Why Do Eateries Use Brooms To Make Dosas? Viral Video From Bengaluru Eatery Sparks Curiosity

Bengaluru is famous for its gheelicious dosas, fluffy idlis and filter kaapi so strong that it can awaken your senses in a jiffy. But how much ghee in a dosa counts as too much? Recently, a video of a Bengaluru eatery pouring litres of ghee while preparing dosa and using a broom to clean the tawa has sparked quite a controversy and curiosity on social media. Here’s what happened.

Bengaluru Eatery Uses Broom To Clean Tawa; Internet Is Unimpressed

Digital creator, @thefoodiebae took to its Facebook page to share a video from an outlet of Bengaluru’s famous Rameswaram Cafe. The 3-minute video shows the chef preparing fresh hot dosas on a tawa. Captioned, “the hi-tech dosa”, the chef first moistens the tawa with oil to prepare multiple dosas simultaneously. Next, he spreads the oil evenly all over the tawa. Then, he uses a ladle to pour the dosa batter and spread it across the pan to cook multiple dosas.

Next, he cuts open a packet of Nandini ghee and pours copious amounts of ghee over the dosas cooking on the tawa. He goes on to add dollops of spiced potato or masala and finally adds the pudi or Rameswaram Cafe’s signature spice mix to the dosa. The dosas are neatly folded and placed on plates topped with banana leaves. A serving of two chutneys is added on the plates to complement the dosas. On some plates, servers add bowls of spicy sambhar as well.

But what caught the attention of Netizens was the use of a broom to clean the tawa and the overly generous use of ghee to prepare dosas. Many took to the comments section to lay down their opinions on the same. DrHira Mumtaz comments, “Sooo much oil…u have spoiled the dosa …so unhealthy”. Amar Singh states, “This is very bad to swipe tava by broom coconut.” Mangaladasan Pandian says, “Dont they realize, using this much ghee harm the health of the consumer?”