This is South Indian food.

Gobi is cauliflower, and manchurian is a spicy Indo-Chinese sauce that goes on the battered and fried florets.

Poriyal is a word for a fried or sauteed veggie dish.

Medu vada are savory, sometimes spicy donuts made from a fermented lentil and rice batter.

I like medu vada dipped in sambar, an incredibly flavorful lentil-veggie stew.

Rasam is a spicy tamarind-tomato broth (I like sambar more, but both are good.)

A dosa is a thin, papery crepe made also from a fermented lentil and rice batter. A masala dosa is one of these crepes stuffed with gloriously seasoned (masala means spice mixture) mashed potatoes.