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During my trip to California in December of 2021, I linked up with a good friend to teach him all about the wonders of Malabar cuisine from Kerala! Join me as I eat authentic Kerala food in Culver City with the Rockstar Eater himself, Steve Cha!
We’d be dining at Mayura Indian Restaurant in Culver City. It’s one of the best Indian restaurants in Los Angeles, and they specialize in South Indian food from Kerala! They’re an award-winning restaurant!
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I couldn’t wait to have some traditional Southern Indian breakfast items like dosas, idli, and vada, as well as Kerala specialties like beef, parottas, and lots of coconut-rich dishes! Inside, it felt like a minimalistic Kerala-style diner.
We met with Padmini, who took us into the kitchen, where Anil and the cooks were cooking. They were making vada, beef, tandoori chicken, paper dosas, masala dosas, and spinach dosas!
At our table, we had a paper dosa with coconut, tomato, and mint chutneys, as well as sambar. The spinach and masala dosas looked great, and we also had chai! The chai was piping hot and full of cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger.
The paper dosa was incredible with the coconut chutney. I also liked the tomato! It had a bit of spice to it. The sambar was also exceptional, like a light tomato and vegetable soup.
The masala dosa with aloo and coconut chutney was so incredible. The potatoes were comforting and the masala had a slight kick. The tomato chutney added a little bit of spice, too.
Next was the spinach dosa, which was very tasty with the mint-cilantro chutney. It was a little doughier than the other two dosas. Then, we had the savory and crispy vada with the sweet and creamy coconut chutney. I loved it!
Then, we had the idli, which is a steamed rice cake. It’s spongy, so it absorbs whatever you dip it into.
After cleansing out palates with some chai, we went back into the kitchen to watch them prepare the Kerala portion of our feast: beef fry, porottas, tandoori chicken, appam, fish curry, Chettinad chicken, and avial.
The beef fry was a little spicy and had a hint of coconut and curry leaves. It went very well with the porotta, Then, we went with the appam and fish curry. The salmon was amazing, and the spongy appam was like a cross between a dosa and an idli.
Next, we dove into the Chettinad chicken! I loved how dense and rich it was. Then, we went with the avial, which is a rich and flavorful vegetable curry. Then, they brought us a Malabar dum biryani with chicken and eggs. It came with papadum and raita.
Adding the raita made the biryani creamy and helps the rice stick together. It’s so fragrant! Breaking up the egg and mixing it in with the pickles adds a new layer of flavors and textures. It changes the flavor profile.
Finally, we finished with Madras Payasam, a rice pudding with nuts and raisins. It’s full of cardamom flavor. It’s also sweet and serves as a palate cleanser!

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[@TheGoToFamily]

This brings me back, Kerala is one of my absolute favorite places in the entire world! 🇮🇳😃

[@Vik-ki7]

Karaaaala......as he says

[@siddhanth124]

As communist

[@Vik-ki7]

Kerala Beef Curry is the State dish of Kerala as mandated by Kerala Tourism

[@misanthropyunhinged]

@@siddhanth124 based

[@jasonwpeter]

At 16:07 - the moment you explained the difference between Paratha and Porotta; I had tears of joy. You are the undisputed 🤴🏻 brother!

[@jasonwpeter]

No we don’t.

[@7adit7]

@Heartthrob Goswamy It's not an accent thing, you're just being racist.

[@duhduh666]

Rockstar Eater is a fast learner and great as a co-host. This was a fun watch.

[@Davidsbeenhere]

It was fun!

[@dolabanerjee8825]

@@Davidsbeenhere He was there with Mark Weins the other day. I loved the duck fat fried rice he showed.

[@chefKeithSarasin]

Yesss!! Killing it as always bro. So happy to see you spreading your passion.

[@kalabhairavar1981]

David it’s a perfect collaboration with rockstar eater with this show , Rockstar is so humble and smiling enjoying the food .

