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Oh, it's north. Mid up. Okay. UP. You know UP. But I'm interested in the H-O-L-Y. It's basically like the Vatican city of India. Oh, hence holy Indian street food. Got it, I've been to the Vatican. Have you? I went to Rome. Of course I went to the fucking Vatican. Just because you were in Rome, doesn't mean you went to the Vatican. Yeah, it's a different city. Yeah. Small city in the world. Yep. How was that? I had a lot of cool stuff in the museum, for sure, yeah. Cool. I mean, I didn't meet the Pope. He was busy. Was Rome the only place you saw in Italy? Yeah, because we were only there for four days. Got it. And so we didn't have time to branch out, unfortunately. That's, that whole trip we went to Ireland and I'm right all over Ireland. I forgot that Italy was part of that trip for you. Yeah. France, which was Paris. Yeah. And then we went down to Italy. I could go back to Italy. Such good food. Greco del Toro is where I wanna go. I'd wanna go like a full on Amalfi Coast tour. 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You're gonna witness India's most unique street food in this country's holiest city. Even though there's so many people gathered, there is a certain tranquility to this place. Like this rent or bhati stuffed with chickpeas then cooked in flaming cow dung. How it renews when it dries out, it is an excellent combustible material. Let's back up a second. Oh, that's an old boat. No kidding. The city of Varanasi goes back over 5,000 years before history- Just like L.A. Okay, we are right now in the streets of Varanasi. Going past me right at this moment is a human body. This is a holy city. Film of spirituality, ritual and old souls transitioning to their final resting place. Is that where Vicky's film was made? It's a lot of films, seven films. Yeah. In the sacred Gajis River. But first, I'm gonna find something to eat. Good morning and welcome to Varanasi. A lot of films I've filmed there because it's a very old holy site. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and two is one of the holiest places in India. With thousands of temples and, of course, people walking here to the river itself. Varanasi, also known as Benares, or Kashi in ancient times, is the spiritual capital of India. All along the river and as you're walking here, there's just so many unique sites to see. People with different colors, patterns of tika on their forehead, people with ceremonial clothing, people who are coming here to hopefully get healed. It is something like I've never seen before. It's very exciting. Those who have journeyed to the sacred place perform rituals, descending to the river's edge by way of the god, an ancient stone stairway. Even though there's so many people gathered, there is a certain tranquility to this place. Here, they soak, plunge, or play in an effort to purify themselves. For most Hindu families, a vial of this water is kept in every house. So let's talk about food. India and Hindu is the majority religion and for some people that means no meat. Basically, since this is a holy city, we're not gonna find any meat today. It's all gonna be vegetarian foods across the board. In just a moment, we're gonna pull up on shore, head into the city, and see what we can find. As soon as you get off the boat, people are here. Either they are pretty close back on or stripping down to get in the water. But there's so many different ways to worship, to pray, and to give gratitude while you're here. Beyond that, you can buy candles. You can buy incense. It's just like an unlimited number of things that you can see and discover while you're here. Today, we're starting our food tour with one of the city's favorite traditional breakfast options. In a restaurant that goes back well over 100 years. We've come to our first food. This is called Kachori Sabzi. The bread you see right here, boiling, frying in this hot oil. And then the sabzi. Sabzi just means a vegetable dish. Here at the Rambandar, they have two. And we're taken on boat. For four generations, people have been here making this dish. Can you imagine before the airplane, before the car, before Facebook? Is there anything before Facebook? Almost nothing. This place was here. This morning's eating utensil in Kachori. It starts with a dough made of lentil paste and flour. Love Kachori. And bread and deep fry. Let's scoop up two types of sabzi. Aloo sabzi with a potato base, spiced with fried cumin, also potato, bay leaves, turmeric, and other secret masalas. Then chole sabzi is made of seasoned black chickpeas. They also have green chutney, and they have a sweet tamarind sauce here too. Upon order, both sabzi are added to the bowl. The two sauces. Oh. That looks beautiful. Oh, scrumptious. Let's go for this. That's breakfast right there. Sabery. Oh yeah, baby. My taste buds are alive. That is spicy, it's sour. There's just tons of different seasonings going on there. For such a meatless dish, it is so full of flavor and body, it doesn't feel like anything is missing. I'm gonna put this on my canine. I'm gonna grab some of this right now. The bread is brown. On my canine. Delicious. Even by itself, it's