dosa

American  

[doh-suh] / ˈdoʊ sə /

noun

1. a large, thin pancake from southern India, made from a fermented batter of rice and lentil flours and often served rolled around a filling of potatoes or other vegetables.

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Etymology

Origin of dosa

From a Dravidian language, e.g., Malalayam dōśa

Example Sentences

Standouts include the carnitas tacos and tamarind agua fresca at El Taco Torro, creative pies at Pizza Luna, house-smoked barbecue from Rollin Nolen’s BBQ, and Indian and Nepalese street food from Momo Dosa.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Dosa has finessed this emotional-meets-elemental space before in her Academy Award-nominated 2022 documentary “Fire of Love,” about married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

This place that makes dosas called Benne Dosa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Though no women were nominated in the feature-directing race, the DGA award for documentary filmmaking went to Sara Dosa for “Fire of Love,” about volcano-obsessed scientists.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2023

They say of R. Hanina, son of Dosa, that when he prayed for the sick, he used to say, “this one will live,” or “this one will die.”

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius