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This is from the best ever food review show. Yeah. This is the Indian food that Indians hate Indian food that Indians hate fast food. Maybe who knows American food means you just haven't had the right American. I think it's going to be like, I know I've heard from people here. They're just so sick of hearing people hearing particularly Americans say, yeah, I'm going to go get some Indian or I had some Indian food and what they say is it's tendery chicken. Yeah, we're butter chicken. Although butter chicken is it is delicious bomb, but there are some stereotypical things that I'll be interested to see Indian food that Indians hate. Here we go. These look terrifying in this video. We're going deep inside India's Northeast. Some of this country's wildest very dangerous. Don't touch that one. Most exotic food selections. Can you eat it like this? Yep. Really? Let's do it. This is the state of Assam. Assam! Last time we tasted pigeon curry in Assam's capital, Pula Hatch. It's also eating honey and co. You have to chew the whole thing, suck out the flavor, and then spit out the rest. Now we're leaving the big city and heading to the country side, but we'll find a completely different way of life. Aside from growing crops and raising livestock. So this is going to be like bizarre foods. Yeah, I guess. More affordable, more available protein sources. This is my first time seeing them this close. Ah! Bugs, pests, and insects. I do not like roaches. Indians cringe. It was wagging its little tail a second ago. Now it's here, and we're ready to try it. Let's go. As for me, we'll come here and try them all. But first, breakfast. This is a carb attack. Is this a usual breakfast for you? Yes. I feel like this is a whole week of breakfast options on one plate. Usually we don't mind carbs in our breakfast. To start the day, something familiar. It's called pita. We already tried some in Guwahati. Oh yeah. But it turns out pita comes in many shapes and sizes. Here, they start with a local glutinous rice flour and coconut water. Next, an intense steaming in the pressure cooker. It's sweet. That's like dessert. Yeah. Also on the menu, laddu. Laddu is my favorite Hindi word. It means balls. They can be made soft and tender using grated coconut and condensed milk. We like them soft and tender. That uses semolina flour and grated coconut. Oh, I'm not. Very sweet. Also coconut-y but more dry, delightful. Sticky rice. Now, I'm a huge fan of sticky rice. You can find it all over Southeast Asia. I've only ever seen it before in India. Is sticky rice popular in awesome? Very popular, especially in festive seasons. Last of all, right here, we have the dog. If you know Indian food, then you know dog. Dog, man. Usually pureed, spiced lentils or pulses. Here, they flavor the lentils with turmeric and chilies. So, come that dog, we've got poodi. Another Indian staple made with wheat flour. I already know the poodi is going to be so good. Just that delicious and flaky. The dog is nice. It's got just that bean-y stew texture to it. So, you don't usually eat meat with breakfast, huh? Every husband. It's too heavy for them to eat meat every day. Really? Yeah. It's so interesting how everybody sees food differently. It affects them differently. For me, if I ate five eggs and two sausages for breakfast, I feel great. For me, if I eat this for breakfast, it tastes good, but I'll feel terrible. What's interesting about this breakfast is this is the most normal thing we're going to be eating all day. One of my goals in coming to Assam is to learn more about the unique diet and culture of the food here. And one thing a lot of people eat in Assam is bugs. Yeah, they do apparently. Apparently. Are you from Assam? Meep Padma. Her extended family lives here, but she lives in Assam's capital of Guwahati, working as a travel agent. Many of the more exotic countryside food she's aware of, but she's never tried them for herself. People from North India, are they curious about the bug eating? No, they're skeptical about it. Even when they come to Northeast India, they're like, what kind of food will we get there? I have to immediately ensure them that yes, you will get normal food here. Wow, I had no idea. If it was available in the cities, I would have it too, like every day. The Northeast region is known for its file diversity and its wide-ranging cuisine. Assam alone is home to more than 45 different tribes and ethnic groups, many using insects as a sustainable source of protein, a tradition that goes back to ancient times. Are people collecting bugs themselves? Yeah, when they do go fishing, their main purpose is to get the fishes or they get the bugs to go and not have them when they're delicious. Exactly. And if you catch a no-fish, at least you have some, what kind of bug? Water beater. Some water beater. Ants as well. Yeah, red ants. What about grasshoppers? We do. