HANDS DOWN | South Indian food is the best | Sindhu Vee | MTR1924

Hands Down - Epsiode 4 - WHAT DOES AN INDIAN CALL AN INDIAN RESTAURANT?

Eshaan Akbar meets Sindhu Vee at MTR1924 in Kenton. They talk about the differences between South Indian and North Indian cuisine, the best drinks to pair with Indian food, and her biggest fans since her appearance as Mrs Phelps on Matilda!

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Episode run-down:

00:00 Pre-introduction
00:51 Introduction
01:41 Meet Sindhu Vee
02:57 Other South Indians come here
03:13 Eating out is transactional, not ceremonial
03:50 Hand wash basin in the restaurant!
04:21 Covid taught the West about washing hands
04:43 Hand washing and toilet sinks are different
05:09 I wash my hands in the restaurant!
05:35 Sindhu's family background
06:06 What Sindhu ate growing up
06:26 Rasam Vada
06:45 Difference between Sambar and Rasam
07:03 Not appealing to Pakistani side at all
07:41 Baby Idlis and Podi
08:48 Is this a talk show or hog show?
09:01 Ghee (clarified butter)
09:59 Eating Rasam Vada
10:42 Benne Masala Dosa
12:04 South Asian food tastes better when eaten by hand
12:49 Hand etiquette North v South India
13:05 Etiquette in a mixed race family
13:47 Being fed by hand
15:23 Eating by hand at Oxford University
16:41 Trying Thums Up and Kashmira Masala Jeera
17:29 The concept of "Jhoota"
19:15 Tamarind/Imli rice
21:14 The art of mixing and eating
23:32 Sindhu's love of mangoes
24:06 What Indian food means to Sindhu
25:12 When Sindhu tried curry in the UK
26:14 Pizza Hut is the best
26:51 Only pair fizzy drinks with Indian food
27:30 People expecting Sindhu to be MORE INDIAN
28:28 Difference in hand positions mid-meal
29:32 Matilda
31:40 Washing your hands with cups of water
31:58 People watching Vee-style
32:42 Desserts
33:11 Cultural Faux-Pas?
33:29 Life changing almond halwa
34:24 Sindhu's not that into it
35:04 South Indian coffee
35:37 How to cool coffee!
36:36 Having Halva Puri in a South Indian restaurant!
37:34 The importance of communal eating
38:33 Hipsters taking appropriating Indian culture
39:02 Goodbye

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Shot and Edited by @HVRIS
Animation and Design @haychdigital46
Guest @SindhuVComedy

[hariniramasuresh]

Vada is not steamed, they are deep fried.

[shalinikr]

'Maavu' 2:27 means batter in Tamil/Malayalam

[grimstoic]

She's the real deal about food - knows her stuff

[indranidasgupta]

As a Bengali, I say Bengali food is the the best -- esp the sweets 😋😋

[aronquemarr]

I had to comment because it's apparently good for my digestion.

[naheem]

Now I know why Sindhu speaks Indian languages so beautifully, her Hindi sounds like Urdu because she was born in Lucknow! It’s so charming for Sindhu’s mum to feed her son-in-law with her hand.

[lisablinn]

I so want to go with you for really good South Indian food. YUM!

[lesterjoseph]

I am from Kerala...relish some North Indian dishes but love South Indian food and Goan dishes..

[waynerodrigues]

I agree. South Indian food is just delish. BUT I'm biased being a Goan, "Goan food is simply the best, better than all the rest". But living in Canada I am saturated by North Indian food everywhere you look, a South Indian restaurant is always welcome.

[indrasubramaniam]

Aah Kami that was so Tamizh! Sindhu Vee is true blue Tamilian on one side and true blue Lucknowi on the other side!

[SuperYog]

This video was quite refreshing.. lovely to see the brother-sister bickering 😅❤so cute

[bhuvaneshs.k]

As an south Indian I would say one should only eat south indian dishes during weekends/ cheat days. Even north indian majority of the dishes eat it during weekends

[charubalaseshadri]

Of course South drinks tons of tea. And there is wonderful tea that grows there.

[sureshcs]

This is not proper rasa Vada, that's made with parripu Veda and not with urad dal which is uzhunu vada.paripu Vada is made with sambar parripu.

[Reddylion]

After eating bature shature sh.t i am sure there are fans for it too.... ruining my health, palate i go back to soul comforting dakshin south food. No ifs and buts on that.

[savli]

They were physically very active in olden days,

[pqrstsma]

18:46 "yaar yeh Jaljira ka ch**tiya phera hua hai" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was unexpected!!!

[k]

This collab needs to be permanent and you can veer off food to fashion, music and social issues. I remember when Baroness Warsi commented on Sajid Javed being a brother and Sidhu goes "what about Priti (patel), isn't she a sister?" and Warsi goes, her (Priti's) views are scary"

[GenesisPaul-yf]

It's not about which is best.. I have traveled about 23 states in India.. I am from Kerala.. i like South Indian food, and it's obvious.. i crave for Punjabi food... and if you are looking for healthy food, i will go for Mizo food... most of the people in our country never get a chance to experience it.. but i would strongly recommend mizo people come down under and open your restaurants....

[girdrache]

Desi ghee is ghee made only from cows milk 🥛. Whereas commercial ghee is cow and buffallo milk 🥛 mixed together or buffalo milk 🥛 only.