good morning and welcome back to Delhi we starved ourselves this morning because today
we're gonna go on an Indian food tour we are so excited we've got like four hours of just
eating Indian food all through Deli so usually we would do a food tour and we would actually
do them like self-led because we like to just like explore the food on our own but there's
so much to learn about Indian food and we just decided that we need to like get an expert
involved who can teach us so we're partnering up with A Chef's Tour today to check out all
the delicious treats that old Deli has to offer all right we have met up with Gajendra
who is going to be our tour guide today from a chef's tour we're gonna eat all day yeah
yes we are going to visit so many different food joints where we are going to try the
jalebis, dahi bhalla, parathas, lassi and we are doing this uh in the old Delhi where
the street name is the Chandni Chowk so let's begin the trip awesome so our first item is
jalebi which I understand is like a sweet donut-ish thing and this this restaurant's
been operating for like almost 150 years
these look and smells so good from our understanding they're kind of like donuts they look like
they're made exactly like donuts it's hot here too I cannot imagine working here holy
smokes so they're like they're cooked in the grease and oil and then they're moved into
this is like a sugar syrup the second one and it sits there for five minutes it soaks
up all the sweetness and then we get to eat it apparently this store is the only place
where you can get them this size everywhere else is so small
oh my god amazing its almost like maple syrup
its just the sugar syrup is that right?
Yes sugar syrup and they add some honey into it you only need one because that cannot be
good for you
kay so a bunch of our friends who either are from India or have been to India told us we
have to try this
and its called pani puri, yeah?
Pani puri got it
it's a lot its a big bite
It's like filled look at that its filled in there to the brim
oh I swear it like exploded in my mouth I felt like all the flavor came out once the
casing that like breading it's stiff it's hard so I felt like it'd be like so soft and
mushy because of the water but it's not actually mushy at all it's like a solid case and once
you bite into it all like the liquid comes out
okay so this one has yogurt in it yeah and sweet and Sweet
I like this one better because its sweet its quite sweet it has yogurt in it and it tastes
maybe like a fruit is in there oh there's Apple this is the one you always have he says
he doesn't usually eat on the Food Tours this one that one is a whole experience I think
two is enough for me though is two enough for you yeah two's enough for me for a snack
for a snack I could probably do three more
the next dish is parathas and they have this bread that they flatten and they throw in
a mixture of spices and other things like almost like a filling inside the parathas
and then he squishes it all down into like a flat pancake so it's not like a clump of
like spices and filling it's like all mixed in the dough and afterwards they deep fry
it in there yeah we have some sauces and
the curries first one is the tamarind and banana sauce the second one is the potatoes
and the green peas third one is the mint and coriander sauce there's the pumpkin and this
is a dry potato after that we have the pickles which is carrot radish chili and mango
so this paratha has we call it cottage cheese it's got paneer in it this is how I eat it
let's try what do I want first I think I want pumpkin so good
the pumpkin curry is quite sweet oh but I taste like cinnamon and cardamom
I like that even more because it's like spicy this is the mixed veg parathas it's got dried
fruits vegetables everything
that's the best combo the paneer and the mango pumpkin oh that's pumpkin yeah close enough
so we also got Lassie which is super commonly drank here and it's like a yogurt-based drink
supposed to be a little bit sweet and it's just like served alongside meals very commonly
but what's not common about this one is it's actually served in a clay pot and this is
how they used to be made but now more commonly you'll see like plastic or paper cups but
the clay pot really adds a lot of flavor
oh it's so good it's sweet it's very cold it's kind of like milk but it's way thicker
and really sweet that is amazing it's like dessert so we've been doing a ton of walking
right now and it just still blows my mind like how intricate and wide Chandni Chowk
is there's so much to see so many different shops and so many different alleyways and
tons of people shopping like even like the smallest little store is packed with people
okay so now we're getting lemon soda he called it and he said one is plain and one comes
with Masala so like spices I think it's just like a drink like lemon drink look at this
like how do you open that this is Magic there's no lid oh thanks well that was kind of cool
oh wow look the bubble or the bead just like stays in the Little Neck yeah so the marble
ball is stuck here because the bottle you see is Slim here that is super cool so the
same bottle they use it again and again and again oh that is fresh so is it really just
like water lemon flavor and then it's just it's carbonated yes perfect I guess this is
like very similar but like a masala version so there's some spices inside I don't get
the cool reusable bottle I just get a normal glass but whoa that one's interesting I think
I think I'd go for the other one I don't even know what the other one tastes like but I
think I'd go for the other one now I'm a little nervous because you really did not sell this
oh it's very salty hi hello
she is saying that we die earning money money money and you get happy in little things in
your life you enjoy your life you enjoy your life very much thank you thank you very much
I think she likes that about you
so we're walking and getting closer and closer to the Spice Market and how you can tell that
you're near the Spice Market is number one you can smell it in the air it is automatically
like way more fragrant around this area and the second thing is you're gonna see a ton
