I hear a lot of people talking about Indian
food every once in a while. The two main things they mention are the
extremely hot flavor, and the delicious spices. One day, I got the
chance to actually try a dish from the Indian cuisine called “Masala
Dosa”.
I was spending my summer vacation at my sister’s house in Umul-Hasm,
Bahrain. A couple minutes away from her house, there was an Indian food
restaurant called “Sahar”. When I entered the place, I was overwhelmed
by the heavy smell of Indian spices filling the air, so I quickly
ordered three takeaway Masala Dosa meals, one for me, and the other two
for my sister and her husband, and hurried back home. The meal
consisted of a loaf of special bread, baked from rice and black lentils
and filled with hot, boiled potatoes spiced with the famous Garam Masala
spices, a special kind of sauce known as “Salona”. The sauce consists
of tomato sauce, potatoes, hot spices, chicken and other vegetables.
The dish smelled spicy and really delicious, but the taste was even
better. Once I began eating my Masala Dosa meal, the heat of the spices
immediately overwhelmed me. It felt like a raging fire flooding my
mouth. The food was so unbelievably hot that it felt like fireworks
started coming out of my ears, but I kept eating nevertheless because I
was actually enjoying the intensity of the taste. One thing that was
making things much easier for me, however, was what I like to call “the
fire extinguisher of the Indian cuisine”, which is the coconut chutney.
It is a white-colored sweet and mild dip made from coconut. It is
usually served along most Indian dishes for its delicious taste and its
ability to significantly reduce the heat of the spices.
Masala Dosa was in fact one of the best dishes I have ever t
ried in
my life. If I ever get the chance to try it again, I would certainly do
that. But this time, I am looking forward to try it in its mother
country, India.
