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NY Dosas - All-Vegan Cuisine
Vendy Award Finalist 2005Location: Washington Square South and Sullivan St.
Vendor's Name: Thiru Kumar
Hours: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Days: Weekdays
Dishes: Dosas, Samosas, Roti, Veggie drumsticks, and more
Prices: $4-$5 for Dosas, $1-$2 for appetizers
Vegetarians and meat-eaters alike line up on the south side of Washington Square park during the lunch hour to get a taste of the all-vegan cuisine at this Indian food cart. The dosas which give the pushcart its name -- thin lentil pancakes rolled and stuffed with a variety of fillings -- are cooked to order until deliciously crisp, and served up with coconut chutney and a small dup of dhal, a savory lentil soup, at a cost of 4 or 5 dollars. But the menu doesn't stop there, offering a number of other indian specialties: samosas, spring rolls, lentil doughnuts, and more. For my money, though, the real delicacy isn't even listed at all: ask the vendor for the "veggie drumstick," and for one dollar a piece, he will give you a delicately flavored morsel of home-made soy protein, wrapped around one end of a small stick of sugar cane in imitation of a chicken drumstick. Fried in a wok until crunchy and golden and served with a translucent red hot sauce, this is what keeps me coming back.
Hours are 11 A.M. through 5 P.M. (unless he sells out earlier). Between noon and 1 P.M., the line gets long, so be prepared to wait (unless you only want appetizers, in which case just pull up to the window instead of waiting in line), or, alternately, phone in your order in advance @ 917-710-2092.
Posted by Sam on February 24, 2006 01:56 AM
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Being from south India, I must say I was excited to try this vendor; but wasn't expecting too much. Oh how pleasantly surprised I was! Luckily, when my friends and I got there, the line had not started to form. So we told him that this was our first time here and he recommended we get a couple different types of Dosas and an Uthappam to share (I also remembered to ask for the Veggie Drumstick). The Dosa tasted just as good as I remember them in India; the Uthappam was fluffy and flavorful; the Samosa, Veggie Roll and Drumstick were also very good. My friends who tried the food with me weren’t Indian; but the both of them enjoyed the food. I would highly recommend this vendor.
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at August 11, 2006 05:55 PM
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