a treasure. I'm gonna scoop up whatever will stick to the bread. Little potatoes, some chickpeas getting in on the parting. All of it mixed together. Let's go for it. Crispy golden bread. Actually, I got some tamarind in there too. So we've got spicy, sweet, savory, sour, like every flavor holding in different directions. There's just so much happening in here. This is less than a dollar. You can get about three of these for one dollar. And that's one heck of a breakfast. The last thing I want to point out here, please call the police. You can't get a McMuffin for a dollar. Would you rather have that or McMuffin? Yeah. Okay, we are right now in the streets of Varanasi. Going past me right at this moment is a human body. In the spiritual city of Varanasi, perhaps no endeavor carries more weight than that of the proper and sacred passage to the afterlife. Evidence of this is seen routine in the city's narrow streets. As I told you, this place is full of mysticism. It's full of religion, faith, worship. A lot of people come here for the last days of their lives, and that is something we just witnessed. Devout Hindus believe that if a deceased one's ashes are laid here in the holiest of the sacred city, their soul will be transported to heaven and escape the cycle of rebirth. This is pretty heavy stuff. When all you're trying to do is grab a quick dessert. Let's talk about lassi. Lassi is a drink, a snack, a dessert, and it's loved all over India. Here in Varanasi, they do it a little differently, and at this shop, they can prepare it 100 different ways. First, a bird and sugar are added to a steel mixing vessel and hand churned with a bit of ice until it becomes thick and yogurt-like. This place is over 100 years old. That is what's so interesting about Varanasi. As you walk here, you feel the history. When the lassi base is ready, he portions it into clay cups. You could just drink it like this, but I'm looking for it. Ah... Ah... It looks incredible. I bet it's better with big, beast-tasty nuts. It's heavy, and it was hard-burn-inducing. But this is what's going to bring you back to life. This is kind of the deluxe version. It's got a little bit of everything, but here you can order 120 different types of lassi. Are they super fast? No, not really. If you've got time, they will bring you a lassi of your choosing, and it's going to be delicious. The thing that makes this place kind of cute and unique is inside there's passport photos of a lot of people. My favorite part about the passport photos is it's a lot of pictures of people looking stern, a little scared. That is different from when people actually tried this. This is awesome. It's a great snack. It's a dessert. It's whatever you want it to be in your time of need. This is pun. It was once thought of as a symbol of Indian royalty, and this food goes back more than 2,000 years. This third generation shop is non-stop, kicking out different varieties of products. I've not had a good time yet. I have. You can try following along and making your own at home. Let's give it a try. Today we're going to get silver on made out of silver. Sunny in this moment has no idea what this is. Sunny who does voiceover knows everything. Let's cut to voiceover. This is always the base. Add kata, then channa, an infusion, a saffron, and slaked lime to help binding a belief. You're not doing a mixture. Oh, I love nuts, especially D's nuts. How's your palm looking at home? Good? Okay, let's keep going. Next, rose petals that have been cooked in sugar. You all know already, rose is not my favorite ingredient ever, but that is a lot of roses. Then fruity green candy, some green chutney, more candy flavors, and finally this... I hate this. This is metal that indicates world team and second place finishes. Oh, this is the silver. This is the silver pun. I know what you're thinking. Something usually has to get the bronze pun. And maybe I can't get the gold one, but I'm going to keep saving in one day. Last, garnish it with cherry and coconut shavings. And this is the most packed, confusing after-dinner mint I've ever seen. This is a very unique food. I think a lot of people eat it here after dinner and it's a great after a cigarette if you're trying to hide your smoking habit from your wife or girlfriend. I'll tell you that. Oh, that guy's talking to the camera. I've got it right here. It's a one-biter. Let's go for it. What kind did you like? The one that was made fresh for us at a Bengali festival. God was making it right here for us. It was so good. It didn't taste like perfume? No. It didn't taste like something. It couldn't even taste like silver. That is a wild experience here on the streets of Varanasi. Very nice. It's just to do it. There's no flavor. Not even texture. There's nothing. Do you like pan and journey? Right here. You like pan? Okay. Padichuka. Nailed it. Our next street food is cooked in flaming cow dog. Like Ezekiel 4.9 bread. Do you have it? Very flammable. That's great. That looks delicious. Yeah. Right. That's interesting. Potato curry. It's a mix of veggies, spices. Eggplant, tomato and boiled potatoes. Add a bit of green chutney on top. And then the bread. Dipped in ghee