Tuesday, January 22, 2008

One fine morning......
father- thindi saapidrya ..?? (will u have breakfast..? )
Me- Venda venda...kulchutu saapdre (no no, will have it after bath)
father- appo yella pannikudkurku aardille...yenaku office ku late aachi. (i cant wait till then, i am late for the office...)
Me-sari sari..naane pankure aapru.. (ok ok, i will only do it later)
father- varda dose pankuruku..?? (u know how to make dose..? )
Me-oh vardu ...yenna annidirke yennane..!?? (oh..i know!! what do u think i am..!?)
father-yenmaana panko po, naa vare.. (do what u want, me leaving)
Me-sari, tata..

After an hour, i call up mother who is not in town and has the not-in-town accent to her voice on the phone.
Me-hello amma, dose henge maadkollodu..?? (hello amma, how do i make dose..?? )
mother- (in her out-of-town accent) ashtu gothillva, thava kaayakke idu, ond 5 nimisha kaayi, aamele dose haaku. (donno that much also, keep the thava on the flame, wait for 5mins, and make the dose..)
Me-sari, haaki aadamele, yesht hottu bidabeeku?? (how long shud i wait after that.?? )
mother-ayioooooooo, noodko, dose yeddre aagide antha, golden brown colour irabeeku. (ayiiooooo, see if the dose gets up, it should be golden brown)
Me-ond dose ge yesht hittu haakabeeku..?? (how much dough shud i use for 1 dose..?? )
mother-neene nodkond haakappa.. (u only c and put man..!!)
Me-oh...ok ok...chutney illva..?? (ok ok, no chutney..?)
mother-(in her out-of-town accent) adella nanage gothilla, yeno maadkond thinnu...dose aaglilla andre noodles maadko...!! (i donno abt al that, if not dose, make noodles and eat..)
Me-noodles a..?? bellag belaage heng thinlli...?? chutney ilva..!!?? (noodles a..?? how do i eat it morning morning...?? no cutney..?? )
mother-(in her out-of-town accent, but a lil louder)-yesht sarthi helodu, chtney illa, yeenara adjust maadkond thinnu, bye.(how many times to tell no chutney, adjust and eat something..)
Me-thumba thanks, bye

and.....after 21 years of existence, i try to make my own breakfast, and try to digest it.
stage 1- keep the tava on the flame and wait for 5 mins. That is easy.

stage 2. pour the dough and wait for it to turn golden brown-ok..how brown is golden or how golden brown..?? Think of calling up mother again, but, the colour of the dose gets the better of me....... i put the dough on the tava, and make a sort of a circle.(After that i understood why i was thought free hand drawing in school).

stage3- insert the dose removal thing under the dose and wait for it to get up-ok, this was quite easy....but the problem is, the dose seems to get up only in a few places..*damn*

stage4-turn up the dose and put it on the tava once again-and i burn my fingers doing that.

stage5-put it on a plate, eat it with either chutney or adjust with whatever u have-and i had to adjust with whatevre-i-have (whatever that is..)

stage6-try, try and u will succeed.

The first one- (this proves y i almost flunked in machine drawing) the 2nd one-i tried, i really did
























see, see...i told u i was trying...i almost got a perfect circle..!!!! see.... see..!??
finally, i had to adjust with whatever-i-have...... :( :( :(

PS-i could only digest 2 of my own dose's..(one of them was too thick for my liking..)
PS2-never eat a dose without chutney....!!!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahaa!! that was a really nice post:)
doses are never perfectly round...and abt the thickness..keep practising and u can make me some good ones sometime. In fact, u should learn how to make chutney also:P

Unknown said...

ayappa...........thumba thanks..!!!!
i have had enough for the first time..!!

Samyuktha said...

btw- how long did u take to make 3 doses?

Anonymous said...

madakke kelsa ilde idre heege aagodu...btw try your solar cooker instead of tava..;)

Unknown said...

ayappa @sushruth...!!!
dont u know.....we are all waiting for summer to arrive to design the cooker...!!

Pri said...

bwahahahahaha. che paapa. okay here super easy steps: make sure the tava is hot. just before you pour the batter in lower the stove. rub onion all over the tava. no really, this helps. then use one of those sambhar spoons to measure the dosa batter. maybe even a little less. just sort of drop it in the center. then do this sort of circular motion until it is spread over the pan. put oil around it and cover and keep on low flame. offer to make dosas for the entire family one day. by the time you come to the tenth one [your one] you'll have perfectly round crispy dosas.

i will totally teach you how to make delicious kadalekai chutney if you can figure out how to scrape a coconut. that i don't know how to do.

silk smitha and disco shanti said...

@pri avare..
naanu waiting for the delicious kadalekai chutney..!!!

deepthi vinod said...

macha your dosas are much better then any....mine stick and refuse to leave the pan..tell me tricks no....

silk smitha and disco shanti said...

@samyuktha..
it took me around 10mins to make all the 3 dosa's..
@tachi...
dont ask me for tricks...i am an ameture too....!!! ask pri above for suggestions...she seems to be the expert...or else buy a dosa from a resturant and tell the world u made it..!! :P :P

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emlric eroth said...

Nice!!! I had been delegated dosa making duties at home,since i turned 12,so by now i'm pretty good at getting them almost-perfect. This is a good try...u almost got a good circle!!!
When u live alone and cook for yourself(like me!sob!) "eating-with-whatever" takes new meaning,and u discover new uses for jam,mayo,sauce,garlic,hell...anything at all...!!;)

Ps: wondering if u speak tamil or kannada,cause i saw a litle of both in here.?!

silk smitha and disco shanti said...

@deepika..
i speak both at home..!! :)

Anonymous said...

Shame, Nikhil, My son knows how to make dosas since he was 12. Ofcourse there will be 3 or 4 torn dosas lying around. He can even bake chapathis but can not roll them. That is one more task you must learn