What Do South Indians Order at South Indian Restaurants? 🇮🇳
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
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WHAT I ORDERED:
Masala Vada (spiced fritters made of lentils)
Plantain Bhajia (fried green raw banana coated in chickpea flour)
Idli (steamed lentil and rice mix cakes)
Podi Masala Dosai (spiced crepe sprinkled with gunpowder)
Bisibele Bhaat (rice cooked with lentils, vegetables, and spices)
Madras Coffee (traditional filtered coffee boiled with milk)
Badam Halwa (dessert made of almonds, milk, ghee, sugar & saffron)
OTHER RECS:
Rasam (spiced lentil and tomato soup)
Pongal (green lentils with cashews, jaggery, and spices)
Sev Poori (crisp flatbreads with vegetables and chutneys)
Plain Utthappam (rice and lentil pancakes served with sambar and chutneys)
Ghee Masala Dosai (spiced rice crepe with ghee)
Mysore Masala Dosai (spiced rice crepe with potatoes and peas)
Rava Dosai (wheat and rice crepe with onions and peppers)
Madras Thali (vegetables of the day, poriyal, poori, rice, rasam, yogurt, papadam & gulab jamun)
Gulab Jamun (dumplings cooked in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup)
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:13 Masala Vada
03:26 Plantain Bhajia
04:59 Idli
07:49 Podi Masala Dosai
11:45 Bisibele Bhaat
13:58 Badam Halwa & Madras Coffee
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It was so much fun being a part of this episode! My parents couldn’t believe I was in it! They kept saying it must be a different Nidhi😅
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Thank you for representing our state, Nidhi. You did a great job!
Well done! Thanks for the great suggestion!
I wish you had included some mangalorian dishes. They do not get much spotlight outside Mangalore but totally deserve it.
@EagleOverTheSea Mangalorean food is divine! I am a Malayali, so I do have a special place in my heart for Mangalorean food since we have so much in common..
SOUTH INDIAN FOOD IS SO GOOD. I am allergic to gluten and dairy, and traveling in South India was GLORIOUS because there was so much food I could eat. Idli became and still is my favorite food - it's hard to find good idli in Western Mass!!!
Have you tried the food from Kerala?
Making them at home is not super hard with the correct ingredients and an inexpensive tool, the idli steamer. I am lucky to live in a town with a largish South Indian immigrant population and two Indian groceries. I don't have an idli steamer because I make them so infrequently, so I steam them in little ramekins I already own. I've found great recipes for all kinds of Indian foods at the websites Dassana's Recipes and Spice Cravings.
See NY Times Priya’s easy microwave version using MTR idli mix
@@heatherevert274❤️
Good you discovered this, off late many of the restaurants are adding semolina, wheat to dosas to make it crispier and get the brown colour crust. One has to be very cautious. Some of these restaurants are managed by people of other ethnicities, they might be aware of authentic recepies.
As a fellow south Indian, seeing this video in existence brings me so much joy. South Indian food is underrated.
Yes!! Everything looks SO delicious ❤
South Indian food is one of the healthiest options for breakfast/ snack. Good amount of carbs, veggies n protein (in sambar)..with as little oil as possible. I would love to see and try more South Indian dishes other than idli, dosa or Vada! There's a huge variety 🤩
@@ishitadasgupta9048 you should search on youtube for local dishes (within Kerala itself) for that. Idlis and Vadas are something I personally eat rarely, because we make other lesser known dishes. An example could be "kakka roti". Hope it helps :)
no its not that but yes people only know about idli sambar and dosa n medu vada only
Hey Beryl! As a mallu who grew up in TN, I'm proud to see this amazing South Indian representation! But the mallu in me feels a bit lost, as I haven't seen a ton of Malayali food on social media, especially in the U.S, where I live now. I would love to see you try some OG Malayali food!
Yes, please! I was feeling a little left out too, honestly! The Parippu Vada eased the pain a little! 😁
Dan m not true north Indian food comprises of Delhi, Lucknow mughali food, Gujarati, Jammu Kashmir, Rajasthani and Punjabi food that most try. Not just Punjabi.