before serving. Wow. Alright guys, I have my next food right here. It looks tempting, hot and spicy. That looks amazing. It's 160 degrees today. It's the perfect weather for spicy food. Let's try that. It's so powerful and so intense. And greasy and spicy. There's something super sour in there. What's interesting is if I was in Vietnam they would have some herbs to balance out the meal. Here our balance is just straight onion. It's like oh is that too spicy? You just eat raw onion then. Inside you can see the filling. It is that roasted chickpea flour. It's nutty, it has a very thick texture. The chutney is bringing something hot, something sour. In many countries you go to your average meal is going to be either designated spicy, savory, sweet. This is the one that wakes you up at night as you remember the flavor in your dreams. You're in a seasonal Missala sweat. It's all delicious. That is a powerful food with a kick on these streets. I like those leaf balls man. I love them. The Hindu religion itself has several sub-branches. Though some tenets of the faith seem constant. Most about Hindus are vegetarian. Though dairy consumption is still allowed and enjoyed widely. That's interesting. For those who follow the Hindu faith the cow is to be revered and it's seen as a mother figure. The cow provides milk and gives life. This is also why it's not unusual to see cows in the street even in major metropolitan cities. Right now we are deep in the alleyways of Varanasi. This is a local Indian confectionary where they're making about a dozen different desserts that people can buy on the street. India is famous for its desserts and their massive dessert making factories to be home. On the outside it actually looks like a delicious wheat flour dumpling but it's kind of a dessert dumpling. Here in another small corner of Varanasi the team from Jaikobal Mishan Bandar confectionary have been producing this unique dessert for over three decades. The filling is prepared right on the spot. Starting with Koya a type of cooked reduced milk. Next add sugar and ground clothes. That's where I love about India is whether it's meal food or dessert food they're always crossing boundaries and borders and kind of taking it to places I certainly wouldn't expect. Now the filling is thoroughly mixed and stuffed inside rolled flour sheets and contorted into their signature shape. Interesting. Now the healthy part. Deep fry for 10 to 15 minutes until they turn a heavenly crispy golden brown. In a separate pot filled with sugar syrup milk is added to remove impurities of previously cooked food particles and after adding a touch of rose essence it's ready. Submerge fry dessert saturating it completely. Dang! Wow! Geez, that looks like it's going to be dripping. A cow just walked through here and I'm hoping that it comes back to say hello. I'm not sure if this part of the cow's natural diet could be because this is still hot and just dripping with sugar. Yeah, absolutely. Let it squirt. It makes the things going on. Oh! It is filled with a hot syrup. It's like napalm. You got to be careful. It will leak out onto you. The best way to have any dessert in India is still blazing hot. I'm going to take another bite of that. Not a ton of clovey flavor. Actually there's some dairy in there which is nice, soft, creamy and then there's the rose. So you have this cool looking brown bottle of the souls of 10,000 fields of roses inside of the stuffing too. Only cow. I mean, actual... That's not even the one that came by earlier. That's a calf. Where are these cows giving birth? Are they just doing it on the street? I mean, that would be the most ultimate insane thing to see in the streets of India. Back to this. Let's take another bite. Oh, no. I got a mouthful of clove. I like the clove. They're eating Christmas candy or something. An extraordinary dessert. I didn't even know this existed. Getting to try it as you see a calf walk by even better. We have one more left. Let's get to it. We're now approaching our final food of the day. If I just show you each of the ingredients independently you'd never guess what all this is about to become. It has been an incredible journey throughout this entire day from the morning by the entrance to the river where people go and take a dip and worship all the way through these narrow pathways and alleys full of ancient history and foods and restaurants that have been around for hundreds of years. Here we have the final meal. This is called chat. Chat is a family of savory treats that are originated in India. They're considered snacks or starters. It's hard to explain. It's usually like a snacky item in India. It can be crunchy and dry or it can be kind of soupy like this. The soupy version is called tomatarchat and it packs a powerful, heavy punch. It is a beautiful mixture of ingredients. There is so much flavor in here and it is so heavy inside. This thing is like... Why is he being pushed? I don't know. Hot Tawa. They add ghee and ginger and a mushy mash of tomato and loads of spices. They mix in coriander, garam masala, chat masala, red chili powder, pink salt and even more ghee. Wow. Mix mash and mix again until it's ready. This