, which broadens out from pancakes and dosas to oxtail roti,...
...It’s an easy place to live.” Back then, the Birches were making a modest living from their web service BirthdayAlarm.com, which sends out birthday reminders....
...“Our processes are in place, our systems are in place....
...As we finished our dosas, a plan began to take form. The following morning, I would drive with Srinivasan to his home temple and hear in situ how he had preserved his tradition....
...For many years the trucks offered cheap basic fare, mainly tacos and burgers from often shabby vehicles, at places such as building sites....
...“Invoking the power of Lord Shiva from this most sacred of holy places, I am once again reaching out to Mukeshbhai and hope and pray that my feelings will be reciprocated,” Mr Ambani said....
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