Our food
What’s in our food, and why
Everything we serve is made from scratch in our own kitchens: Indian pancakes from rice and lentils fermented overnight, curries slow-cooked in small batches with spices we grind ourselves, and nothing ultra-processed. Here’s what goes into every dish, the story behind it and, for our curries, the numbers.
- 5-star food hygiene rating
- Loved by locals in Cockermouth and Whitehaven
How we cook
Three things that make it ours
Fermented, the old way
Our pancake batter is rice, urad and chana lentils and a few fenugreek seeds: soaked, stone-ground and left to ferment for 12 to 20 hours. No raising agents, no shortcuts. A pancake on its own (before fillings and chutneys) is about 332 kcal with 11 g of protein.
Spices we grind ourselves
We toast and grind whole spices in our own kitchen. Some blends are ours alone, like the Bharwa masala of peanuts, sesame, coconut and twelve spices in our Aaloo Baingan.
Like family, not a factory
Big chains make every batch exactly the same, in a factory, to a fixed process. We cook the way a family does: the same recipes, adjusted a little with the seasons and with what’s best at the market that week. The taste and the care stay the same.
What we leave out: emulsifiers, stabilisers, artificial colours and flavourings, and added sugar in our curries.
Every dish
Find your favourite
Indian pancakes
Made to order from our fermented rice and lentil batter, rolled round a filling and served with our chutneys.
Classic Potato Masala
Our crispy rice and lentil pancake rolled with spiced potato, fresh salad and chutneys. The one to start with.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Mumbai Street Bhaji
Buttery Mumbai pav bhaji vegetables in a crisp pancake roll.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Veggie Burst
A soft pancake topped with colourful vegetables, rolled with salad and sauces.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Aubergine Masala
Slow-cooked aubergine masala with tomato, onion and South Indian spices.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Baba Ganoush
Smoky roasted aubergine baba ganoush in a crisp pancake roll with salad and sauces.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Margherita Pancake
Tomato, herbs and melted cheese: pizza flavours on our pancake.
- No gluten ingredients
- Contains milk
Green Herb Pancake
Batter blended with spinach and fresh herbs, filled and rolled. Bright and full of greens.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Beetroot Hummus Pancake
A pink beetroot pancake with hummus, crunchy salad and sauces.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Tandoori Paneer
Spiced tandoori paneer in a crisp pancake roll.
- No gluten ingredients
- Contains milk
Masala Omelette
A fluffy masala omelette made with organic eggs, rolled in our pancake.
- No gluten ingredients
- Contains egg
Nutty Herb Sausage
Our handmade vegan sausage in a pancake roll with salad and sauces.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Lentil Garden Sausage
A hearty lentil and vegetable sausage, rolled with salad and sauces.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Mini pancakes
A smaller pancake, lovely with a coffee. Every mini can be made vegan.
Potato Masala Mini
A smaller pancake with our potato masala. Lovely with a coffee.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Veggie Burst Mini
Mini pancake topped with colourful vegetables.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Margherita Mini
Mini pancake with tomato, herbs and cheese. Can be made vegan without the cheese.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Aubergine Masala Mini
Mini pancake with our slow-cooked aubergine masala.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Pesto Cheese Mini
Mini pancake with pesto and melted cheese. Can be made vegan.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Beetroot Hummus Mini
Mini beetroot pancake with hummus.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Street snacks and chat bowls
The tangy, crunchy street food of India, made fresh.
Onion Pakora
Crispy onion fritters with mint chutney and tamarind sauce.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Potato Bonda
Spiced potato balls in a crisp gram-flour coat, with chutney.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Mixed Chat Platter
A sharing plate of our street snacks with chutneys.
- Can be vegan
- No gluten ingredients
Samosa Chat
Crushed samosa with chickpeas, chutneys and crunchy toppings. Contains gluten (samosa pastry).
- Can be vegan
Curry bowls and thali
Our home-made curries with rice, salad and papadam.
Curry Rice Bowl
Curry of the day with rice, salad, papadam and onion pakora.
