Born in a small Karnataka town, the benne dosa has gone from a no-frills breakfast staple to a crowd-puller, but not everyone’s convinced
On a busy Pali Hill in Bandra, Mumbai, a man stopped in his tracks to stare at a queue snaking around the block. “Is this for a job?” he asked. When told it wasn’t an employment call but a dosa, he persisted: “Is it being given away for free then?”
This anecdote, posted on X, testifies to the growing benne (butter in Kannada) dosa mania. When Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe celebrated its Mumbai launch last month with three days of free, butter-laden benne dosa, crowds swarmed Churchgate from dawn to midnight. People continue to line up even after the offers ran out.
This anecdote, posted on X, testifies to the growing benne (butter in Kannada) dosa mania. When Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe celebrated its Mumbai launch last month with three days of free, butter-laden benne dosa, crowds swarmed Churchgate from dawn to midnight. People continue to line up even after the offers ran out.