N south Indian mostly they try- Karnataka, Tamil, Andra food they show. Eg idli dosa, Mysore dosa, hyderabadi biryani
Yesssss 🫶🏼
porotta and beef has to be included
I'm a Tamilian, Chennaite. I was expecting something from Kerala to be shown. They should have at least mentioned that they missed the state out in this episode. Not acceptable... (I'm a vegetarian, husband's a vegan) but I feel the world should eat meat like how India eats meat, in combination with so many wonderful ingredients. Why is meat left out. Is the creator vegetarian?!
This is a decent representation of vegetarian South Indian food but missing the incredible variety of meat and fish dishes we eat. Most people in South India are not vegetarians, despite the stereotype. Idli or dosa with a chicken curry is kickass. Appam with chicken stew is a fan favorite. We also have fantastic biriyanis and fish curries from all over.
I’m Bangladeshi Bengali and South Indian fish dishes are sooo yumm
Malayali?
I think the restaurant you ordered from really toned down the flavors of Bisibelibhaat for the Western pallette. Traditionally, Bisibelibhaat is super tangy, spicy, hot with red-dried chillies/chilly powder. There is also a mild-mildest sweetness, coz, of course, there has to be a balance.But usually its 'in your mouth spicy-tangy'
I'm maharashtrian married to kannadiga and we live in tamilnadu. This episode is so relatable. 😍
Please will u let me know where can I learn kannada??
@@aakankshashukrey please try to listen to more Kannada from anyone who speaks Kannada.. or just the movies bro.. speaking from my own experience for the 'listening' part.. everyday my cabmate used to talk so loud in kannada n it just got stuck in my head, then i specifically asked him to speak to me in kannada that i used to respond in English.. later eventually i picked it up to talk in Kannada myself.. it's a strange language in the beginning which sounds like kadakada kurukuru but eventually will make u fall in love with it sooner as u learn n listen to it more..🤣
@AnIndian thank u so much Buddy ☺️
@@aakankshashukrey u dont have to go to class.. I will just suggest to watch movies with subtitles or read books that translates basic kannada words or sentences into English.. Or even u can travel to Bangalore and u might make good friends as most Kannadiga's here will know hindi or other languages.
I never expected the language similarities but Badam Halwa sounds exactly like badem helva which has also the same meaning in Turkish.
Also paneer - peynir = cheese.
Turkish language derived from Sanskrit. Sanskrit is the mother of all Languages". Sanskrit is an ancient and classical language of India.
The dish originated in Iran, most probably, and spread from there. The Mughals, who were from Iran and Afghanistan, brought it, as well as several other well-known dishes such as Buriyani (sp?), when they created their empire in India. From there the dish spread further.
@@bennett8535 I know another Afghani dish that is the same with the same name in Turkey: mantu - manti = tiny dumplings with meat filling.
I love that these dishes are all the same with almost the same names but spiced differently depending to the region.
I am sure there are plenty of other dishes too.
You need to do a session with Bahador Alast, a linguistics channel... You might like it...
@@travelroundvideos7470 Please don't propagate factual incorrect statements. Turkish and Sanskrit belong to completely different language families. Please look at advanced historical linguistics research before spreading your RSS propaganda.
I'm happy that you're trying South Indian food. There guests present are people from other states except Kerala. Although Kerala is in South India and there are similar food. But Kerala has its own types of cuisines too you know. Kerala is one the major states in Southern India.
Don't worry, she will find someone next time🙂
Keralan food is amazing 😍
I know kerala foods are amazing but compare to tamil nadu the kerala foods are less spicy and than kerala is small beautiful city not a great city
@@anjuanjel1287 dude kerala city? Kerala is a state bigger than most countries in the world.
@@razee7869 who told you please go and see in the map compare to andhra and Tamil nadu it’s very small city….everyone will accept it except you…. I know you love your city for that I can’t accept it… please don’t be childish sorry to say this you to accept the truth and I will accept it’s a beautiful city but not a big city
Hey Beryl! It was great sharing my favorite foods with you! Super glad you like the best part of the meal- dessert! 🙆♂️😁
I was in south india for work a few months back and I’ve been craving those spiced dosas ever since! I’m going to have to figure out how to make it
instant mixes (for _dosa_ batter) are available online; if you have a store selling Indian foodstuff in your city, they may even have ready-to-use batter for sale... if you can make a _crêpe,_ you can make a _dosa..._
If you think the badam halwa is sweet, then you would hate the Tirunelveli or iruttu kada (dark store) halwa. It made using wheat flour, jaggery and ghee. It is usually served hot on a plantain leaf. The North Indian sweet dish that is closest in comparison is the Kada prashad of Amritsar.
