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What Is a Dosa? A Quick Guide to South India’s Crispy Crepe and Where to Find One in DFW

If you have ever eaten at a South Indian restaurant in Irving or Richardson, you have probably watched one go by. A golden, crackly crepe so long it hangs off both ends of the plate, rolled around a filling, with little steel cups of soup and chutney lined up beside it. That’s a dosa, and once you understand what you’re looking at, the menu stops being intimidating.

The dosa comes from South India, where it’s everyday breakfast food, eaten the way Texans eat a breakfast taco. Here it’s served all day.

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