How Seaweed Made Its Way Into Fine Dining — Vendors

India is currently home to 800 species of wild and flavorful edible seaweed. Tapping into the rich biodiversity in the state of Goa, Gabriella D'Cruz free dives into tide pools to harvest it. As the founder and ecologist of the Good Ocean seaweed food company, D'Cruz supplies the local ingredient to world-renowned restaurants, including Masque in Mumbai. In the kitchen, head chef Varun Totlani incorporates the harvested seaweed to reinvent traditional Indian dishes like pani puri, chaat, and popadam.

Credits:
Series Lead: Carla Francescutti
Producers: Carla Francescutti, Sumedh Natu, Sujay Kulkarni
Director: Sumedh Natu
Director of Photography: Siddharth Sathyajit
Camera: Rishabh Sharma, Abhinandan Gandhan
Sound: Rohit Pathak
Editor: Yohann Benson

Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Director of Production: Stefania Orrù
Supervising Producer, Development: Gabriella Lewis
Post-Production Supervisor: Lucy Morales Carlisle
Audience Engagement: Frances Dumlao

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[julianjones]

The quote about, "... Anything you eat, somebody has done backbreaking, repetitive, smelly messy labour to get it on to your plate..." That is awesome.

[greendroprus]

Now I understand the 3 yeti ads before the video played

[rageitalic-tc]

This is incredible! Thank you for focusing on an Indian restaurant and indian vendors. Yall should take a look at the vendors that work with Naar next!

[corgeousgeorge]

Woah, Gabriella D'Cruz is so knowledgeable!! Like, I think my brain added a few wrinkles just watching this. I feel smarter already! Love learning about aquaculture and all the different ways the ocean helps the earth so much.

[suriMusiq]

I love these series, going up the food stack and sharing how things are harvested and stocked before cooking! <3

[enigmasong]

i love seeing the whole process from harvesting to the plate. also i never realised seaweed isn't a common food everywhere.

[rinasaltz]

The comments are so mean and awful. What awesome work guys!

[tobasco]

I'm from Italy and I'm quite the "foodie". We don't use sea weed in our traditional I think. But I'm really curious. I want to try it.

[MikeisPlaying]

Looks good and yummy, I want to try it

[jeremybyington]

I saw this video as an ad on another video by Legal Eagle about how Elon Musk is breaking America. It was probably only the second or third time in my life I responded to an ad, so congrats! I am here and I subscribed!

[ESKMOfficial]

Seaweed farming is not not hard, part of the reason it's one of the biggest growing sectors in aquaculture. It's also not expensive, as it requires relatively minimal inputs to grow. It's also seen as highly sustainable and/or even beneficial as it sequesters carbon. You do have to have the right locations for it to grow though.

[MeShop-ut]

Get It In Asian Restaurant. ( Japanese). I Get two Containers. & Add Lemon Juice. Healthy👍

[Phoenixz]

First? The video is unlisted but it's visible at the top of the Vendors playlist. :)

[abc_cba]

As an Indian, i would not dare to consume these seaweed.

The amount of heavy metals and toxic chemicals that are disposed into the sea are collected by these seaweed, it is a major health concern as these do not even get tested in a lab, nor does our government do anything to reduce this pollution.

[paulc]

This is a fine example of a beautiful Indian woman doing her best to speak English and me not understanding 98% of what she said:(

[Jaxel]

Its crazy that she says the seaweed is an important part of the ecosystem while actively mining and selling it.

[alc]

Yeah I’m sorry but i ain’t eating nothing that comes from the waters of India.

[remingtonrojas]

I want to try it but the pollution problem in India is too crazy

[vrkn]

Seaweed "hard to farm"? LMAO. You literally just put it on a rope submerged on water at like a meter underneath and you completely forget about it for a few months. NExt thing you know you have tons of ready-to-eat seaweed

[dimabrinza]

Indian seaweed - this should be a joke!!