One south India desert that I think you would enjoy is Bobbatlu. It’s also called as Holige/ obbatu in Kannada, poli in Tamil and puran poli in marathi. It is sort of like sweet paratha with stuffing that consists of lentils cooked in jaggery syrup, with small coconut pieces added to it for some texture. Give it a try next time.
I'd be willing to try it! 😉
Mysore Pak!!! That's legit just a block of sugar, flour and ghee.
I hate extremely sweet sweets but I love that
Poli is one of the best when it is served hot😍
Can you do greek dishes please? Like not the very known ones the rest are really underated
yes!
@@BerylShereshewsky Could you do Spanish too some day? It's kind of boring being associated with Paella all the time 😅.
Love your videos! 🥰❤️
@@dantemaquiavelli9039 the problem is that this is a take out series, and I'm pretty sure you know how crappie the "Spanish" food is outside Spain, only few places in each country put in the effort of serving proper cocina española.
I believe chef José Andrés has a Spanish Market with good quality stuff in New York City, but it's going to be expensive.
Yes please!!!❤
@@dantemaquiavelli9039 I am sorry that I am one of those people who know just paella. Would love to learn more about Spanish food!
Aaaand now I want Indian for dinner instead of the chicken in my crockpot lol last time my husband and I went out for Indian I ordered a poori which I was educated politely that it's different from pani puri, but it was still super tasty. The guy seemed amused that I knew what that was at least I hope it was amusement XD hopefully I can convince my husband to try more of these things!
I have gunpowder differently with idli and dosai. For dosa, I mix it with adequate amount of gingelly oil to make it to a thick spreadable consistency, then dip the dosa in it. For idlis, i spread a drop of ghee or oil on the idli and coat the idli with the podi.
My grandmother is from Udipi and I grew up in the Matunga area of Bombay known for Udipi style restaurants - so all the foods in this episode brought back happy nostalgia. As an Indian, I also know you've barely scratched the surface. Even South Indian is a generalization and there are so many more regional cuisines to explore. But the same is true for every nation. There are so many regional cuisines in every nation that we barely get to know. I'd love to see more videos focused on regional foods - either delivery or where you cook some dishes from a region and the community can share more about their cuisine in the video.
Udupi*
@@vinodjay77 Actually both Udupi and Udipi are accepted spellings. After all regional names don't always transliterate cleanly into English. The legendary Rama Nayaks of Matunga also uses Udipi as the spelling. It's Udipi Shri Krishna boarding and Udipi idli house.
you should do Ugyhur cuisine, they deserve to be seen and heard and food is one way to do it!
South Indian cuisine is just heaven😍
Even I am not an south indian but I really felt there are more southern foods which are definitely better and not include...but I really do like these foods too ❤️
11:36 The key to getting the dosa right is to keep the temperature of the pan low. If your pan gets too hot, your batter will dry up before you can spread it, and hence 'tearing it'. Especially if you are using a cast iron pan. Sprinkle a little bit of water in the pan when it get too hot to lower the temperature.
Edit: Maybe we can have another video for not- too sweet Indian sweets...They are there Beryl.
Hey Beryl! I'm from Bengaluru and I'm not a fan of very sweet desserts either 😂 Here's a South indian dessert that's not too sweet. It's called "Obbattu". It's made out of Jaggery, lentils, Maida and Semolina. The easiest way to describe it is that it's a sweet version of paratha, but made with lentils. I'd highly recommend it if you haven't tried it yet 😌 and ofcourse, it tastes better fresh off the thava with ghee!!
Writing this is making me want to have one right now!🤤
Yeah, paravannam which cook it with rice, milk , jaggery and cardamom also not too much sweet, bobbattu is my favourite sweet. And thier is lot of sweets that we made at home are not that much sweet.
So excited to see South Indian food. As a Southie myself, I’m oftentimes disappointed by the lack of media attention on the Southie classics. BTW, Beryl, heat the ghee s little bit and mix in the gunpowder. Or even do the same with sesame oil(gingerly oil) for a more authentic South Indian flavor.
Yes. I personally melt ghee and then I mix a copious amount of gunpowder till it's a paste and then spread it on dosas or as a dipping sauce for idlis.