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Let me show it. Is your wife ever coming here? No, no, I'm not getting married. Have you thought about getting married? That's it. Okay. How does it begin? First, I have to buy eggs. After eight or nine days, it will hatch through larvae's eggs. Until this one wraps a cocoon. Okay. It's cute. Very cute. Can you eat this as a larva? No. I don't know if I'm sad or relieved. Oh, my word. That would be career suicide. One of the world's most coveted raw materials, silk. Yeah. When the cocoon is almost finished, it's a pupa. It's not quite a moth. Then what do you do? That is valuable. Silk is an important industry in Assam, as they're one of the largest exporters of silk in the world. To make one dress from worm silk, you may need up to 2,000 cocoons, just like this one. Wow. The pupa. We consume it. Sometimes if it is in large quantity, then we slowly sell it down. It's used for making clothing, but also it's something you can eat. Yeah. That's fantastic. Have you ever eaten the pupa? When I was a child. Oh, so it's been some time. I don't remember the taste. Do you have a special recipe for the pupa? Yeah. Fantastic. What do you do? I'll show you. You'll show me. If you remove the pupa too soon, it'll look like this. Green and not yet ready to eat. But if you remove it at the exact right time, you'll have a robust, still writhing, squirming, mahogany-browed pupa eager to be consumed. These buffed. Terrified. I've had pupa before. So the first time I ever tried it, I was in Korea. They call it pandegi. They were a lot smaller and more notably, they weren't moving. This is my first time seeing them this close. It's shocking. Oh my gosh. I don't know what I thought. It's not the cocoon was like life support. I thought we're taking them off oxygen. We pull them out of the cocoon, but clearly they can still live. They can't become a model. Can they? They can. So from here, they would just die. Yeah. Prudul. I mean, at this point, we don't have enough eyeballs anymore. Like, what even is this? It's a little ball of protein. Do you want to eat like this? Yes. Really? Can we eat it like this? Yes. I can. Let's see it. Ah. Nice. Strong composition. This man here. Do you need water? No. Water is for the weak. It's okay. He doesn't look like he enjoyed it. Trying to look unaffected. Okay. Cheers. Cheers. No. Okay. I'll do it. I'll do it. Go ahead and spit it out. Where is it? Is it in your mouth? Yeah. It's so good. Oh, my God. It's so juicy. Okay. That's like swallowing a vitamin. That was really juicy. Dushy. Not gooey. It's almost watery inside. Yeah, yeah. I gotta say on a hot day, that might be refreshing. It's like a great, but not sweet. There's like a leathery shell on the outside. And as soon as you get through that, like a balloon. It has after days, I think. A bit woody. Yes. That would scare me a little bit. I've had a lot of bugs for that. This is a first for me. It's great to try it raw. But from here, I think we should try the cooked version. And you have one more insect to show us as well. Let's see. Cooking is underway. First, the pupae, the floral pupae are boiled. As they cook, these ladies stand by for the next step. This is wild. First of all, I thought they were just going to cook the whole thing for a pupae. Evidently, not. So what they're doing right now is they're busting it open. Oh, wow. To take out a piece that they call the waste. I'm not sure why they don't want to eat it, but I'm also quite sure I did just did it a moment ago. It doesn't smell like anything. But evidently, that has to absolutely come out. Next, in a pan, add oil, onion, bell pepper, then the shredded pupae. Flavor with salt and turmeric powder. Then cook until you have the courage to eat a full pound of these creatures. I'm curious how a couple things. First of all, we have the pupae here, but we also have the grasshopper. No, we don't. Yeah. We do. Oh, you're saying no, that's correct. No, no, no. Yes, that's wrong. How about warming up with an appetizer? These guys are not farmed, but found and plucked from nearby rice fields during the harvest season. That's not a grasshopper? No, no, no. Some other guys collected from it. Oh, you've got people. To prepare, you must mercilessly rip out the grasshopper's six limbs. Then stir fry their bodies until they become crispy. Fry is the best preparation for insects. It makes them crispy. They're not gooey. You don't want to just boil them. Water, cheers. That's yummy. The head is extra crunchy and salty. It's not bad. It's fine for me. I had this many times. Now we're in India. Is this something that you can find in a market? No. What do you think that is? I'm told that you can only find it in homes in the countryside. It needs to be fresh. We have this in large amounts, that's why. Really? Here, he's raising the silkworm, but not grasshoppers. Have you ever thought about raising grasshoppers? No, no. How about right now? No. Here, I don't know, five pounds of silkworm pupum. So I went into the kitchen. I saw the ladies preparing this. They had to rip it open to take something out. How did they remove from this pupum? No, it's material. When you boil it, then it stays inside. It's not bad, but you have to pick it up. Pick it out. So it's okay if you eat it raw. Mmm. It actually smells good. It smells like cooked eggs. It's actually like, oh, yes. Let's go. Wow, it's kind of eggy. It's