Curry Devil: Tracing My Eurasian Heritage Across Asia With Our Most Iconic Dish | My Debal Diaries

Singaporean author Melissa De Silva goes to Malacca and Goa, where her ancestors hail from, to discover more about the roots of Eurasian culture and identity. She wants to learn about the origins of Curry Debal (also known as Curry Devil), a quintessential Eurasian dish. By figuring out how the cuisine of the Eurasians travelled from Europe to Asia and evolved, she learns more about a parallel story of colonial migration and understands who the Eurasians are, how they came to be.
00:00 Introduction
03:04 Searching for Eurasian history in Singapore
11:00 Homely Eurasian cuisine on Sentosa Island
13:51 Portuguese influence on Malacca
19:54 Preserving Kristang, a disappearing language from 1511
23:48 Curry Devil: How it's made
30:11 My family's origins in Goa, India
33:52 Feni: alcohol distilled from coconuts
40:04 Cooking with one of Goa's top chefs
43:11 Sprawling mansion of Eurasian artifacts built in 1519
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[@eddiensw]

well done Melissa and CNA team on this documentary. I have always loved Kristang food. Look forward to see you covering Macau and even Kudeejeen along the Chao Phraya in Bangkok

[@Dhekem]

Tnx Melissa you look like my Dutch Eurasian grandmother when she was a young lady in Indonesia. We mixed a lot between Eurasians. Having French German Dutch Portuguese ancestry on the European side.

[@2945antonio]

Loved it. Fascinating video.

[@sdarkpaladin]

Is it me or is the audio only on the left?

[@eloizacosta3233]

Increable video.

[@ericforbes4406]

Excellent.

[@manuelstamaria5899]

I grew up with Martin in Bandar hilir

[@murleydazs5749]

Mel 🥳🥳🥳

[@sfoo4519]

41.17-just asking only, should curries be eaten using fork and knife?

[@Danderman888]

Diabo is Portuguese for Devil. I would hazard a guess that it may have gotten corrupted through the years, perhaps with English to arrive at Debal. After all, in those days, children of mixed races did not have the same opportunities as those born to non mixed race families, hence the adulteration in the languished and pronunciation.
Just my two cents worth. 😊

[@carlosperesdacosta436]

Please correct Cashew was not taken from Amazon to Goa, It was taken from Northeast Brazil

[@cynthiadcruz6729]

❤❤❤

[@CarlosFilipehobbies]

The name Aroozo, could it be a corruption of the Portuguese name Araújo?

[@wesleyaroozoo]

that is correct. It comes from the surname Araujo. :)

[@lastChang]

Americans 🇺🇸 would prefer Indian spice or Japanese raw fish
than oily unhealthy Chinese foods.