One of the many street food snacks to eat in Myanmar is a dosa, also known in Burmese as a kee mar. Read the full article here: http://migrationology.com/2014/08/burmese-dosa/
When you’re walking around Yangon, you’ll have many different choices for an afternoon street food snack. Many things are deep fried, there’s a variety of different types of salads, and then there are Myanmar style dosas. A dosa is originally a south Indian creation, like a big crepe that’s often filled with masala spiced potatoes and wrapped up into a cone or burrito shape, and then eaten with a number of sauces or chutneys. You can get an Indian style dosa in Yangon as well, and I ate them a number of times, but there are also street side dosas that are a bit different.
Ying and I were just walking past when we noticed this dosa vendor, and she had just set up her shop and was starting to sell her snacks – and all of a sudden a few people put in their orders as soon as she started cooking. It looked good and fresh, and so we couldn’t help ordering. I noticed that she was cooking two different types of street food dosas, one was savory and the other was sweet, so since we didn’t want to decide which one to go for we got both.
The batter of a Myanmar dosa is a mixture of rice flour, and it’s first spooned onto the hot griddle and spread out into a thin crepe. Then some oil and seasoning was sprinkled on, followed by a mixture of vegetables and some beans and boiled peas. Then on went some oil and a bit more seasoning, and then it was rolled up. The sweet version of the dosa was prepared with the same pancake crepe, but instead of the vegetables, instead it was a layer of palm sugar, then some coconut, and beans as well. It was also wrapped up, and once she was done cooking, she wrapped them in a colorful pieces of newspaper, and handed them to us, instructing us to hold them by the top instead of the bottom as it was so hot.
Both of them were very good, but since I’m more of a savory salty kind of guy, I liked that one better. The pancake was a little crispy on the outside, and it was warm and filled with vegetables on the inside. The sweet dosa was also very good, nice and flavorful from the palm sugar, and fragrant from the shreds of fresh coconut. Both were good and made a nice Myanmar street food snack in Yangon.
So which dosa do you think you would like better, salty or sweet?
Price – 200 Kyats per dosa, about $0.20
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Food wrap … New paper ?
That's our food
Nowadays, sellers don’t use newspapers or color-printed paper anymore.. by the way, it’a really delicious.. you all should try it at least one time.. although it’s a little bit oily..
# mark wiens .when will you visit mandalay city ( Myanmar ) ?
It is thosai not dosa
Dosa is from South India. Many South Indian merchants had settled in Burma. They used to trade in spices and Burmese teak wood. But all of them left during the war. They left their mark on Burmese food.
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My st my
Yuuumi. Moyebaa dosa
It is not dosa. Myanmar has dosa similar to Indian one. This one should be "Yae Mote."
I'm from Myanmar and I need to tell u that street food not that healthy for u
Taste is so Good 🙂
omg! this is my favorite snack!
hi mark,Mich,Lynn shout out from newyork city. never ever eat anything grease and it put on newspaper.the toxics of the ink can penetrate into your food.please don't aloud it to happen again.
you eat like Pig
I don't think i can eat off of a newspaper, the ink always comes off of them!!
u make hungry the way u eat
not dosa. it's called "khauk mont".
dosa is like burrito
The Best video shows world street food so yummy Sep_2015
Burmese are friendly and kind… and local goods I'd like to try all if I going there..
I'm ThaiMark please never put hot food in colorful newsprint.
It can get toxins into your food.
It's look Nice
But i don't like the way she using her hand without any gloves.
It is didgusting and unhealthy.
Thing about the sweet one is to eat it fresh… i think it gets a big soft and soggy when its not fresh
nice
Instead of separate the dosa with hand and then put into mouth,we directly bite the dosa like we eat bread in bag.
I can't wait to go! Would you recommend just bringing USD or converting some to the Kyat?
doesnt look that good
Yummy, great work Mark. Makes me want to make another trip out to Myanmar.
omg, they look really light and fresh, make me hungry now
thank you for saying dosa s south indian food :):):)
Thank God u are health conscious..
20 cents for dosa? That's cheaper then in India!
nice dosa (Y)