very good. I can have this. Mmm. Not a ton of spices. It just tastes like a little bit of heat, something a little bit spicy, a little bit of salt. A little bit of chewy. Yeah, it's still kind of thick, leathery, chewy. Are you eating a pupa? Once in a week. Actually, there is a meaty market near my house. The ladies from the village come there and they bring this particular thing over there. But I never happen to buy it. Today I'm having it. You live in the city. Now, how often do you come to the village to see your family? Once a year. Just once a year. I'm here, I'm actually interested to meet your relative. They also have some very unique food over there. And another bug creature I've never tried before in my life. Right. And I've tried a lot. Oh. I could do any of this. I could do any of this. I could do any of this. I could do any of this. Not a bad, not a bad episode. Right. But let's not forget the reason we came here. Here we have a multitude of water beetles. Yeah. I've never eaten a water beetle in my life. When I was a kid and I grew up in the countryside we had a kiddie pool. By mid summer it was green and it was full of these things. But back then I never thought to eat them. Right now I'm not really thinking about eating them either. This is just one of over 2,000 existing water beetle species around the world. These guys in particular are found in smaller bodies of water like lakes or ponds. They are basically complimentary when they go fishing. I love complimentary. So when people are fishing and they see some bugs that's wild. I mean it's super efficient. You're gonna get the most protein possible. And if you don't catch any fish well hey you can still eat bugs. These water beetles are in their final adult stage and the good news is that they're pretty much available throughout the year. Your fingernails match the bug quite nicely. I didn't plan that. Yeah same palette. But you personally you have not eaten this before. Oh no I have not. Are you willing to do it? Today I am. Again guys this is Indian food. Everything we're eating today Indian food. Speaking of Indian food our first goat course is goat curry. But instead of bubbling away in a giant cauldron this curry is cooked inside bamboo juice. Yes I've had it that way. Do you have? There was a restaurant in Calcutta where they cooked it for us that way. Oh wow. Garlic, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and curry leaves. Oh did that. It was amazing. A direct flame. I did it. I did it. The bamboo is loosely sealed with the leaves then roasted until the meat cooks through. Everybody looks stunning. Is this a special location? I'm going to hear a special location there in the traditional attire. I wish my parents thought it was a special location when I brought back. A massive feast right here a lot of food and then right here we have your family member who lives in this village. This is the goat that was cooked inside the bamboo. It's kind of like a way to braise the meat kind of steaming and boiling getting soft for hours. Oh I'm feeling the meat. It's fatty it smells wild and muttony but it also smells like curry. Oh yeah. The meat is so tender it's very delicious. A beautiful mix of seasonings and masala is on point. It's spicy. It's spicy. Do you feel like people eat more spice here in the countryside or in the city? I think I feel the same. I feel that though. This is just a straight up meat over here is a completely different story. Our second dish includes goat intestines. Oh wow. For a bit of extra flavor mix in a touch of goat blood and other goat organs that have been sliced down into unrecognizable bits then boil with a bit of salt in another pan fry onions and mustard oil add chili, ginger, and salt before infiting in the visceral. It's kind of a grab bag you don't exactly know what you're getting I'm just going to get a big ball of protein and pick them apart one by one. Let's find out. I think that might be one very spongy what do you got there? I think this is stomach what do you think? Fantastic. Oh yeah very different texture kind of chewy and crunchy at the same time. You've had stomach or lung? Never. This is on there. Is it too much spice? Only Oregon made up had she was kidney and liver. Yeah I think so. I think so. Aside from a delightful looking goat head dish I'm most looking forward to these black crunchy critters. I know you really like bugs you don't even eat goat. A dish everyone at the table seems to have their eyes on. Can you ask her why she doesn't like goat? She doesn't like the smell of the mutton but she likes this taste crunchy and fatty. Before they're ready to eat the live bug wings are liberated from their bodies their wings and your fingernails are made from the same stuff and it's not really enjoyable. Now the beetles are ready to fry in mustard oil with a bit of salt along with the bonus giant water bug that haplessly swam into the well net. We have an array of bugs I'm gonna save this big one for you. Okay. But first we should try these the water beetles cooked beautifully they're shiny they're glistening crunchy salty just a little bit of a gush like a bug paste inside not super liquidy