You introduced me to Maggi Hot & Sweet, and I for sure agree that is the proper size of a bottle. Same size I have, and I have definitely needed it.
Oh I LOVE LOVE this episode! I would copy cat all that they recommended at places available to me that provide the food. So fun and delicious! I also love that I get to support the restaurants then around me. Please do this with as many ethnicities as you can!
❤❤ I would love to try these! Thank you also for having a different video for North and South Indian foods! Foods can very so much on location, it’s hard to generalize them to a whole country. Thanks for sharing ❤
Oh my gosh, one of my cherished possessions is an idli pan. They are so delicious and I love them with mint chutney. I think they have a pleasant tangy flavor that is accepting of other flavors introduced from chutneys or sauces. Love this video!
Hearing somebody say BaaleKai Bhajji was so satisfying!! Thank you for doing this, Beryl. Living thousands of miles away from my home, this felt so homely to watch.
Totally agree! I'm from Bengaluru and I'm screaming 🤌
SAME!!! ❤
Yum yum yum! I love this series, and seeing Asha at the end was a treat too.
Beryl, if you ever come to San Diego I would LOVE to have you over for a dosa making tutorial!
Thanks for doing this episode. I really love Indian food and you reminded me that I haven't had any in a while. I fortunately live very close to Little India in Cerritos, California, where there are plenty of choices.
This meal would have been great for me! I absolutely love Indian food. Another great episode! And I mostly drink chicory coffee with almond milk in the mornings - and I love it. I never thought of combining it with coffee, definitely have to try that!
Thanks Beryl! I am excited to try South Indian foods in my area.
Beryl this was so fun to watch !! I really hope you try foods from other parts of India as well 💜
Ooohhh....We loved Pongal when we were in NYC a few years back and loved it so much that we would gravitate to it, even for snacks.
Ohhhhhhhhh. Pongal is right near where I work. I used to go there often with friends because they are vegetarian/kosher. Their dosai is first class. The staff is really kind. I wish I could eat dosai. Sadly, I can no longer eat grains or starches, which makes up most of the offerings on their menu. Thank you for your local restaurant orders. As a NYer is is really fun to see the awesomeness this great city has to offer, and the familiarity makes it all a real vibe!
I also work right by Pongal!
Indian food is not just butter chicken and naan. This was just the south indian representation and not all the cuisines could be covered in here. There are still states of west North and east India with tonnes of flavours. Hope we could see it in the other episodes ✌️Good job at this!
I have had to privilege to travel to South India twice and the food there is simply amazing! I loved this episode!
Hi Beryl, During the Keralan Hindu festival of Onam on August 29th of this year, we usually have a huge vegetarian Ona sadhya. I am sure there are places that would deliver in NYC.
"textural intrigue", your videos are a joy of the language to describe food. If ever I need to write something about food, I would watch your videos again and again for inspiration
I'm sensing a "steamed foods" episode in your future! (And I'm not just saying that to submit my favorite steamed veggie dish, hahaha)
Thank you for this video - I absolutely love this video!! As a South Indian myself, seeing this video brings joy and comfort. I was in Chennai couple weeks ago and how I miss my home food….Looks like you had a blast! ❤🤗
Not me getting super hungry. Thank you Beryl for opening our eyes to food around the world.
So glad you did a South Indian episode! I went to school in South India and the dishes you chose are pretty indicative of South Indian food--especially the idli and dosai. I was a teeny bit disappointed you didn't choose uttappam and upma, but maybe next time! I agree that Indian desserts are super sweet--most are too sweet for me and dessert is my favorite course! But they're sweet to help cleanse the palate after the highly spiced (and often spicy) dishes that come before it in my opinion. 🙂 Happy Indian Republic Day, everyone! 🥳
Dosa and idly are my all tie favorite! They make me think of my dear family indian friends and the month i spend with hem for my friend’s wedding a few years back. Good food but mostly good memories!!
Can't remember off the top of my head, Beryl, but have you ever mentioned or been to the Ganesh temple in Queens? Their canteen downstairs has possibly the best South Indian food in the city, and certainly the best Dosas I've ever tried.
Yes! I also helped do a story for great big story about them!
