- I'm white, there's only so much spice I can handle.
- Oh, it's so pretty!
- Ooh, I like that a lot. That's a Tupperware.
- That's a Tupperware.
- (PvF) What do you guys think of street food?
- (both) Street food?
- I'm down to try some stuff.
- Jaxon's from the streets.
- I sure am, yes, hello!
- (PvF) Do you know a lot about Indian street food?
- Oh, not at all.
But will I eat it? Yeah.
- I've never had Indian food. (laughs)
- Never had it.
- I know nothing either, actually.
- (PvF) We are traveling to India. - Ooh!
- (PvF) For an Indian street food episode!
- Ooh, nice! - And we get to eat these?
- (PvF) Yes! - Yay!
- (PvF) Are you excited to try? - Sure!
- Any time I put food in my mouth, I'm excited.
- A fast and furious bhaji. - The music already, loving it.
- Ooh, I love it, all the vegetables.
- Like Benihana kinda vibes. - (laughs) Oh yeah, totally.
- Wow, that's... - I feel like I can smell it.
It looks so good.
- Is this soup? - Is that cheese?
- What the [censored]? - No, is that butter?
- Is that butter? - Oh my God, is that butter?
- That was a lot of butter! - That's a lot!
- It's a loaf of bread?
- Yeah, I think you dip the bread in it.
- Oh [censored], we're getting adventurous!
- How cute!
- Ooh! - Nice!
- (PvF) Pav bhaji is a fast food dish consisting of a thick vegetable curry,
or bhaji, served with a soft bread roll called pav.
It originated as a fast, lunchtime dish
for textile mill workers in Mumbai,
but is now a popular street food item.
- I could totally go on my lunch break like this.
- I love onions, okay.
- I haven't had Indian curry in so long.
Again, I'm used to having Japanese curry that I make for myself.
- It's so good. (laughs)
- Oh, there it is. - Yeah, spicy?
Uh oh. - Oop, there it is.
- Okay.
- It's like all deconstructed,
so you just eat it the way that you want,
which is amazing.
- Sneak up a little bit? There it is.
- It's coming, yep. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- And it's slowly, it gets hotter and hotter.
- Mm-hmm!
- (PvF) I don't know what's happening with Jair.
- Are you good?
- I don't have a reaction!
- Oh, you're not, (laughs) have you not had curry before at all?
- Would I have been scared to try this
if I was gonna order it? Yes.
But because you're opening my palate, I think it's phenomenal.
- Mm-hmm.
- I bit into it, and it was like,
there was supposed to be meat, but there was no meat!
- And this is, there's no meat in this?
- (PvF) Nope. - That's crazy.
- That's really good.
- Confused, it's almost like apple sauce,
but it's not. (laughs) - Mm-mm.
- It's like a spicy apple sauce.
- (PvF) I feel like you should take another bite.
- Should I? - I think you, yes.
I think you do. - Was it premature?
Alright.
- Get that texture in there. Mm-hmm.
- Yeah!
- (PvF) So this dish is more than 150 years old.
- This one you're serving us!? - Wow!
(both laugh)
- This is tasty! - Yum!
- I really like this one. - Yum, I give it A++++++.
- I just love curry.
- I gotta see this come out of me.
That's what I gotta see.
- (laughs) What the?
- (PvF) Alright, I'm gonna take the food away.
- What is this?
- Dahi puri?
- Like a donut hole. - Yeah!
- And made it into a bread bowl. - Yes!
- I don't know what it is, is it sweet?
- More carbs! (laughs) - I love it.
- I just love whatever that ball texture is.
I know that's gonna be crunchy.
- Ooh, what's that they're putting on top?
It looks good.
- I don't know what half that stuff was.
- Me either, I'm excited!
What is this?
- So is that cheese?
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- What is this? - So is that cheese?
- Oh my, it looks so bougie. - Forget avocado toast!
- Oh my God. - Like, this...
- (PvF) Dahi puri are a type of chaat, or street snack.
They are served in puris, filled with spice, potato, or chickpea,
mint, tamarind chutney, and a thick curd,
and it's topped with a sprinkle of crushed sev, and pomegranate seeds.
- Okay, ready? - Alright.
- Cheers! - Cheers.
