00:00I would like to imagine if I started a dosa cafe, ha ha ha, and they would also be like,
00:03ha ha ha, and then I'm like, no, I'm serious.
00:06Sorry about that.
00:10So you're dreaming of dosas, dose.
00:12Yes.
00:13So you went to Bombay with film ambitions.
00:15Film ambitions.
00:16I went to Bombay to act in my first film.
00:18What do you think, I'm 50 odd?
00:19Very satisfying.
00:20That is really good.
00:22Almost as good as yours, to be honest.
00:24Why have you sidelined my dosas, by the way?
00:28As you can probably notice from the long queues behind me, I finally landed at Benay in Delhi.
00:37Now you're waiting.
00:38How long is it?
00:39It's been a while, we've been around 10.30.
00:42Over an hour, more than an hour actually.
00:44And today I'm going to learn how to make a dosa from none other than Mr. Benay himself.
00:52There he is.
00:54Welcome.
00:54This is Mr. Benay himself, Akhil Aiyar.
00:57Perfect day to make dosa.
00:59Every day is a perfect day to make dosa.
01:01Every day is a good day.
01:02Please come.
01:05Welcome to the kitchen, Freya.
01:07We're in the kitchen finally.
01:08After much ado, he compelled me to wear this cap, showing no regard for my looks.
01:13Kitchen is not a place for fashion, Freya.
01:15Now you look more kitchen ready.
01:17Thank you for being a sport.
01:18You have to listen to the chef.
01:19So after this customary bathing ceremony, is that oil?
01:22No, it's actually butter.
01:25So Benay, in fact, is the Kannada word for butter.
01:27Butter-drenched dosas.
01:29But did you start making it at home first?
01:32I mean, dosas in my house in Bangalore are a very common occurrence.
01:36It's not like only my mom makes, my dad also makes, I also make, my brother also makes.
01:41So it's something we have done in sort of growing up.
01:43That memory of eating a dosa at home on a Sunday morning with my parents.
01:47And it's basic food cooking.
01:49Like making a dosa is the most basic thing.
01:51It literally has three ingredients.
01:53Dal, rice, tell me what else?
01:55Alu?
01:57You mean like the plain dosa?
02:00The normal dosa that one makes at home literally just has dal, rice and water.
02:05Water.
02:05I said, but did you ever expect the kind of Instagram virality you received?
02:10Was that ever part of the plan?
02:12No, we did not anticipate anything.
02:14No, I think people connected to it.
02:16I'm just guessing.
02:17I actually don't know.
02:17I honestly believe it's a fluke.
02:20Fluke, fluke, but still you have the line outside.
02:23Which I'm very grateful for and I don't take for granted.
02:26Akhil, you have to teach me also.
02:28I'm going to teach you.
02:29I'm just checking if the tava is actually ready right now.
02:31Do you want to try making one?
02:33I will, I will.
02:33I'm still learning kahafi.
02:36Hold this, hold the cup.
02:38Put it over here.
02:41Perfect.
02:42Drop it fully.
02:43Correct.
02:43Now start from the middle.
02:44Wait.
02:45And go outwards.
02:48Very satisfying.
02:49That is really good.
02:50Not bad at all.
02:52We'll do another round.
02:53Almost as good as yours to be honest.
02:55At the end of this, you might want to recruit me.
02:58You just tell me if you're interested.
03:00Personally, can we say dosa?
03:03I knew you'll do that.
03:05I knew at some point it will come up.
03:06I'm just asking.
03:07Can we?
03:08Try it.
03:09Dosa.
03:09Okay, so like how you say dosa?
03:10Like in Hindi you have dosa.
03:11Ha.
03:12So it's not da.
03:14It's dosa.
03:15Dosa.
03:17Dosa.
03:19Dosa.
03:19Dosa.
03:20Dosa.
03:20Dosa.
03:21And then you douse it with butter.
03:22Okay.
03:24This is...
03:25This looks like the most satisfying part.
03:28This is...
03:29Yeah.
03:30I mean people call it Makapyaar.
03:31Did you ever imagine this is what you would be doing?
03:34About in a million years.
03:35I was very confused as a kid what I wanted to do.
03:38Then I decided I wanted to work in the film industry.
03:41But you...
03:42Did you want to act at any given film?
03:44You wanted to act.
03:45I have acted.
03:46So you went to Bombay with film ambitions.
03:48Film ambitions.
03:49I went to Bombay to act in my first film.
03:51I always enjoyed being on stage.
03:53But doing theatre was something I really enjoyed.
03:58So after school, how was college life?
04:02I did engineering.
04:03I actually wanted to do IAS before.
04:06So my dad said, actually you don't know what to do.
04:09You engineer.
04:10So you can see what to do.
04:11Never would I have imagined opening a restaurant.
04:16A cafe.
04:17A dosa cafe.
04:18Absolutely.
04:22To be honest, everyone I spoke to about wanting to start a cafe largely advised me against it.
04:30They all said don't do it.
04:31F&D is tricky.
04:32It's very tough.
04:34The failure rate is very high.
04:36And so they largely said don't do it.
04:38It was one of those things that just didn't leave my...
04:42I couldn't...
04:43I couldn't get over the thought.
04:46So you were dreaming of dosas.
04:48Dose.
04:49Yes.
04:50See even I was initially not winging of the fact that I could do it.
04:54So it's sort of like we were laughing together.
04:57I was like imagine if I started a dosa cafe.
04:59Ha ha ha.
04:59And they would also be like ha ha.
05:01Yeah.
05:02And then I'm like no I'm serious.
05:05Okay rapid fire.
05:06Mohpai customers or Delhi customers?
05:09Any customers.
05:11Any customers.
05:12How can I choose?
05:14I can't choose this.
05:15It's like choosing between your kids or something.
05:17I can't do that.
05:18The first dosa of the day or the last dosa of the day?
05:23Between the two I would say the last dosa.
05:25Coming to Bangalore dosa CTR or Vidyarthi?
05:29Oh my god.
05:31I mean if you're a Bangalorean that's like possibly one of the biggest questions.
05:35The biggest questions.
05:36Personally I'm more biased towards CTR.
05:39CTR?
05:40Personally yeah.
05:41Yeah.
05:41Show this one.
05:42Show this one to the camera.
05:47Ta-da.
05:51It's time for the final verdict.
05:53Akhil I can't wait.
05:55I can't wait.
05:56All yours.
05:56We will examine it even from the inside okay.
05:59And then I will give you honest feedback.
06:01So.
06:02Too crispy.
06:02First we will taste.
06:03Yes.
06:04Cheers.
06:06So.
06:07For the fact that you're making dosa for the first time.
06:10It's really good.
06:11Back to it or no?
06:12If you come back the next time I think you will get a 10 on 10.
06:16But for today's dosa I would give you a 6.5.
06:22I was expecting an 8.
06:24This is underwhelming.
06:25But okay I tried.
06:26I'll be honest.
06:27I tried.
06:28So I'll tell you what.
06:29He also didn't let me cheat at all.
06:30So I could not make a third or four dosa.
06:33This is the first dosa.
06:35But you've already taken three bites.
06:36It can't be that bad.
06:38It's not bad at all.
06:39Like, share, subscribe.
06:40And this was Moe Bougie meets Bene Dosa.
06:43Thanks for watching Moe.
06:45Moe.
06:46Moe.
06:50Moe.
06:50Moe.
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