OUR
OUR NEXT
OUR NEXT HALF HOUR. BUT NOW WE WANT TO GET IT OUT TO EVAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
GUYS. EXCITED TO SEE MORE ON
THAT. BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT SOME LOCAL THEATER THAT'S
GOING TO BE HAPPENING. IT'S
DELICIOUS ENTERTAINING WAY TO
SUPPORT OUR SAN DIEGO REP
THEATER COMING THIS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY IN AN INTERACTIVE
PRODUCTION OF COOKING FAMILY
STORIES AND MUSIC WRITER AND
PERFORMER OF BOLLYWOOD KITCHENS
JOINS US THIS MORNING AND I'M
TOLD YOU'LL EVEN BE SHARING A
LITTLE RECIPE WITH US, IS THAT
RIGHT? GOOD MORNING. YEAH, A
LITTLE SIMPLE RECIPE TO GET
YOUR DAY STARTED. ALL RIGHT.
VERY EXCITING. SO I WANT TO
START OFF WITH LETTING PEOPLE
KNOW WHAT THIS KIND OF SHOW IS
LIKE. IT'S SOMETHING KIND
OF NEW FOR PEOPLE. IT'S A SEEMS
LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A COOKING
DEMONSTRATION THAT'S
INTERACTIVE BUT ALSO YOU'RE
SHARING STORIES OF CHILDHOOD
AND YOU KNOW, INDIAN CULTURE
AND MUSIC. TELL US ABOUT THAT.
SO THIS IS A NEW KIND
OF THEATER THAT CAME ABOUT
DURING THE SOVIET TIME. SO THIS
IS ACTUALLY A LIVE PLAY NOW. I
DO FOUR TIMES A WEEK RIGHT HERE
FROM MY APARTMENT IN NEW YORK
CITY. I'M HERE IN MANHATTAN
TODAY AND SO THE SHOW IS EVERY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS
WEEKEND IS OUR FINAL WEEKEND
AND WHAT IT IS IS IT'S A
COMBINATION OF COOKING AND
DEMONSTRATING TO YOU HOW YOU
CAN MAKE INDIAN FOOD ALONG WITH
ME FROM YOUR OWN KITCHEN. WE'LL
SHOW SOME CLIPS FROM BOLLYWOOD
MUSICAL AS WELL AS THE MUSIC
AND THEN ALL THE WHILE I'M
TELLING A STORY ABOUT MY
FAMILY'S IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
AND HOW THIS FOOD AND SONG
CONNECTED ME TO WHERE MY
PARENTS CAME FROM IN INDIA AND
WE BOTH GREW UP WITH INDIAN
PARENTS. I REMEMBER GROWING UP
MY DAD SHOWING ME HOW TO INDIAN
FOOD AND GROWING UP I WASN'T
REALLY THE BIGGEST FAN
OF INDIAN FOOD. IT WASN'T UNTIL
I GOT TO BE A TEENAGER AND NOW
AN ADULT THAT I REALLY GAINED
AN APPRECIATION. I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE MAKING
INDIAN FOOD OR THINK THAT IT'S
A DIFFICULT TASK. BUT YOU SAY
IT'S SURPRISING EASY, RIGHT?
YEAH. INDIAN FOOD IS NOT
PRECIOUS AT ALL. IT'S VERY
FORGIVING. IT'S NOT A
COMPLICATED CUISINE. PEOPLE ARE
INTIMIDATED BUT INDIAN FOOD IS
KIND OF LIKE IT THROW
EVERYTHING INTO A POT AND CALL
IT A DAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE
GREAT. AND SO THIS IS REALLY A
GREAT WAY FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE
HAVE NEVER COOKED INDIAN FOOD
BEFORE TO JUST COME ALONG WITH
ME AND TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY
SIMPLE REAL. AND SO LET'S START
OFF WITH ONE OF THOSE SIMPLE
RECIPES YOU'RE MAKING A KIND
OF INDIAN VERSION OF POPCORN.
