How does one eat Mysore Masala Dosa everyday in Mysore without getting fat?

17:00 | Labels: Food, Mysore, Mysore Masala Dosa

I'm going to write this post as quickly as I can before I lose consciousness. Lose Consciousness?!! No, don't worry, I'm not in grave or mortal danger or anything... if I were, I would be calling 911, not writing this post...

Let me explain. Earlier today, a friend told me about this new Indian restaurant, Karma Indian Cuisine, that just opened in town; definitely not a common occurrence here in the upper midwest. Being lovers of Indian cuisine, we (me, my fiancee, and said friend) lost no time in going there to try out their offerings. The restaurant is situated in what is probably the least likely place you would expect to find an Indian restaurant on this planet; in a little motel off the I-94 freeway in Fargo, North Dakota. And having just opened a month ago, there are no signs to advertise its presence. So you wouldn't know it's there unless you knew it's there :-) But now you know. So if you like Indian food, and should one day find yourself marooned in North Dakota, you know where to go :-)

Anyway, once we got there and looked at the menu, I quickly saw that they specialize in South Indian cuisine, and they had Mysore Masala Dosa on the menu. I decided that I should order that in order to practice my tastebuds for my upcoming Mysore trip. If you are not familiar, a Mysore Masala Dosa is a very big crepe brushed with spicy chutney and stuffed with sauteed onions, potatoes and assorted spices, served with a side of sambar. Definitely a feast for the senses (and the stomach, of course ;-)). It looks like this:

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I ate this whole freaking monster of a South Indian crepe in, like, twenty minutes. And now I'm paying the price for my indulgence: Even as I am typing this, I can feel the food coma--or, more precisely, the dosa coma--slowly creeping over my senses, causing my consciousness to slowly, slowly slip away into food-coma-slumber-land... zzzz...

Well... before I completely lose consciousness, I have a question for you people out there who have been to Mysore: How do you eat something like this everyday in Mysore without getting fat? Is the practice that Sharath (or Saraswasti) puts us through over there really so vigorous as to be able to burn off even the millions of calories that must accrue from eating this everyday? Of course, some of you enlightened folks out there must be turning up your noses at this rather vulgar question from such an unenlightened person; maybe the truth is that Mysore is really such a magical place that all the calories consumed from all the Mysore Masala Dosas eaten there simply magically disappear into thin air. If so, please forgive my vulgar ignorance in this area.

But seriously: How does one consume a monster like this everyday in Mysore without becoming fat? While you ponder (and hopefully answer) this question, I'm going to go take a trip to dosa-induced-coma-land. Zzzz...