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Dosa vs Idli - What's the difference?

dosa | idli |

As nouns the difference between dosa and idli

is that dosa is (helsinki slang) a bus while idli is a southeast asian cake made from rice and lentils, whose ground mixture is fermented and steamed in a mold.

dosa

English

(wikipedia dosa)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
  • * 2008 , Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger , Atlantic 2009, p. 141:
    • I carried the Mongoose's bags to the right carriage of the train, then went to a stall and bought a dosa , wrapped in paper, for him.

    • Anagrams

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    idli

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Southeast Asian cake made from rice and lentils, whose ground mixture is fermented and steamed in a mold.

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

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