How To Cook Indian Food | Lessons From An Indian Mom
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For those who like instructions, here's a great link to the actual recipe to the Moong Dal that my mom made: pipingpotcurry...
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So you want to learn how to cook Indian food? Well, you're at the right place. As a complete noob who's never cooked Indian food before (yeah I know... I'm Indian, I just never made it an effort to actually learn how to cook real Indian food.)... I can say that knowing the fundamental steps of one Indian dish can help make the other dishes very easy.
Honestly, my mom uses the same few ingredients to make the flavor pop. So I mean... how hard can it be? Right? lol
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I think every Indian mom has that one metal box full of spices
That’s the truth! Lol
It's called a masala dabba
armenian moms too haha😂
Pressure Cooker: The All Mighty God of Indian Food
Yup. Makes food so quickly. I freaking love it!
Indian food is incredible. I looked up why Indian just tastes so amazing, like a parade in your mouth. And scientifically, I read that the spices actually meld together more than 300 ways in your mouth on your taste buds. No wonder the silk road was so lucrative
What a beautiful way to honor your mom and your culture! Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
Im bias, but Indian food rocks :P
Thought that was April fools joke
Agree! My favorite is Bombay aloo and chole/channa! Omg and paranthas!
Indian food DOES rock!
Biased, maybe... wrong? no... I grew up on meatloaf and potatoes, macaroni & cheese etc... you know, "Western-Europe/American" food. In my early 20's I tried lots of japanese and mexican food, thai and lebanese... they were all great. but in my late 20's I starting eating South Asian food... First Indian, then Nepalese and Bangladeshi... and I never turned back.... I own an indian spice rack xD
Haha thata ok to be bias,
What makes you feel that way ?
Did you end up not eating a lot of it growing up or maybe too little ?
I'd kill to cook with your mom and learn her ways! I fell in love with Indian food and have a fully stocked spice cabinet now :) Indian food changed my life! Now when people ask what would you eat for the rest of your life... it's indian food, hands down. Would love to see more of her cooking or you cooking!
Honestly, if you ever want to learn Indian food, Indian moms are the best teachers for it. And yeah, I want to add my mom and her cooking more into my videos in the future, just not sure how yet haha
O.K. I am a white Englishman born and raised, never been to India, but I do cook Indian foods at home. With a twist, I cook with all of my own spice mixes and blends, marinades etc. None of my meals are typical restaurant foods which here in the U.k. are all made "up north" in a huge building in skip sized pans , canned up and sent all over the country! Thats why your favourite Indian meal tastes very very similar from the midlands down to Cornwall. Basically the sauces etc are bought in and "chef" will add his spices and herbs to make it his dish. No I cook foods that the average Indian person has at their dining table, and Indian food to me is excellent!
This made me want your mom’s cooking!!!! No more fancy Indian restaurants for us 😂
Well you’re getting it this weekend!
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Get her to teach you how she makes everything. I promise (coming from a while girl who married into an Indian family) this alone will make her - and her son - LOVE you that much more! 🥰 The way to the heart is thru the stomach! 😉
You so good in video..
Nice .. smile too👍👍👍👍🌺
Ah, the only downside of studying in a different city than my parents is that I genuinely miss my mom's cooking-specifically her rajma (kidney beans). On a side note, I really learned and got better at cooking Indian food by cooking often, even when I messed up terribly...so persistence is key!
You're so right, I mean that's the meaning of life isn't it? Persistence is key!
im mexican but im in love with indian food I really hope to learn how to make it at home! Love from Spain!!!
Hi i am from Morocco , we tried to cook an indian meal. Chiken with masala and rice.Totally worth it ....
Yes, that’s my favorite meal!
I had Indian food last week that you would probably say is like the restaurant visited. To a clueless white newcomer like myself it still knocked my socks off it was so good! I am thinking on Indian food's worst day it is still pretty delicious. Nothing in America is made with so much intracacy, spice and full bodied flavored except perhaps New Orleans cuisine which I also haven't had. If your mom's is superior to the most expensive Indian restaurant food, tell her I'm coming for dinner. Just kidding. Thank you for your precious and loving video in praise of her. I will definitely be following your channel not only to learn how to cook some Indian food but because you seem like a wonderful person for honoring your mom.
Indian food is bae 😋 Right now I am missing my mom's handmade food...She makes best puranpoli in the world 😇😌
yup, indian food is amazing, and indian food made by your mom is even better! haha
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My husband just bought an antique Indian spice bowl made of wood. It still smells amazing
Dude you're 26 ?? That's awesome you're way wiser than most people my age. Wish I had friends like you around !
Haha thank you, that’s nice of you to say! I just listen to a ton of podcasts and read books 💪🏽
love the newspaper shelf liner
This is perfect. I'm not ready for a recipe-- I just want to see the basic concepts with lots of close-ups and sizzly sounds. Later I can figure out what all those spices are.
How a quick search for making Indian food led me to your channel, which I really enjoyed! But then onto a video about How I lost motivation, and down rabbit hole of The first 20 hours book and so much related topics on how to get unstuck and creating again!
