dosa

alexis flew in for a visit and it was our friends bday so it was inevitable that we were going to celebrate.  i just didn't know how tantalizing our meal experience was going to be.  all three of us girls were craving indian food so i looked to my list of places to try in sf but after driving by it didn't like the type of place we were looking to eat at.  since was driving i had alexis log onto yelp and find us a different indian place in the city and she found a total gem called dosa.  we went to the location on valencia and got seated right away.  once i looked over the menu i was completely unsure as to what i should order.  i do eat indian food but this menu had nothing that i've ever hear of so i was a little worried but even more scared.  things sounded like i would enjoy tasting but still every item is be a gamble.

they brought these chips out to start off our meal, not sure what they are called but they are gluten free.  these chips were interesting but i liked them better when i dipped them into a sauce or ate it with the chick peas.

the starter we ordered call chennai chicken - boneless chicken marinated in straus yogurt with coriander & cumin.  i did enjoy this chicken but in comparison the rest of my meal this was last on the list.

channa bhatura - chick pea masala served with an over sized soft and puffy wheat bread or vegan poori.  i am absolutely in love with this dish!!  if i had known it was so delicious i would have eaten this as my meal

here is the over sized puffy bread or vegan poori, when you poke it all the air comes rushing out and it turns into a large flat piece of bread, this bread was such a fun surprise and tasted great too.

this is alexis's pepper chicken with coconut rice, poor thing it was very spicy!  it was good but the spiciness overpowered the dish.

here is the birthday girls meal, a paneer & peas dosa - filled iwth spiced grilled farmer's cheese, peas and cilantro.

and finally my meal was the masala chutney dosa - savory rice-lentil crepe with creamy spiced indian potatoes, cashew nuts blended with eggplant chutney.  can you tell how big this dosa is?  when i opened it up right in the center was a perfect pile of the potato mixture so i ate it by ripping off pieces of the dose and grabbing some of the mixture then topped it off by dipping it into one of my 3 sauces.  after eating this email i think i may be sold on southern indian cuisine over whatever it is i've been eating at the other indian places.

a fun fact about the evening is that dosa was on my list of 100 things to try in SF before you die and i had no idea.  thanks to alexis for her yelp skills she lead us to a must try restraunt in the city.

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