not like what we had earlier today very manageable they're actually yummy these are even better than the grasshoppers between the grease and the salt and the crunch it's very similar to popcorn this a water bug they taste like apple I've had this many times in my life before here's an example did you see the example I think I did you bite it in the half oh bro the smell like a perfume exactly it's your first time experiencing it yes does it taste fruity at all a little bit fruity overall are you glad you tried it or is it disgusting what I find so interesting and peculiar here is that you're both cousins you're family you're related but your life it seems couldn't be more different you only live about an hour apart yes you're in the city and then she lives here in the village carrying on with these old old friendships do you like the village life more than the busy bustling city she likes her village what do you like about the village the farming she does and her animals for you how do you feel when you come out here the air is more fresh and of course so what's stopping you from moving in opportunity do you treasure some of the customs that are still held here yeah in fact my mother is very strict about when we go to occasions we only wear the traditional attire you know there's many people like you young, motivated looking for opportunities and so more and more people leave the village but one day if everyone goes to the city there's nothing to come back to I was concerned about it like few years ago but then I have seen this new wave of preserving the culture even the young ones I see are very passionate about their own culture they're promoting it online and everywhere interesting I'll be enough technology is a way that people are able to preserve the culture and keep it moving forward I want to say thank you to everyone thank you you're welcome the best ever food review show is a small team of young and young creators and everything we do here works because obviously support him he just always does great stuff always that was super interesting very interesting the only bugs I think I've ever eaten is when we ate this book in third grade called fried worms I don't know if you know that book it's a kids no kind of chapter book no and they may after we read the book we cooked fried worms and it was like a little meal worms yeah yeah yeah teeny little ones everything else I don't think I could do that now just well eating them raw would be the really hard thing because eating them cooked I could eat that stuff cooked I've had fried crickets and those are basically flavorless it's whatever seasoning you put on them and the textures I bet those ones are flavorless no he said those have particular flavor but cooking them doesn't bother me near as much as eating something eating a bug raw and the squirting squishy insides oh man that would be very different than a gusher I like all kinds of foods that would be tough for me to eat and I wouldn't freak me out at all to have the intestines cooked with the blood and the organ meat that's just it's organ meat and I like this it's great to see that because then nothing is wasted at all the totality of the animal is being utilized in some way, shape or form there's no waste versus there are some cuisines where either the animals are outright tortured in the way that they're kept before they're killed so that the food can be a certain way or they're killed just for one particular body part like shark fin and then the rest of the animal is destroyed is just wasted not used for anything that I can't tolerate but I would try it for sure I don't know it'd be so I think I could do it well here's what's funny if I had to play a character there's virtually nothing I would not try to do to make a character believable so if the character had to eat bugs I'd eat bugs I would there's certain things as an actor you would do that you probably would never let yourself do in real life but because you would do it there I would do like for example if I was with him there and it was just me needing to eat the bugs I'd be far more hesitant and more likely to not do it versus if I was on set let's say on your ag doing a film and the character needed to eat those bugs I wouldn't even hesitate I would just absolutely do it yeah yeah probably I'd still feel the same way but my will would be associated in a far because it's for a larger purpose the other one is just me doing it that's the weirdest thing you've probably ever eaten your mother I would agree yeah I don't know I don't need a lot of on purpose or by accident I don't think I've ever even need like liver anything like that yeah at escargo no oh I love escargo escargo is delightful and it's not the snail isn't what gives it the flavor it's the butter and the garlic and the way that it's cooked it's snail is kind of like a really really firm mushroom it's texture wise it's like eating a really firm mushroom that's all it doesn't have much flavor very mild flavor I love oysters yeah love oysters tastes like the ocean dude tastes like the bottom of the sea it's fantastic love oysters let us know what other food videos we can react to down below