When one is homesick, eating one’s favourite dishes from home can help alleviate that feeling. Recently, a vlogger couple posted a video showing what the husband did when his wife was feeling homesick. The reel has since gone viral and won many hearts online. The husband (Ben), who’s a foreigner, is seen preparing dosas from scratch for his Indian wife (Sheeba). When we say “from scratch”, we mean that he also prepared the dosa batter himself. In the clip, we see him grind the ingredients separately and later combine them. In the comments, he revealed that he used 4 cups of rice, 1 cup of urad dal and 1 tbsp fenugreek seeds for this recipe. He washed and soaked them overnight. After grinding them, he suggests mixing “vigorously for at least 60 seconds to combine.” In the comments, he also states that he is using a wet grinder that his in-laws sent from India.
Ben is seen giving his wife a taste of the batter to check whether it’s okay. While he’s in the kitchen, we also see his wife come in and feed him some rice, which he seems to like. The next step in the batter preparation is fermentation. To do this, we see him keep it in a covered vessel inside an oven with the light on. He revealed that he left it there for 12-24 hours to ferment. Later, he adds water to the batter to get a runny consistency. Once ready, he spreads it on a hot tawa and roasts it with what looks to be ghee. Once the crisp dosas are ready, he piles them on a plate with chutney and serves it to his wife. Watch the complete viral video below:
The video has received over 8 million views so far on Instagram. In the comment section, many users applauded Ben’s efforts. Read some of the reactions below:
“OMG, this is so so sweet of what you are doing to your wife. Grinding a dosa batter is next-level love.”
“This is extremely hard to do and just shows the depth of love you have for your wife!”
“This is the sweetest thing I watched today. Efforts over everything else.”
“Girls if he wanted to, he WILL.”
“The dosa batter spreading on the stove is perfect! Well done. Made my heart sing with joy to see.”
“Omg the way he shook his head after she fed him.”
“I’m an Indian abroad. I won’t even do that for myself – if I’m craving dosa – the best I can do is buy an instant dosa batter. The way he’s doing all that for her speaks volumes. Lots of love to you guys.”
Before this, a video showing an American woman making medu vadas from scratch for her Indian husband and children went viral. Click here to watch.
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