IS THAT RIGHT? EXACTLY. SUPER
EASY. THIS IS HOW WE START OFF
THE SHOW EVERY BY MAKING SOME
BOLLYWOOD POPCORN AND
EVERYONE'S WATCHING SO MUCH
NETFLIX AND STUFF AT HOME LIKE
THIS IS A FUN WAY TO SORT
OF JAZZ IT FOR AN EVENING. SO
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SOME
POPCORN REAL QUICK AND I THINK
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW EASY
IT IS TO MAKE YOUR OWN POPCORN
.IT'S MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE
THAN BUYING THE MICROWAVE
POPCORN AND IT'S A LOT
HEALTHIER. I HAVE TO DO IS TAKE
SOME POPCORN KERNELS THAT YOU
CAN BUY IN BULK. I'VE GOT ABOUT
TWO THIRDS OF THE CUP HERE AND
THEN I'M JUST GOING TO DRIZZLE
IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OIL
CANOLA OIL JUST A TEASPOON NO
MORE OF THAT. THEN YOU SORT
OF HOPE THE KERNELS IN THE OIL
AND THEN JUST STICK IT IN A
REGULAR OLD BROWN PAPER BAG. I
THE BROWN PAPER BAG HERE
KERNELS AND FOLD IT FEEL IT
JUST LIKE FOLD INCREASE IT, PUT
IT IN THE MICROWAVE RIGHT. AND
THEN MEANWHILE WHILE THAT IS
POPPING WE'RE GOING MIX UP OUR
MASALA WHICH IS OUR SPICE BLEND
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO
GIVE IT SO MUCH FLAVOR. SO IT'S
A BUNCH OF SPICES THAT YOU
PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE IN THIS
COOL COMBINATION. SO I'VE GOT
TWO TEASPOONS OF KUMIN, TWO
TEASPOONS OF CORIANDER, TWO
TEASPOONS OF PAPRIKA REALLY
SIMPLE. ONE TEASPOON OF GARLIC
POWDER, TWO TEASPOONS OF SALTS
.OF COURSE YOU GOT TO HAVE
SALT WITH YOUR POPCORN AND THEN
A LITTLE TOUCH LIKE HALF A
TEASPOON JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE
BIT OF A ACHAK AND THEN WE MIX
THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER. THIS
IS A SPICE BLEND THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO WANT TO KEEP IN A JAR
THE LEFTOVERS IN YOUR CANMAKE
THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE THAT
STUFF. YOU DEVOUR IT WITH THE
POPCORN COMES OUT OF THE
MICROWAVE. ALL YOU WANT TO DO
IS DRIZZLE IT WITH SOME MELTED
BUTTER OF COURSE AND TO THE
BUTTER I'M GOING TO ADD A
LITTLE SECRET INGREDIENT WHICH
IS A SQUEEZE OF LEMON. YOU'RE
NOT REALLY GOING TO TASTE LEMON
IN THE POPCORN IN THE END BUT
IT'S GOING TO ADD A LITTLE
EXTRA SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE
REALLY GOING TO LOVE. SO THEN
POUR THAT AMAZING MELTED BUTTER
OVER THE POPCORN AND THEN
YOU'RE GOING TO SPRINKLE ON IT
LIKE A TEASPOON OF THIS SPACE
THROUGH WE MAY AND THEN PRETTY
MUCH JUST TOSS IT UP AND THE
BITS I TELL YOU GUYS IS AMAZING
AND ADDICTIVE AND EVERYONE
WHO'S INTO THE SHOW AND HAS
MADE THIS IN THEIR OWN KITCHEN
HAS SWORN THAT THIS IS LIKE THE
ONLY POPCORN THAT THEY'RE GOING
TO SELL AND THOSE ARE LIKE THE
INDIAN STAPLE SPICES THAT YOU
ADDED TO IT. SO IT'S A REALLY
GOOD KIND OF INTEGRATION
OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE
SPICES ARE LIKE WITH SOMETHING
SIMPLE LIKE POPCORN. TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT
OTHER THINGS WE CAN EXPECT HOW
YOU TIE IN THAT MUSIC AND
CULTURE INTO THE SHOW. YEAH, SO
I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN
PENNSYLVANIA. MY PARENTS CAME
HERE FROM INDIA AND GROWING UP
I REALLY LIKE YOU WAS NOT
REALLY CONNECTED TO MY CULTURE
NECESSARILY NOT REALLY
CONNECTED TO THE FOOD OR THE
LANGUAGE OR ANY OF THAT AND I
DISCOVERED IT ALL BY WATCHING
BOLLYWOOD MOVIES WHICH ARE
THESE AMAZING MUSICAL FILMS
COME OUT OF INDIA AND THAT'S
HOW I LEARNED HINDI. THE
LANGUAGE IS BY READING
SUBTITLES ON THE BOTTOM
OF BOLLYWOOD MOVIES HOW I FELL
IN LOVE WITH THE MUSIC AND
REALLY BECAME CONNECTED MORE TO
MY PARENTS, TO MY PARENTS
CULTURE THAT AND THE AMAZING
DINNERS THAT MY MOM WOULD MAKE
EVERY NIGHT FOR THAT'S HOW I
LEARNED ABOUT INDIAN FOOD AND
YOU GROWING UP I DIDN'T
NECESSARILY I WASN'T INTERESTED
TOO MUCH IN IT. I SORT OF TOOK
IT FOR IT. BUT NOW THAT I'VE
GOTTEN OLDER I'VE REALIZED I
THINK AS WE ALL DO HOW
IMPORTANT OUR MOMS AND OUR
GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPES ARE TO
ONCE TO BECOME ADULTS AND HOW
MUCH WE WANT TO CHERISH THEM
AND HOLD ON TO THEM AND THAT'S
THE STORY OF THE SHOW. YEAH,
THERE WE GO. THAT IS KIND
OF THE STORY BEHIND WHAT IS NOW
BOLLYWOOD KITCHEN. SO THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FOR
GIVING US THAT LITTLE
DEMONSTRATION. IF YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR TICKETS YOU CAN
FIND THEM ON CD