My co-worker is Fiji Indian and she was my first experience into Indian food and my gawdddd
Freakin delicious..I wish I knew how to cook it :p her roti is to die for and her samosas and curry...
Anyways thnx for the vid :p
Honestly, there’s this great video by buzzfeed india on how to make any Indian meal, you should take a look! It’s funny video, but the lady nailed it.
Awesome intro to noobs like me! Tried some Gobi and Saag in the kitchen last night. Thanks for the guidance.
your mom is a blessing. Thnk you for the video.
I'm an African American male from Macon, Georgia. Indian is my favorite food
I’m trying to impress my partner by cooking Indian food I’m so happy I came across this video 💕
I’m so glad it helped! :)
This video is fantastic. In 2022 i'm challenging myself (as a white dude with French & English background) to dive deep and get a true understanding of what goes into cooking Indian, Spanish, Italian, and Carribean cuisine! Indian food is first on my list! If you have any advice or recommendations i'd love to hear from you. Hope you enjoy the holiday season!
-Jerrod Coupal
I’m half Indian but I never learned how to cook Indian cuisine but I want to learn!
Hey, thanks for the video it was really helpful for me to understand the difference between Indian food in a restaurant and authentic Indian food.
you deserve more subscribers just keep going !
Yes one of these days my videos will pop. I’m just not going to stop uploading!
Thank you for your video.. I love indian cooking... So nice to bring us into ur life
Of course! Hoping to make more videos showcasing my culture. Thanks for watching :)
Thanks, I loved this and will use the learning well. Yes, home cooking uses beter quality ingredients than commercial kitchens use. Also, remember, Indian cuisine along with most long standing cultural cuisines, incorporate healing and medicinal qualities in the way it is cooked and in the ingredients. That was Hing, the random ingredient you held up. It helps digest beans all the way trhu in your digestive tract and therefore stops future gas explosions from within.
I have never seen a press cooker that small! We only ever cook greens in the pressure cooker (until instant pot came along).
Nice ... cute you 2 both..
So good video 👍👍👍👍👍👍
This was a wonderfully informative video. I love seeing the steps to make Indian food. You can tell the love your mom pours into her cooking.
Can there be a better youtuber??? Hell no.. this dude is literally the best
❤️ thank you! That means so much :)
I just got hired at an Indian restaurant and I can't wait to learn everything! It's a family business and I hope they take a more home cooked route. So I definitely subscribed to you for some insight! And you're adorably hansom! 😊
White boy here, I freaking love Indian food and moved to a place where I can’t find any good Indian restaurants. I am looking to start making my own indian foods, thanks for sharing the insight!
Did you give us any cooking tips for making Indian food? I thought that was the title of the video… I’m wanting to learn to cook Indian food, help me out!!
Sweet video. Great job!
G-d of mine, this man is fine. 😍 I didn’t hear a word he said throughout this whole video. Please thank your mother for me.
You have so much talent, I’ve never seen anything like this before and I believe in your work so much! You are amazing and blessed beyond belief with wisdom! Keep doing what you are doing. Never give up on yourself!!!
Omg, why thank you so much! That was very nice to read! And I’m not giving up. Ever!
Thank you for this video. When looking at recipes I always get intimidated with weird ingredients and spices I can't even pronounce, but after this video I'm slowly getting it.
Dude this might be your best video yet! Might be! I’ll have to rewatch them all to be sure aha but this was great!
Every element - the story, the editing, the music, the narration. It was on point. Looking forward to the next one!!!
Haha honestly, when I was editing this, I was so annoyed by it. So interesting what I find as bad but others find as good! Thanks! :)
I've been wanting to cook Indian food so bad recently. I haven't though, because I was afraid it would be much harder, but apparently the hardest part is buying all the spices, and I already have half of them. Also, the spice drawer is GENIUS. My mind was blown when I saw that.
Well, now I'm off to find a chill recipe so I can try my hand at this. Tell your mom I said thank you!
Nice video..
I like much.. India hot foods..
Cooking also 👍👍👍💗
Thanks for doing this. It's a start.
What got me interested was watching the international Chef Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen) in India! Watch his series on India!
Gordon Ramsey was a real humble guy. He went to many different areas of India and learned the difference between authentic Indian and British or North American "Indian Cooking"!
4:15 the subtitles said human seeds so I added my human seeds
I am learning how to cook indian food at the moment it's my absolute favourite all aspects of it 😍
Can you recommend a book to cook indian food with recipes ?
In the US, it's typical that restaurants suck hard when it comes to ethnic food. It seems all restaurant owners have never been abroad. For instance, Mexican food here in the US, is pretty much americanized, and it has nothing to do with mexican food in Mexico. The same goes with Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, Indian cuisines...etc You have to learn it and cook it yourself at home.
I think it's common in every country in India we eat Chinese food which is way different than real chinese in fact if anyone made real chinese no one would love it.. People sell food for profit so they care to cater customers liking in Korea people add lots of sugar in curries if they don't add local Korean people don't like so even in India home made food is restaurant food is different we don't eat naan at home everyday we don't put cream on curries at home..
indian food is the best in the whole world.
