absolutelyBangkok archive · Food & Drink
Originally published May 12, 2009
To cut a potentially much longer story short, the aim was to find Bangkok’s best dosa, an Indian staple food as you know. Usually served with a coconut and coriander chutney, dosa is a light food, fun to eat — and delicious.
The quest first brought me to Phahurat, Bangkok’s Little India. If you’ve been to India before Phahurat is quite an experience with all the colors, odors and smells. I found some dosa — see the top and last photo below -, but the real thing?
For the real thing you don’t have to venture all the way to Little India. An Indian restaurant by the telling name Dosa King offers it all, the whole variety of the main ingredients rice and lentil batter a decent dosa — or idli or uttapham for that — is made out of.
Dosa King’s true little (southern) India is right at your doorstep at Sukhumvit Soi 11/1. Owner Anand takes pride in the perfection of this most Indian of Indian foods. But that’s not it: “Even Indians ask for variations”, he says.
Which is why you’ll find the tempting Pizza Dosa on the menu, a fusion of East & West with tomato sauce and fresh, unprocessed cottage cheese. See the rest of the dosa offerings here. Shot below is Dosa King’s unique Paneer Tikka Dosa.
My favorite? A plain simple Masala Dosa served with onion and potato filling. Or better: Rava Dosa Masala, a mixture of semolina and rice flour with onion & potato filling, sambar and chutney sending you to culinary heaven for a meager 130 baht.
And don’t leave without a lassi.
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