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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.
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1Indonesia
1Japan
India
33 dishes from India
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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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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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
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