Food family · 5 dishes · 3 regions
The pancake
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The griddle predates the oven. A poured batter, a hot flat surface — this technique crossed deserts and oceans independently, arriving at injera, dosa, blini, and crepe without knowing the others existed.
3 India
1 Indonesia
1 Japan
India
3 3 dishes from India
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Dosa
A thin, crispy South Indian crepe made from a fermented batter of rice and urad dal, served with coconut chutney and sambar. Sambar is closely related to the rasam and other lentil-stew traditions of the Deccan.
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Idli
Soft, steamed South Indian cakes made from a fermented batter of rice and black gram, traditionally served with sambar and coconut or tomato chutney.
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Masala dosa
A thin, crisp South Indian fermented rice-and-lentil crepe filled with a fragrant potato masala and served with sambar and chutney.
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Indonesia
1 1 dish from Indonesia
Japan
1 1 dish from Japan
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