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Diente de Perro refers to a seriously hot chile which used in Guatemalan cuisine that is shaped like a dog's tooth.

Diffa refers to the word used for a "Moroccan banquet". Diffa is a multi-course feast is usually served during a "Moussem" or tribal festival, held in honor of a local saint, or to celebrate a bountiful harvest in Morocco. Seated on plump sofas encircling low, round tables set inside a rug-lined tent, guests savor a succession of courses, ranging from exquisitely spiced salads to Tagines, Morocco's exotic stew and Couscous, Morocco's national dish.

Dolmasi is the generic name for any stuffed or filled (seafood, vegetables, leaves or meat) foods in Turkish cooking, examples are Midye Dolmasi, Etli Patlican Dolmasi, Etli Yaprak Dolmani, among so many other varieties.

Drawn butter is another term for clarified butter, which is butter that has been heated to remove the impurities. Drawn butter also refers to melted butter.

Drob de Miel refers to a Romanian food made of simmered calf's stomach that is stuffed with the liver, lungs and heart of a lamb.

Dosa refers to the South Indian giant, rice crispy crepes or pancake made from rice and lentil flour. Masala Dosa is one of the varieties of Dosa that is rolled around a variety of fillings and served with up to 3 kinds of curries or chutneys.

Dosa is commonly known as Dosha in Kerala, India. It is a fermented flat and very thin bread made out of rice and Urad Dal/Uzhunnuparippu (Black Lentil).

Raw rice (Pachari), Urad Dal (Uzhunnuparippu) water, salt and Ghee for frying are the main ingredients in making Dosa. Raw rice and Urad Dal are soaked in water separately and after hours of soaking, they will be grinded separately until its turned into fine paste. Then they are mixed with salt and is keep overnight to ferment.

This mixture or batter is the basis of Dosa which is fried on anon-stick flat griddle called Tawa/Tava in India.

A very thin Dosa can be obtained if the rice and dall mixture or the Dosa batter is fermented properly for the right number of hours and making sure that the Dosa batter has the proper consistency to be spread evenly in all directions on the Tawa (griddle)

Dosa is also known as Dhosa, Dosay, Dhosha, Dosha, Dose, Tosai, Dosai.

Dosa is also simply known as fermented rice pancakes.


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