I love Indian food...interestingly different in some ways. Nearly while garlic was one. No ginger was interestingly too.
As a Mexican, can I use a tortilla press to make the Roti?
Honestly if you just did a cooking show with your mom I'd love it lol :)
hahaha I love the intro and switching the fire/butt reference in regards to Indian food
hahaha, So glad you caught that!
Wow superb Beautiful culture Thanks for sharing 👍
I’m new to cooking Indian food and this video was very helpful! Thank you!!!
Can you make your mom a cooking channel? Or keep making cooking videos with her. Please??? Lol
hahah! she's very camera shy
love indian food.
I always wanted to learn how to make GOOD Indian food. 👍 great video
Glad you found this helpful!
so true ! home cook food is better, then resto food...
Mexican food ,Indian food, and Italian food are my top 3 the spices Ian Indian cuisine are masters
I loved everything about this video! :) I learned so much. Thank you
Thanks for sharing.
Your 🏠 house so beautiful..
So peacefully place ...
Looks like 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓🙏🙏🙏🙏
🤤 it looks soooo good and healthy. Now I know childhood eats was good in that household 🤩. Totally going to copy this recipe 🤤
Hing is amazing. It’s the most brilliant underrated spice ever. I love when it’s sprinkled with black salt over a Bombay Sandwich.
Chapati rocks ❤
I love chapati and dhal or mutton curry ❤
Please don't put oil in Roti dough,
Unless you are making Naan.
Even in paratha, oil is applied after Roti is rolled. We put ghee on Roti after cooking it & off the gas.
Nothing can beat dal chawal 🤤🤤
Thank you for this video! There is nothing like homemade Indian food! I can eat it day and night, I love it!!
I just stumbled upon your channel after seeing your comment in a previous video, and I already love it, my mom is also Indian and I actually love paratha roti
Hey! Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it! And yup, Indian mom cooking is the best!
Nothing wrong with going to bujie restaurant if you aren’t Indian and don’t have access to the stuff. But if you can get it at home enjoy it
I (German) had an Indian room mate for 3 years. She was the best cooking teacher ever. Now I can stop cookind Indian food.
Love this recipe! Congratulations 🎉🎊 You got a new subscribed 😘😍
your videos are great, if you had posted often at least 2 times a week today you would have more than 1 million subscribers. this video is 3 years old and it's excellent
again you're incredibly talented and I can't wait to see your future prospects!
I'm so glad you enjoy my video! :)
Your mom needs her own channel
Mum's food is heavenly.💯
It’s pretty darn amazing! :P
as a Chinese like indian food.... I always want indian people tell what the spicy powder is.. yellow and red-yellow powder
Hi, which region is this cooking- mommas bases are a little different from what I just learned. Teaching myself the basics of Indian cooking- thank you for your response
Fantastic! Thanks
Very good Harsheel, I’m glad you started taking interest in cooking our Indian food. Well if that white girl is your girl friend and wife to be, it’s fine but in that case you definitely have to learn this.😅 I want my son to be inspired by your video so I’m going to share this with my children.
Can anybody recommend me a good spice rack in USA please?
im really happy you made this food, i like to cook as authentically as possible
Glad you liked it!!
Nice video information
Nice knowledge video
Do more videos like this.
Yes! Working on a few scripts like this one, stay tune :)
Love indian food!!
3:30 Random thing
It's Asafoetida it's right there on the container !!!!
you know, when watched the final edit before I uploaded it, I literally thought about this, but I shipped the video regardless lol
I love Indian food and it's so good
I absolutely LOVE Indian food, and I'm also very picky about it too..lol
It's incredibly hard to find good Indian restaurants. Can you please start a channel with your mom cooking :D That would be amazing!
I'd love to try your Mom's cooking! I bet it's spectacular
Damn now im craving some naan broo
Hahaha editing this video was tough, I kept getting hungry 😂
This is perfect
LETS FREking go!!!!! YOU ARE DOPE BRO
Haha thanks!! :)
I freaking love me some spicy Indian food with some naan but of course I only had it from restaurants/take out places and not actually homemade yet.
Indian food makes it so easy to just love spice. It's perfect. You should try cooking it at home sometime. It will change your life!
I consider learning Indian cooking a way to learn and pass on culture as an immigrant kid....which I have to remind myself each time I just want to go to Taco Bell again.
Cooking looks delicious very yummy
I am studying some Indian recipes I just discovered Both Hing and Asafoetida which European folks called Devil's Dung LoL apparently it's a Garlic & onion substitute when you do not want the texture or mouth feel of genuine garlic & onion in a recipe said to be the stinkiest critical spice in other words in some Indian recipes it's not authentic Indian food without it
i like indian food, but i prefer curries over the style you cooked, when eating indian food
Does Mom have a cooking TH-cam channel? I have to figure out how to cook traditional Indian cuisine ♥️♥️♥️
Haha no! She’s too camera shy for that
@@CuriosityCulture 😫😫😫
Well, thank you for this video. I am determined to learn authentic Indian cooking.