- Three, two, one. - Two, one.
- Om. - Mmm.
- Oh, I like that a lot.
That's a Tupperware. - That's a Tupperware.
- I like the pomegranate seeds.
- There are so many different components to this, I'm like...
- The textures are amazing.
- Every new second is a new flavor in my mouth.
- A sweet, hummus taco. - What is this?
- It was sweet, then spicy. - It's like sweet, yeah, spicy, yeah.
- Then it's gone.
- That's exactly what I thought of. - Sweet, spicy, then gone.
- This is so good. - It's like Sour Patch Kids.
- I just wasn't expecting it to be sweet.
- Me either.
- And then on the inside, it has like a hummus texture,
because of the chickpeas.
It goes really well together.
- It's almost like mashed potatoes in the middle.
I don't even know how to describe that.
- That's quite good.
- I have never had anything like this before.
It's such a new experience.
- This is the cake though. - Mm-hmm, yeah.
- This shell. - The texture.
- It's almost giving me Totino's pizza roll vibes.
(laughs) Is that bad to say?
- I thought I was gonna get murdered,
when I said tostada. - Oh, I'm ready to get murdered.
Everybody comment and [censored] on me right now.
- So far, this is my favorite, I do like this.
- Oh, this is so cute!
- I've seen things made in grape leaves.
Is that grape leaves?
- What is that? - All the filling.
Is that pomegranate again?
- I don't know, are we doing lettuce wraps?
- Those aren't grape leaves. - Or leaf wraps?
- Lettuce wraps?
- And then they're like wrapping it?
- Ooh, it's all pretty!
- Wow!
- (PvF) So this is called paan.
It is a mouth sweetener, digestee,
and a symbol of hospitality.
It's made from betel leaves, and it's eaten with various fillings,
which can sometimes include fire and ice.
- (gasps) Ooh! - Oh!
- It smells like a minty cherry. - It's a cleaning surprise.
- (laughs) Cleaning surprise.
- It kinda smells like an incense store.
- Yeah. - Which, and I love it.
- (both) Three, two, one.
- It is like eating a flower. - Oh, yeah.
- I'm not the biggest fan of that.
- I don't hate it, but it's not my favorite of the dishes.
- It's almost like pepperminty though, too.
- It's a mix of kinda like a menthol flavor,
but also like... - Flowers.
- A spice flavor, like sugar, spice, and...
- Everything not nice. (Jaxon laughs)
- If I was to eat a crystal shop,
this is what I imagine it would taste like.
- Yeah.
- It's almost like you could spit perfume in your mouth,
like spray it in your mouth.
- The biggest red flag for me,
is it smells like a candle I would burn in my room.
It smells [censored] delicious.
- So much happening
in this one little envelope of what? - Who knew?
- Ooh, my mouth is a little like numb-ish.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- And they come out fighting,
this is like the Mike Tyson of flavors are happening in here.
And they come out ready to kick some ass!
And they kicked mine.
- Oh, that looks good! - Mmm.
- Yes, more bread! (Sharon laughs)
Or something, carbs!
- Chickpeas.
- That's like chickpeas, yeah. - Oh, we got chickpeas, yeah.
Oh my God.
- Ooh! - Spices.
- Ooh, see more fresh stuff on top. - Oh my gosh.
- Ranch, ranch! - You know what I mean?
- What is that? Oh!
- They just keep adding stuff.
- Oh my God, I'm so excited!
I don't know what this is, but it looks so good!
- It looks very pretty. - Ooh.
- Ooh, that smells spicy. - Yeah.
- Aloo tikki chaat is a twist on the aloo tikki potato patty.
They're fried, and then topped with a mixture of savory chaat chutneys,
spices, gravy, veggies, and curd or yogurt to balance the spice.
- Dink! - Phew.
Oh hell yeah. I like that.
- Well, that's good. - Mmm.
- Ooh, hot though. - Uh-huh.
- Yep, there it is.
(Jair laughs)
- I'm white, there's only so much spice I can handle. (laughs)
- Ooh! (laughs) - Oh boy!
- This is why you need the ranch!
(Sharon laughs) Get the ranch up in here!
- I love the patty.
- I wanna make love to this.
- That's real hot. - It is, but I want more.
