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Originally Posted by Prash
Hmm...it's quite tough to answer as there are so many. Let me tell about one of the delicacies of India....Masala Dosa.
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Originally Posted by Prash
I am a vegetarian too and trust me, dosa is really delicious. Actually i had one of it's close relatives(neeru dosa) just an hour ago for breakfast... 
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Oh, well, that does me right. It looks and sounds incredibly delicious. I might have to make myself some of that. I'll go Googling a recipe unless you have one handy. Actually, I've a vegetarian cookbook upstairs, and it tends to have a strong Indian "flavour" because of its author's preferences (FWIW, he's a Hare Krishna I believe, so asafoetida powder is used, partly in place of onion and garlic), so I'll just go check that out.
As an aside (but apropos of mention in another thread regarding a current migraine I have), much Indian food (that is, the "curry" aspects) is brilliant at combating migraine. I suspect that's part of the reason we had so many curries as we were growing up - mum, who suffered from migraine, spent a few years in Malaysia early in her marriage, and had a local woman helper (an "amah" at the time) who became a friend and showed her cooking different to what she was bought up with. It was a teaching that was a blessing for the family, taking us beyond the generally staid, "English", working class cuisine we would otherwise have had.
Cheers,
Marc