Onion Ravavum ,
Menu Dharma Sastramum
Onion Rava and
Menu Dharma Sasthra
By
BHagyam
Ramasawami
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(My
translation has totally killed the prettiness
of reading it in Tamil but I am doing it so that, the great humour of the author who can
be called as emperor of humorous writing , would be lost.I request those who have read it in Tamil original not
to read my translation)
Onion Rava would
indicate only Onion Rava
Dosa,
An Onion Rava
prepared in a great hotel would,
Be thirty five cm
long and twenty five
cm broad.
And no housewife
can ever prepare a dosa
of this type.
Ordering for and
eating a Onion Rava is a great art,
Eating it
like an ordinary Masala
dosa is like,
Watching a folk
dance in Bharatha natyam stage,
And it is necessary for every one to learn how to eat it.
After you give an
order for Onion Rav a, it would take,
The supplier thirty seven minutes to bring it and ,
A connoisseur would not order dishes like Vada,
Because eating
it would reduce your appetite.
A good cook in a
good hotel would never make hurry,
In making a Onion Rava and since eating
it is,
AS beautiful as
seeing a kurinji flower once in twelve years,
If it is prepared
in mega crisp and super mega size,
It is also recommended
that when you are waiting for it,
You shoud not read
any paper or Magazine because,
If you read
something very interesting there
,
You may not bother
about the taste of Onion Rava.
Please do not
bother that others may
think that,
All this indicates
your devotion to Rava Masala
And even if they think
it does not matter at all,
Think about it by your toungue, touch as well as
by your brain.
A devotee of Onion Rava
would tell you that,
The joy of
seeing Onion rava coming after waiting,
Should be
comparable to your waiting for
your new wife,
In your bed room , with dreams of
everlasting joy.
Ordinarily Onion
Rava would be served on a banana leaf,
Kept on a plate of 22 cm by 19 cm and it is but natural that
a good dosa,
Would be bigger
than the plate and may touch the table,
And as soon as the
server brings tell him to slow down the fan.
Because fan will reduce
its most desirable heat
as soon as it is kept,
Enjoy its smell by
your nose and see it with a poetic eyes,
And see its golden edges as well as its other beauties ,
And slowly touch it
with your fingers to see its crispness.
Just like planets around the sun , he will bring
,
Green chutney, orange
colour chutney,
A white chutney
and a a green chutney
,
Along with Sambhar
in a shaving cup.
Some people would
fold the edges which touch
the table,
Inside the Onion
rava itself and this is very wrong,
Because the
crispness of onion Rava
would be affected,
Better ask for an extra plate , break the edges and keep it on them.
You may feel
extremely bad because you are
wasting ,
The very crispy
portion of the onion Rava but
this,
Cannot be avoided as purity also
is very important,
Just like a very pretty girl would be
more appealing with good conduct.
Just like an efficient
surgeon , examine the folds .
Of the onion Rava,
touch and examine the crispness,
Of its different
parts and most important , never use,
A spoon because
Menu Dharma says you will go to hell.
Onion Rava should be eaten layer by layer and you should,
Never pour chutney or sambar on onion rava and remove its crispness,
Break it in to
small pieces , just touch the sambhar or
chutney.
Or touching it with chutney powder is the proper method.
After eating the top layer, turn it to the other side ,
And eat the top layer on that side first
and if you ,
Normally consume
more of sambhar or chutney ,
Order extra
quantity before the dosa comes.
After eating the entire
onion rava do not drink,
Coffee or cool
drink , if you do , the pleasant flavor,
Of your mouth, which should be there for one hour ,
Would disappear and no one will ask you, onion Rava?”
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