is the base for this dish and it'll be put together with even more ghee, sugary syrup and a bit of lime. Hit it with a few more doses of chat masala and a tomato gravy. For texture, fried crackers garnished with even more coriander. Oh, cow! That is our final food for today. I love it. Before departing for our nasi, I have one more order of business to attend to. The Ganges. Iconic, holy and writing to all who seek it. The New York Times articles will tell you to steer clear. Writing the laundry list of afflictions that await you in these silty waters. But these are our final food for today. I love it. Before departing for our nasi, I have one more order of business to attend to. The Ganges. In these silty waters. But these are the same people who tell you not to eat street food. Is to risk. From the moment you wake up to the moment you're not off at night. I'll never be fulfilled to myself that at least I've played it safe. At least I dodged a hypothetical calamity or some imagined outcome. To certainty, I'd rather have a story for life. Well done. By the way, the moment I stepped out of the Ganges, I saw the algae soak steps, hit my leg, and I couldn't walk for two weeks. So how this holy healing river completely kicked my ass. Oh, shit! Everything we do here works because of you guys. Click the link in our description to join our Patreon and receive exclusive benefits. This is my man, Pradeep. This is his shop. He is the boss of Pan. That could be a new food network show. Boss of Pan. Who needs boss of cakes? Or what is it? Cake boss? Pan boss. I'm just noticing there's a painting over here that says 75 years old. I'm curious, why not just write the year and establish? Because now you have to update the year every year. I don't think they've updated that for a while. I would absolutely recommend this. Hey, how you done? I don't think that hung was for us. I think that was for someone else. Give me a gosh damn heart attack, guys. That is it for this one. Thank you so much for watching. Okay. Once I stop, there's no pulled corn. I always enjoy his videos. Fun as always. I always enjoy his videos. Although, every single one of those looked absolutely delicious. Even the Pan? No. As long as it... I think it's the Rose. I hate... Rose flavor just tastes like perfume to me. I think that's what the turnoff is for. Ramel perfume. Here, it's a very distinct smell. Well, most Paan that's sold here, you can go to an Indian market and you'll see them having some Paan. It's been sitting out. You don't know how long it's just been... That was the first Paan we ever had. And it did. It tasted like it was just dunked in perfume. But then we add the one in India that also still tastes like perfume. It was much better. The one that was made for us at this Bangladeshi festival. Fresh ingredients. Better pizza, Papa John's. Bangladeshi was Bengali, Hindu. Oh, my bad. Thank you. If you can't hear us because she's not speaking, explain that more clearly. Yes, we went to a Sauraswati Pujo festival in the Bengali community here. And that's when we had Paan. But I know it... why it didn't stink like you said. Because the person used raspberry jam instead of something. That's why I liked it. That'd be much better. Keep the rose away. I actually... I forget what dish it was. We had to buy rose. And I barely put any. But I could still taste it. I was like, this would be fine. Just take the rose out. It's so gross. I hate it. It's a gross flavor. I'm sorry. It's definitely popular in India. The rose flavor. But man, I don't like it at all. No, I'm not a fan either. If that's why I liked his Paan, then that's the issue. Do people make Paan in their homes or is it something like a street thing you just got and you get? No, especially women. Because it's like a digestive. And my aunts used to put them a little buzz. Speaking of digestives, we bought the other day and I actually popped it in my mouth while she was making dinner. She was making dinner and I said you know what, I'm going to have a hajmola and I just sat down and it was actually post-dinner because I was having a digestive. India really loves digestives. I actually was enjoying it. But here, this is what she made the other day. She's been cooking amazing stuff the past couple of days. She's been cooking something new every day. Is that okra? Okra with mustard and poppy seed paste. You guys love mustard seed and mustard. She was making stuff. She was food processing it. Spicy cabbage. Looks quite tasty. It was amazing and ghee in the butter. I mean ghee on the rice. I don't combine my naan with rice because I'm married to an Indian woman. Well, clearly you've never had a burrito. Anyways, let us know what other videos we can react to. Those are Mexicans by the way. Not Indians. Same place? Tortillas. Tortillas is basically roti because they're so close to each other culturally on the planet. The similarities are funny but I've never once seen my wife. Tortillas? And roti? Roti is just a flaky tortilla. She uses tortilla sometimes like a roti. It's not that weird as you guys think it is. Also stop eating roast stuff. That's gross. Anyways, let us know what other videos we can react to down below.