Watch: Chennai start-up's 'dosa printer' is viral - but not everyone is a fan

Getting the perfect round and crispy dosa can be quite a task – ask any amateur cook who has tried making one. To help with this problem, several companies have come up with dosa-making appliances that eliminate the need for heating up the griddle and battling with the batter. Of these, one that is currently going viral online has been compared to a “dosa printer” for delivering crispy, thin dosas at the press of a button.

Footage demonstrating the working of the dosa maker has been widely shared on Twitter, where it has found praise and brickbats in equal measures. The automatic dosa maker has been launched by Chennai-based company Evochef.

Evochef pegs its appliance as the world’s first smart dosa maker that can deliver dosas in less than a minute. Customers can choose how thick and crispy they want their dosa simply by pressing a button. They can also add extras like ghee, butter or cheese.

“Dosa printer,” one Twitter user wrote while sharing a promotional video of the appliance.

Dosa printer pic.twitter.com/UYKRiYj7RK

— Samantha / (@NaanSamantha) August 23, 2022

“This is useless innovation. Making dosai is not the hardest part. Preparing batter is the harder work,” one Twitter user opined.

This is useless innovation. Making dosai is not the hardest part. Preparing batter is the harder work. In Chappathi makers, the machine prepares the dough from flour so it makes sense. Here you have to make batter yourself. This is a

— / Chenthil (@chenthil_nathan) August 18, 2022

“This is one of the worst idea they could come up with,” another added.

This is one of the worst idea they could come up with. Now, come on do you think Indian house holds will consider this

I was like “I’m gonna act as if I never saw this AD”

— Nevean (@Nevean15) August 23, 2022

Can see a use for this in most families where one person is expected to keep making dosas for the rest of the family till they’re completely satisfied before making some for themself and eating alone after everyone is done. This way everyone could eat together?

— Snehal M (@thewotermallyan) August 24, 2022

“This is a great product. If you don't like it, chances are that you either live in a place where dosas are readily available, or your mother/cook/spouse makes it for you,” one person wrote.

This is a great product. If you don't like it, chances are that you either live in a place where dosas are readily available, or your mother/cook/spouse makes it for you.

For others, dosa batter by ID is excellent. Just purchase a pouch and have (beautifully rectangle) dosas. https://t.co/R1ipMcIYid

— Siddharth Singh (@siddharth3) August 24, 2022

Earlier, a video demo of a device that delivers round dosas had similarly polarised opinion on social media.