Bored of eating the regular varieties of non-veg dosas? Then drop in at a few eateries that are now offering dry fruit dosas, a new attraction in the old city.
While eateries offering kheema dosa, chicken dosa and egg dosa are ubiquitous in this part of the city, a few have taken a lead by serving the dry fruit dosa. All one has to shell out is an amount between Rs.80 and Rs.100 for it.
“It is prepared like any other variety of dosa with ‘rava’, but instead of onions or masala we sprinkle dry fruits and honey on it and serve without chutney,” says Md. Zahed, who had set up an eatery near Jamia Masjid Chowk in old city.
Almonds (badam), cashews (kajju), chestnut (akhrot), pistachios (pista), raisins (kismish), dried figs (anjeer) and melon seeds are cut into small pieces and sprinkled in small quantities apart from butter and paneer.
“In the beginning people were in dilemma over its high price, but eventually the dry fruit dosa is finding takers,” says Mohsin, another eatery owner at Charminar.
Around five eateries are selling this variety of dosa in addition to the non-veg and regular one. Idly, vada and Mysore bajji are prepared too. Unlike the regular shops which conduct the business in the mornings, their schedule starts from 9 p.m. and continues till the early hours of the day. Cutting across the social-barriers the young and the old, women and children drop in at these outlets after a hectic shopping tour.
“Initially I had doubts about the taste, but after eating it, I had ordered for one more,” said Syed Omer, an MBA student from Tolichowki.