- You get like the sweetness, and then the spiciness.
- Yeah.
- Oh [censored], that's hot! (Jaxon laughs)
- It's really good. - Woah!
It's really good! (laughs)
- With hot stuff, you have to keep going,
because think about hot Cheetos, when you stop eating,
oh, I'm getting some of those after that.
Actually, let me write that down.
(both laugh)
- Wow, okay. Indian cuisine, taking me for a ride.
My palate is woah.
- Ooh, I already like it, we're starting with ice.
- Oh, well this is, here's the dessert, right?
- See, the way that the street food though,
I will say it's so impressive how they have their [censored] setup.
- It's like a freezer.
- It's like a, okay, Popsicle.
- Is it gonna be like Popsicle kinda things?
- Like an ice cream or something?
- It's an Indian Popsicle!
- Yay!
- It is like a little Popsicle. - Yeah!
- (PvF) Kulfi is often described as Indian ice cream,
and it's similar, but denser, and creamier than regular ice cream.
- Mm-hmm. - Okay!
- It looks like pistachios.
- Ooh, it smells like pistachio, ooh, good job!
- Mmm, that's good!
- Oh, it smells like nuts. (laughs)
- I really needed this after that fiasco you put me through.
- You're gonna get paper cuts on like the back of your throat,
with this, it's like... - No, look, I did it.
- Aw geez. (laughs)
- It's not too sweet too. - Mmm!
- That has a very unique taste to it.
- The milk you get after your cereal, hardened.
- I don't know what it is, I just want sweet.
I want sweet, it's giving me milk from like, cereal.
- It is really creamy though. (laughs)
- It is so creamy. - Yeah.
- A lot of cream, and not a lot of sugar.
- It's like condensed milk.
- I could literally eat this whole thing, it's so good!
- I will eat this whole thing.
- It's not giving me sugar.
- It's not, that's why I like it. - Really, okay.
- And the pistachios. - Mm-hmm.
- They just perfectly add like a salty crunch to it.
- I'm gonna eat the whole thing. - This is your favorite!
- It's my favorite.
- I'm seriously just licking all the pistachios off.
- I'm doing the opposite, I don't like the nuts.
- I love nuts.
- You get that?
(Dani gasps) - Is this more dessert?
- They look like churros!
- Can't go wrong with a donut.
- The satisfying part when they swirl it.
- Obviously, we have to compare it to things that we know,
for people who are like this is not a donut.
- Hey! - They're like mini churro donuts.
- Yep.
- That's candied sugar. That's like sugar.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- There's literally nothing that you can do wrong with these.
- Wow!
- I didn't know it was like this!
- It looks so pretty!
- These look like glossy bell peppers.
- (PvF) Finally, we have jalebi,
a popular sweet street snack that is made by deep frying
maida flour batter, and then soaking them in sugar syrup.
- Mm-hmm. - (whispers) Wow.
- Oh! (gasps) - I smell the fried oil,
so it kinda reminds me of like funnel cake.
- Yes, that's what I was thinking!
- Boom.
- Ooh, that is so sweet.
- You're gonna like this. - Is it?
- You're gonna like this. - I am cheating on my diet today.
Ooh.
Oh yeah. - Yeah.
- Oh my God.
- Mmm.
- It's like a funnel cake, but like drenched in sugar.
- Mmm!
- Oh, it's literally like an elephant ear,
but like liquid. - This is real good.
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, I don't like that I can taste the oil.
- I think that's my favorite part, actually.
- It's the way it's like a hard shell, but it's liquid on the inside.
- Mm-hmm.
- I love the texture, I love that oily taste to it.
I think it's just, for me, it's just a lot of it.
- (PvF) Well guys, that does it for today, any final thoughts?
- That's it? No, more! (laughs)
- This was a roller coaster of emotions and taste buds.
- Went up and down, up and down. - It really did.
- My stomach was like what's going on?
- Uh-huh.
- Thank you guys so much for joining us on this trip to India.
If you didn't see some of your favorite foods,
they might be in our first episode that we did.
Check it out in the link below.
And let us know where we should travel to next!
Alright, until next time, bye guys!
Mmm, I'm gonna eat some of this.
(laughs) Woops.