[@chetan.gondaliya]

@10:25 in video David is pure indian like me ! He eats with bare hands like an Indian, he shares food like an indian, most top of it he Pays humble Gratitude to food and each one who is connectd to it from raw grossery, the cooking staff to serving staff just like us Indians ! I'd rather say even being an American he is more Indian than any other indians in America.... Love to both of you from Gujarat India

[@RajeshKumar-vd3ro]

Your love towards Kerala cuisine is awesome bro....

[@ONELIFEONEKITCHEN]

David you are the hardest youtube worker ...drop so many videos with many different people .awesome to see 👀

[@kanank13]

very hard working couple, I knew them from the time they used to work at Annapurna cuisine in the same city, few blocks from their restaurant. Best of Luck to them. It is really great to see them. I will visit this restaurant during my next visit.

[@subhodip3064]

David plz try goor ka rasgulla ( jaggery rasgulla) it is a must try bengali desert in winters..it is usually not available in summer...

[@allah___maadarchod]

Tere chacha ka dukan hai kya udhar?😂

[@subhodip3064]

@Heartthrob Goswamy tere baat sunle ke lag raha hai ki tu naag puriya hai

[@chetan.gondaliya]

You've awaken a "Mithaii-Eater Gujju" within me !!!...now searching for bangali mithaii shops in my city....rosogulla is the thing i can kill anything for it.

[@subhodip3064]

Sounds good😅

[@sunilpotter7415]

Ur affection towards indian food is incredibly adding values to it and in short a win win situation for u and ind food.

[@Vik-ki7]

Mainly for more Subscribers, hence more KZbin money

[@aryam3978]

Kerala food ❤️❤️❤️heaven ❤️❤️❤️Thank you david for promoting indian food🥰u are awesome ❤️🥰

[@Vik-ki7]

Karaaaala......as he says

[@GoodPalate]

@@Vik-ki7 chup! apna bakwas band kar. No keralites have a problem with him saying Karala. aur kitne north indians bhi same to same pronounce karte hai.

[@RockstarEater]

I can attest, David's favorite Indian experience in LA! This is a spot that cannot be missed.

[@AnjaliSingh-rm2gi]

Wait!? Why ur comment is showing 4 days ago 🙆

[@raguram9343]

@@upsidedownshield5408 you don't even have any work since you are replying to everyone take your hypocrisy somewhere

[@Davidsbeenhere]

Dude thank you for the experience ❤️ such an amazing restaurant 😉

[@ZS-mx6qx]

@@Davidsbeenhere Can you stop using the word Starving in most of all your videos. It is extremely offensive & you should know better. Do you even know the true meaning? The correct definition is: to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment. to be in the process of perishing or suffering severely from hunger. to suffer from extreme poverty and need. Now David does that describe what you are going through?!? Think about the words you use. Trust me Starving you definitely are not 💯

[@AdityaWaghmare]

@@ZS-mx6qx Can you get a life? Or are you 'starving' for attention?

[@thomsonthadathil8484]

Nice review!! Thanks mr David for promoting Kerala Food once again!! Dear Padmini mam, wishes!!!

[@VikneshSadasivan]

See David pinching a piece of that porotta with just his fingers without using two hands @ 18:42. 👍☺️

[@surajitchakraborty7201]

David, bet you tried Sambhar Vada while visiting Chennai.....the Vada is soaked for hours into the sambhar and trust me....it's the best. Also if you visit Saravana Bhavan at Chennai ask for their 14 idlis.....these shall be very small idlis which you can pop whole into your mouth with Sambhar and your favorite coconut chutney

[@EatPraySmoke]

My Guy Rockstar! Great Video David

[@pushpachaube230]

I have seen many many people from outside India come here and covering indian food but david seriously you are the best on food vlogging,m speechless seriously.

