Street Food Icons — Season 1, Episode 5: The Legendary Dosa Man of NYC

Episode synopsis

Thiru Kumar, AKA the Dosa Man, has been running NY Dosas, a food cart in Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park, since 2001. His dosas-which are made from fermented rice and lentils, and stuffed with potatoes, vegetables and spicy sauces-have become an international phenomenon. Thiru grew up in Sri Lanka and learned to make South Indian recipes as a child. After he immigrated to the United States in the 90s, he made it his life's work to sell affordable, fresh and vegan dosas to NYU students, professors and other passerby's.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Famous Roasted Nut Carts of New York City
• E2The King of Falafel
• E3The Jerk Chicken Queen of the Bronx
• E4The Iconic $1 Pizza Slice of NYC
• E6The Lechón King of the South Bronx
• E7The Food Truck That is Serving an Embassy
• E8The $1 Tamale Queen of New York
• E9Chemist Turned Street Food King of Peru
• E10Mama Jo is NYC's Official Grandmother of Breakfast
• E11$2 Burgers in Harlem
• E12Filipino Style BBQ for $1 in the Heart of LA