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Follow these tips for the ultimate crunch. Master restaurant-style onion rava dosa at home by using thin batter, pouring it circularly on a hot tawa, adding onions directly on the pan, and cooking ...

Idli is a bit better than dosa because it's steamed without oil. We usually make one batter for idli and another for dosa.

Benne dosa is not just another dosa. It is a mood. Anyone who has eaten it at an old darshini in Bangalore knows the smell hits first, long before the plate arrives. Butter sizzling on a hot iron tawa ...