@@BerylShereshewsky Okay, cool, I couldn't quite recall. Man, what a great place; haven't been there in years.
hey, beryl! been a viewer for some time, first time commenter. thanks for this, i absolutely love south indian culture/food and was delighted to see it featured. and to learn more from the featured viewers! it would be so cool to see sri lankan dishes featured in a future episode. thank you again, be well!
Loved the episode, Beryl. Next time when you want idlis with Gunpowder', melt 1 teaspoon ghee in a glass bowl in the microwave and put 1 or 1/2 teaspoon of gunpowder in it. Heat for another 30-40 seconds to heat it and release the flavours. Then put it on warm idlis and you can taste the difference. Also, to balance the kick of the spice, keep a bowl of homemade yogurt / greek yogurt with you. Finish off with filter coffee / Nescafe. Bon Epetite.
Hey beryl!
The gun powder is eaten a little differently... you add the ghee to the powder and stir it till it becomes liquidy. You could also add sesame seed oil. And, it is a LIL less dry this way! :) (Also, since you like idlis you should definitely try Kanchipuram Idlis, they are idlis that have pepper and a couple of other spices and ghee, right there in the batter! It is a little fat-high so it is not eaten very often)
I appreciate this effort so so so much!❤️
While I love almost all these dishes, I do feel like there were still many more better suggestions that you could have recieved, and so I sincerely hope you get more opportunities to explore more of the South Indian cuisine on the channel!😊
Thank you!❤️
I agree. I'd have loved to see some kerala curries or malabar paratha or simple vegetable tarkaris (idk what they call it in south India). Idli and dosa for the main course was so disappointing because everyone knows them
Hearing kannada words in my fav food channel made my day 💗
awesome dishes - gives us more to try next time we order!!!
I love this series!! I would love to see some videos on African food!
Me too -- I have only just begun to explore a few dishes.
The Bisibele Bhaat looked and sounded delicious
ALSO! The little ghost mug was the cutest!!
Dipping idly in sauce is nice but you have to soak idly and dosa in sambar like you have bits of crispy soft and you can mix sambar with chutney that's a fun part
i would love to see an episode on chinese food. and not american chinese food but authentic chinese food. because often times there’s things on the menu at chinese restaurants that i’m hesitant to try because I have no clue what they are. i would love some more insight on what to actually order from chinese restaurants because i’m over just sesame chicken and egg rolls!
Love love love this video, hopefully you enoyed the break from cooking... please do something like this again! :)
I hope you have tried Medu Vada... I am actually a bit shocked it wasn't recommend. Crisp on the outside, pillowy on the inside with a sublime taste! Its a huge South favourite across India!
I love this video! Thank you for giving a shout out to South Indian food! FYI, rava dosa is like 50x easier and faster than traditional dosa to make. It's something you could easily do at home, and it's not fermented, so you can make it in like 30 mins.
Always love your videos... Not sure if you have ever had Davangere Benne Dosa. If not I would encourage you to. It's very heavy given that the dosa is made completely in butter but the moment when you take a bite and the dosa just melts in your mouth - Heaven....🥰
Ooh yes! I tried it for the first time from Vidyarthi Bhavan in Bangalore...pure bliss! 😍
It's interesting to see more than the typical Indian food that people might be aware of. I love dosas 😊although that was the extent of my South Indian food knowledge and unfortunately I am not aware of any other dishes I can get a hold of in my area
I am not Indian but am mixed with Colombian so I want to inform anyone who is interested to know the difference with plantains so yes the one's that are green are deliciously fried and go great with whatever sauce is suitable that is used with your culture's food but with being mixed with Colombian we love eating fried green plantains with sour cream after their sprinkled with a little salt.
Yellow plantains are also deliciously fried and you can eat it with a sauce or not but personally just love eating them as they are after their fried(no salting these plantins at all) because the yellow plantains produce a naturally very sweet taste..
Yes we in the state of Kerala in South India prefer yellow plantain. The sweet fritters from ripe yellow plantain called Pazham Pori is the go to tea snack and our chips made from yellow plantain fried in coconut oil has a nationwide cult following. We also have candy kind of snack with unripe yellow plantain covered in unrefined brown sugar called upperi.
@@aleenaprasannan2146 that sounds so good and delicious to be honest. Omg yes I going to try that combination in the future with my tea because usually with my tea I have a a little sweet snack like a cookie or some fruits but yellow plantains sound deliciously tasty..