[@rashmi2537]

I agree. David is too good. I don't get tired of watching him eat dosas and medu Wadas. Everytime my mouth waters when I see his video. 😍😁

[@pushpachaube230]

@@rashmi2537 haha yes n his immense love for that coconut chutney n the way he explains everyone how to eat biriyani with hand,I just love his smile the way he eat the way he talk the way he covers the food everything.m addicted to his vlogs

[@Vik-ki7]

First teach him how to say Kerala

[@pushpachaube230]

@@Vik-ki7 y dont you go n teach him if you have problem I see positivity in his videos towards indian food not negativism like you.can you talk english in his accent,when someone is trying hard to learn n trying best to get knowledge dont criticise them,give them humble advise.

[@Vik-ki7]

@@pushpachaube230 Sure, Chaubeyji.....😅😅😂😄🤣😅😂😄🤣 Go easy with your mouth, too much watering ain't good.....🤣😄😂😅🤣😄😂😅

[@SigmaHailey]

Rockstar Eater seems to enjoy Indian foods like most of us, Thanks David for sharing this experience.

[@3goodtimes3]

I love when two of fans come together

[@gamoyamo]

Dosa is fermented so not only is it yummy but good probiotics!

[@justbee6217]

Porotta and beef are like 'heaven' 🤤🤤 for us😍!!.

[@Vik-ki7]

Kerala Beef Curry is the State dish of Kerala State, just for your information

[@justbee6217]

@@Vik-ki7I know, I am frm Kerala,

[@Vik-ki7]

@@justbee6217 Ohhh, okay But your name suggests Korean Anyways, that's what I thought

[@zuhairavalappil8201]

@@Vik-ki7 might be a BTS fan 😺

[@zuhairavalappil8201]

Njan Malappuram aan. Iyaalo?

[@brandonvea5570]

Indian food looks sooooo delicious. Hope I'll be able to try some one day....

[@brandonvea5570]

@@upsidedownshield5408 don't worry.. if anything I'll take a pic and post it.

[@varunpillai9416]

Visit India mate oneday.... kerala indeed

[@MS-Empire]

Kerala

[@rashmi2537]

Oh u must try Indian food . You will love it, I'm sure 💖

[@disisdev]

Great to see that David also supports Manchester United, atleast he was wearing their jersey!!

[@shinodbm]

David amazing videos. I love your passion to try out Indian food from all regions of India. One observation - it is pronounced Kerla and not "Keraala"

[@dhekwucieoejduf]

As a malayalee i have a feeling David understands our kerala food better than many of us. He gets it

[@lindasio9348]

My best friend was born in “care -ah-lah”. Not sure why you pronounce it your way. But the uppum is a fermented rice pancake with coconut milk served with “stew” which is a thick chicken coconut green chili dish. I have never seen you eat this dish in Kerala.

[@nofilter9723]

David the great ambassador of Indian food

[@Jenvlogs404]

Never tried Kerala food in US. Must try!

[@samsungga30s33]

Thank you David for promoting Indian food. Love and Respect from India 🇮🇳

[@paulson2008]

Excellently done David 🤣👍🏻❤

[@ronniematrix89]

Great upload, Culver City is one of my favorite places in LA. That Indian restaurant is excellent. The menu is terrific. Good service

[@Sachin-gb4wz]

When david mixed egg, pickle, raita in biryani. I'm damn sure every malayali's voice.." YEAH THATS THE WAY"🤌♥️♥️♥️♥️🔥

[@VikneshSadasivan]

That's Indian Food Master Class 👌☺️👍

[@annebell7274]

Decision time. 1st Crystal Clear Blue eyes. 2nd the food. Just looks awesome. I have never tried a curry leave and I think I'm missing out. 🌿🌿🍃💚🍃🌿🌿

[@raguram9343]

Actually us Indians never eat curry leaves it's just added for flavour along with red chili, we just put it aside when we eat it

[@SaiRam-ux5sz]

David the most i like about your videos u make sure how INDIAN foods are Eaten with antithetic ways of hands ..love u for that and we love all of ur videos u try showing all culture styles ..keep going .... :)

[@kingchess777]

Loved the video nd ur kind guest!

[@dark-bp9br]

Malayalis illedea 💥😍

[@happybuddhist]

Malayali illaatha sthalamundo?