- No gluten ingredients
Veg Thali
A selection of our home-made curries, rice, salad, papadam and our chutneys.
- No gluten ingredients
Frozen curries to take home
Slow-cooked in small batches, frozen fresh, collected when it suits you.
Yellow Moong Dal
The everyday dal
Split yellow moong lentils, slow-cooked with tomatoes, ginger, garlic and turmeric until they melt into a golden, comforting dal.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
- High in protein
- Source of fibre
- Low in saturated fat
651 kcal · 41 g protein a box
Spinach Tadka Dal
The green dal
Three lentils, toor, chana and yellow moong, cooked soft with spinach, then finished the traditional way with a tadka: whole spices bloomed in hot oil and poured over at the end..
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
- High in protein
- Source of fibre
- Low in saturated fat
779 kcal · 45 g protein a box
Palak Paneer
The emerald
Fresh spinach cooked down slowly with soft paneer.
- No gluten ingredients
- Contains milk
- High in protein
707 kcal · 40 g protein a box
Sprouted Green Moong Chaat Curry
The living curry
Whole green moong that we sprout in our own kitchen, cooked with potatoes, tomatoes and onions, then finished chaat-style with tangy spices and dried mango..
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
- High in protein
- High in fibre
- Low in saturated fat
499 kcal · 28 g protein a box
Sarson Ka Saag
The Punjab at spring
Mustard greens, kale and spinach, slow-cooked for hours with whatever the season brings us: courgette, beans, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, then rounded off with seeds and nuts..
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
- Source of protein
- Source of fibre
- Low in saturated fat
434 kcal · 17 g protein a box
Aaloo Baingan Masala
The earthen bowl
Roasted aubergine and potato in a deep, nutty masala.
- Vegan
- No gluten ingredients
- High in fibre
- Low in saturated fat
416 kcal · 8 g protein a box
Sweet things
Choco Bliss Dosa
Sweet pancake with chocolate, banana, strawberries and dried fruit.
- No gluten ingredients
- Contains milk
Hot drinks
Cold drinks
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Café dishes: please tell the team about any allergy when you order. Our kitchen also handles nuts, peanuts, sesame, mustard, milk, egg and cereals containing gluten. We’re weighing our café recipes next, so their figures are coming soon.
The numbers
How we work out our figures
We weigh every ingredient in each batch and work out the figures from standard food data (UK and international food tables), with the help of AI tools. They are our best estimates, not laboratory results. Because we cook in small batches and adjust with the seasons, each batch can vary a little. If a change ever affects allergens, the label and this page change too.
Questions
Good to know
Are your Indian pancakes gluten-free?
Our pancake batter is just rice, lentils and fenugreek seeds, so there’s no gluten in it. Our kitchen also handles gluten (for samosas and cookies), so if you have coeliac disease please read our gluten-free guide and tell us when you order.
How much protein is in your curries?
From about 8 g to 45 g in a 650 g box, depending on the curry. Our spinach tadka dal has about 45 g and our yellow moong dal about 42 g. Each curry’s page shows its full figures.
Do you use ultra-processed ingredients?
No. We cook from scratch with whole ingredients: lentils, vegetables, spices we grind ourselves and a little oil. No emulsifiers, stabilisers, artificial colours or flavourings, and no added sugar in our curries.
Why do your figures say “best estimates”?
Because they are. We weigh every ingredient in a batch and work the figures out from standard food data, with the help of AI tools. We cook in small batches and adjust a little with the seasons, so each batch can vary slightly.
Can I eat vegan at Dosa Chaska?
Yes. Everything we serve is vegetarian, most pancakes can be made vegan, every chat bowl is vegan or can be made vegan, and most of our curries are vegan. Look for the Vegan badges, or read our vegetarian and vegan guide.
Where can I buy your curries?
Collect from our Cockermouth café (Wednesday to Sunday) or our Indian Hub in Whitehaven (Tuesdays). Order six curries for £60, or join Curry Club for £7 a curry, in the Dosa Chaska app.
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