Lovedd the video, and coincidentally its Republic day here in India, so a nice day to drop a video like this!
Nice. You can probably do cuisines from different states of India since every state has it own unique variety.
I'm waiting with great anticipation for the lime episode! We winter in southern Mexico, where basically nobody has heard of a lemon (you have to go to Costco or Walmart and they don't even have them all the time). People drink limeade rather than lemonade, and the lime sorbet is to die for! Oh yeah, and has anybody heard of sour orange?! It's a huge part of the cuisine here, especially combined with annato seeds (a.k.a. achiote).
As someone who lives in Bangalore, loved seeing the video feature bisibele baath! There's a variation of idli that I love called rava idli (I eat it with aloo/potato curry and coconut chutney), you should try it! A couple of other South Indian items that I'm fond of are: Akki roti (which closely resembles korean pancakes), idiappam, pesarattu with upma paired with ginger chutney, undrallu, appam and stew/egg curry, puliogre, paniyaram, poornamboora, etc.
So, because of you, I have now bought both kewpie mayo and maggi hot and sweet, and oh my goodness. The maggi is amazing. I am absolutely in love, and can't wait to try it on... well... everything I guess.
Hahaha honestly spreading condiment love is the best feeling
Most delicious food! So envious. I don't live in a city so our take away food options are spare and not so multi cultural. I was drooling. I always choose these kinds of foods when i am away from home which luckily is fairly regularly. I definitely have food envy right now 😄
Oh PS you also got me addicted to Maggi Hot n Sweet which I can also only buy away from home so all my shopping away is food item related haha
If you ever feel like doing another Indian cuisine that is totally different to other Indian cuisines you could try Bengali food! I know you've made a few dishes on your channel before but the flavour profile and range of spices bring a completely different set of flavours to enjoy :D
Loved the video! I really hope you get to check out Malabar food too the next time around
Try Kerala food
1. Malabar parota and malabar chicken curry
2. Iddiappam/nool puttu with chicken/beef/egg gravy
3. Rice/wheat puttu with kadala/cheruvar/chicken gravy
4. Velliappam with vegetable stew or chicken curry.
5. Sadhya lunch platter
6. Prawns chicken puttu
7. Egg roast and malabar parota
Sweet
7. Payam pori
8. Ada milk payasam
9. Ella Ada jaggery coconut stuffing
the 'gunpowder' is usually mixed properly with sesame oil or ghee, it's not usually served in dry powder form
Beryl Rajat and our Indian Guests. I love making Indian dishes. I'm much too lazy to pour a drink back and forth from one container to the next to froth it up. In Mexico, where I live now, they have a tool they use to froth up chocolate and coffee drinks called a molinillo made out of wood. I myself don't drink a lot of coffee, but I imagine to get it frothy I'd use an electric blender (I can just pictures the horror on people's faces) Hugs to everyone, Best wishes, Jim Oaxaca Mexico . (and I second the commentator who asked for unusual Greek dishes, another cuisine I love to prepare)
In Assam we make a bharta of plantain. Boiled plantains (with peel, later removed) mashed with onion, coriander, chillies, salt and raw mustard oil.
Veg/Vegan Shammi Kebabs can also be made with plantain.
So much respect for a culture that does breakfast all day! I wonder if the restaurants Beryl features have increased sales post video.
Hey Beryl.. hope you are doing well.. next time you visit India... Make sure you visit an "Indian coffee house''.. it's a chain of restaurants operated by a cooperative society.. they serve really good south indian staples... And the establishment is pretty iconic.. do try...
I ALWAYS mix a little Indian dessert into my chai/coffee! No need for sugar! Indian dessert is so sweet and dissolves nicely. My fav is the chai and kheer /ras malai milk combo! But gulab jamun syrup and the halwa you showed sounds good too! Try it next time!
When I eat a super sweet dessert like baklava, etc. I will have it with black coffee, or Turkish coffee. The short of it is: I never put sugar in my coffee when I eat a dsssert. That way I get loads of flavor cause they balance themselves out
I’m the same way when I eat daifuku mochi with green tea!
Great espisode as always Beryl! I'm wondering if you have made or have in mind a fritters episode. I love fritters, or gorengan in Indonesian. Especially battered fruit fritters like jackfruit, breadfruit, pineapple, and banana/plantain. Would love to see how people around the world came up with their own kind of fritters. leafy? meaty? seafoody? crunchy? bready? Maybe topped with ice cream? Yum! 😋
My favourite dosa is the onion rava ghee masala dosa with green chillies.