of these like huge sacks that people have they're either carrying on their backs or
they're carrying like on their little trucks like small like wagons these are all filled
with different spices different teas dried fruits and things like that they're just everywhere
around this area wow so welcome to Asia's biggest spice market
so simply they have the milk they added the water sugar and the tea into that and then
they use the fresh ginger and the cardamoms that is called the Masala tea so it's boiled
so no worries about the safety hygiene yeah once it's boiled it's safe to drink yeah I
love where we got our tea from because it's just like this kid like underneath this this
I don't know floor it's like we've somehow made two shops out of one little shop stall
I just think it's really neat
oh my God the spices they're making their way down our throats it's like infused in
the air and every breath that you take is like making you want to sneeze or cough or
something it's potent thank you so much thank you oh man so Gagendra was just telling us
a little bit more about the Spice Market this is actually all one building the bottom floor
is obviously all of your shops and then the top two floors are a mixture of both like
storage for all of your stock as well as a lot of the staff will actually just live on
these floors so not the owners of the shops but their staff will often come from outside
of Delhi and they'll come and work here so they actually live at the top couple of floors
as well while they're working here also this masala tea is amazing it's so good so it's
like chai tea mixed with like a bunch of spices and then obviously boiled up with milk and
sugar also there's a lot of spices in the air sorry
wow so this is the rabri with the pistachios and almond on top
look how beautiful this is it's like two almonds and some pistachios let's try oh my God oh
I think this this might be my favorite thing I've had today it's definitely like a dessert
it kind of reminds me of the creme brulee wow this is very good
wow it's like it's like condensed milk did you say that earlier twice
all right so we boil condensed milk okay yummy stuff comes up to the top gets hard gets thick
that's that part is in here but then also all the stuff that gets like stuck to the
bottom scrape that off it's kind of crunchy right mix that all into it and it gives you
this delicious texture this dish is normally kept cold and they have this pot here it's
actually two pots underneath is like a bath of ice and then like the pot that holds all
the rabri sits on top and since it's really sweet and to keep the flies out they usually
have incense on top I think this is possibly my favorite thing we've eaten today this is
excellent
okay wait does it all go in my mouth yeah all in one go do I chew it and eat it like
swallow it yeah yeah okay first take it I will let you know and just start chewing it
don't swallow it now that is a lot it's like kind of minty explain what it is I don't know
what it is I just ate it
that is the betel leaf on the betel leaf they use a lot of different kind of the spices
fennel seeds saffron sauce a lot of betels they add the coconut powder onto it yeah gulkand
which is made up of the rose petals and the honey
wow this is such an experience it's like my mouth and my sinuses are getting infused with
spices or something it's intense there's so much stuff in there and he cut ours in half
I don't know if you like usually eat one of those by yourself but like I feel like there's
no way I could get that in my mouth this is a lot I like it yeah you like it
glad I tried it probably not doing it again
I never would have picked this up on my own so this is the thing which is called the dahi
bhala as you can see this is the yogurt the white one this one is The Tamarind sauce with
some spice and then there is some black thing you can see this is also a mix of spices where
they've used many different spices like black people cinnamon cloves green cardamom this
is the dough which is made up of the lentils so to eat this you have to mix it properly
I'm a little nervous
Tangy yeah a little bit of heat just ever so gently but it's cold sour and sweet oh
that's good the sweetness is really nice it's a nice temperature it's a little bit cold
because the yogurt is cold yeah yeah yes and then the spices just like elevate it to India level right yeah
so something that we needed to really learn about that was like a basic
thing about Indian food that I think we've finally figured out is the difference between
roti and naan
naan is typically cooked in the oven and roti is typically cooked like on a pan on top of a stove
the other big difference is that roti is made out of wheat flour and naan is made
out of very very fine wheat flour which is called Meda we have a roti here and it was
made in the tandoor I'm curious how to properly eat it do you just
like tear a piece of roti like this okay then you hold it okay just like that oh you even
cut it with your
that was eloquent okay let's try this is roti with butter paneer Masala oh gosh I'm gonna
have to do this in two bites I feel like if I leave India with like one flavor in my mouth
I it's this flavor that I want to remember forever I love this butter masala flavor my
favorite thing here we are absolutely stuffed in case you guys are wondering the tour that
we went on was with a chef's tour our guide Gajendra was so amazing he was top notch he
knew so much about the food and that's like one of the reasons why we took the tour is
that it's one thing to Google online and like look for the food yourself and taste it it's
another to have a local explain to you what you're tasting the history of it and just
like it just amplifies the entire experience just really teach you about the food instead
of just tasting it so we had just an absolutely incredible time I'm so so glad we went on
a food tour we hope you guys enjoyed the video make sure you stay tuned for our next one
we're gonna be exploring more of Delhi and showing you all the things that India has
to offer thank you for watching we will see you in the next one