Love south Indian food.
Bisibelebath is the ultimate comfort food! I was waiting for someone to recommend it. Great job picking this 😋
I really, really, really love your enthusiasm for and knowledge of Indian vegetarian food, Beryl. You remind me of...ME 😊❤ And thanks so much for pronouncing sambar (saam-baar) correctly. Even most Indians get it wrong (sum-bhaaaar, sam-burr...ugh!) ❤
Good video. Btw, an idli should never break or crumble, it should be fluffy (not just dense) and always.....tear (not break). And in my experience, store-bought idli powder (don't like it being referred to as 'gun powder') is usually a 3 on 10. Most people make their own powder, and it isn't as difficult once you try it.
Hey Beryl, if you are interested to try , add a pinch of sugar to your gunpowder (a pinch for a tablespoon of gunpowder) and mix this powder with a Indian sesame oil(about double the measure of gunpowder) and coat your idli with this mixture on both sides. Let it soak for few hours and then eat it.. tastes amazing !
A mini idli maker! That sounds perfect!
So disappointing that there is no Kerala representation! You really missed out on the amazing Kerala food!
To be honest Kerala cuisine deserves its own episode. I am not even a Malyali but a huge fan of Kerala cuisine.
Yes
I was hella disappointed 😥
I guess its a function of the south Indian restaurant menu Beryl chose - Kerala food is not easily found in US (kannada style of idli/dosa are the most popular dishes). But you are right- Kerala food is so damn delicious and I am always surprised how different the flavor profiles are from the rest of the states.
It is possible she didn't find representatives from Kerala. If nobody from there volunteered to be in the video, then we can't really blame Beryl. Also, its possible that it is harder to find traditional Kerala recipes where she lives, whereas idli, dose etc. are popular and hence available in South Indian restaurants.
I think we can still celebrate the fact that South Indian cuisine in general is being appreciated, and hope that in future recipes from Kerala also get featured!
For cooking dosa in the US or colder countries, Have a hot Lodge griddle pan that is well oiled. Before putting the dosa batter, sprinkle water on the griddle and immediately spread the dosa batter using the back of your ladle. The trick is hot griddle, cooled by the water just before application. You can use butter or ghee after applying the dosa.
Oh my gosh thank you so much!!! I have had the dessert before but didn’t know what it was called!!! I’m so happy I can search for it now
Good idlis are not supposed to be dry at all. They go down real easy by themselves. Ideally they would be pillow soft and really light. However, they are really hard to get right. The batter can be pretty temperamental 😅
My husband is from Bangalore! Makes me happy to see his city represented!
Korean indian couple ?
Tree Trunks earrings. So lovely to see!
What you had is pretty much breakfast food that were mostly fermented stuff that had more or less the same flavour profile and the same chutneys. Wish you had tried some mains as well.
NGL the south Indian in me was super excited but I've expected more like some curries or corn rotis from southern part of AP. And few foods from Kerala like the coconut fish curry. they're so underrated and I hope you get to try them sometime.
BERYL!!! Please do an episode on baby bok choy!!! i love adding it to my soups but i wanna add it to more stuff, and i just realized you dont have a baby bok choy video!!!
There is so much more to South Indian breakfasts. Good luck to try all of them. My personal favorite is Pongal and sambar vada.
I love plantain, I love bhaji, I am very excited to learn that you can combine the two!
I haven’t seen plantains fried like that either. In Kerala, India we deep fry plantain too but it’s sweet. 🤤
I really enjoyed this episode!
You are correct, I literally picked up that same size bottle at my local international grocer 🤣
I am so pleased to see South Indian represented. I spent my entire childhood there and there is nothing quite like it. I love it so much. Some excellent choices. (Also Chennai Represent!)
My favourite South Indian dish is utthapam, from what I understand it’s basically the same dosa batter but a thick pancake; it’s so warm, soft and comforting.
Loved this episode, but you definitely need a episode for food from Kerala
I've been so lucky to be able to travel to South India several times, and as beautiful as it is, I'm ALL about the food. I'm so happy I've found a South Indian food spot here in South Africa ❤❤❤