[@unnis22]

Undallo🤣

[@ajayv9039]

Porrota and beef...Yeah Kerala

[@FoodieMeatsFood]

Those dosa portion sizes are enormous!

[@akshay7887]

Porrota and beef 😍❤️🔥

[@akshay7887]

@@Vik-ki7😂👍 it's just a mistake

[@biplovemagar6917]

This man is so good we love him he should be in next video plz

[@selkiamomin9748]

Idly, dosa is the one of my favorate.😍😍😍

[@ManojKumar-fb6in]

Mourh watering items and nice narration. Enjoyed very much🥰🥰🥰 love from Kerala

[@bobbyeapen6049]

2 different types of appams, one is palappam and the other is kalappam, I think you had the kalappam. Both good. What happened to the Kerala Fish Curry (dark red one). Kerala Fish fry, Chicken Roast, meat pickle, ginger pickle, ginger curry, kerala chicken fry, lamb or mutton curry, erissery (pumpkin or squash), Karimeen Pollichathu, mussel fry

[@sabupnair]

Love from Kerala ❤❤❤

[@Vik-ki7]

Karaaaala....as he says

[@trickybrain2357]

You are such a good man with respect ♥

[@afzalthegr8]

Kerala foods are awesome. Best foods in india Exspecially seafood

[@tintu1275]

Great video david ❤️ Keep rocking 🔥

[@sureshkumar-rs8ct]

Beef dishes are available in Tamil naadu also .

[@basmah28]

David you rock!

[@aloysiusdecruz1402]

Lovely Kerala food. Missing homeland.

[@msedhu1]

Its a Dish we love in Tamil Nadu (Chennai). You get crispy and varieties of Dosa and chutney's in Tamil Nadu than any other state. Unfortunately Knoxville has none of them 😞

[@sherilfernandez2937]

David you're so sweet ❣️. You must start an Indian restaurant.You know all the ingredients perfectly.

[@Leena-ec1gy]

കേരള ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️(kerala )

[@roadchaser3092]

Hats off !!! Indian food King

[@Vik-ki7]

Rehne de Fuddu

[@kaaa-xyz]

David, You may want to correct description of idli. It is not just a rice cake ( carb ), but rice and black gram cake ( carb and protein combo cake). It's the black gram that gives it a fermented savoury taste .

[@Vik-ki7]

He doesn't know

[@nomadictales6100]

Yeah they are the in Forest of spices & Flavors🎉

[@fuzzyscreentv9414]

Loving the videos David 👍 I’m from the Uk and we love football so I’m assuming you do too with all the football shirts

[@kikus9811]

@David You should review Musaafer in Houston

[@whysoserious2525]

Brother David, you are doing a great job, but you got to pronounce KERALA better if you can pls, stay safe, God bless🙏

[@BobaLifeTaiwan]

You sure do love Indian Food!

[@achukayamkulam2145]

Love from kerala 💓😍

[@kitolego4433]

David got da real indian taste... 😆😆😆 More indian than me , i only love boil...... May b dats vag or meat !! Love from india 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@stg77777]

Me from Calicut ,nice to see David having *Calicut Malabari biriyani*.hope u come for more of this.

[@gops0508]

Craving for a good masala now... ❤️ from UK

[@bobthomas9403]

David I need to be your sidekick!!! Hit me up mang!!! Born in US and raised in Kerala by my grandparents...

[@Vik-ki7]

Karaaaala......as he says

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

AMAZING 👍love the video 👏🤣😁✌

[@ak.v7]

Aviyal is actually a mixed vegetable dish which we eat only with rice

[@happybuddhist]

Porotta and beef. 🔥 #mallu

[@samaloysious350]

At 26:30 he teaches how to eat rice that's the best part we call it urula 😂

[@kelappan556]

Wow kerala food 😍😍😍😍hungry man 😋😋😋

[@nehatalari3934]

Vada is made by fermentation of lentil and baking soda is aaded in it

[@nehatalari3934]

No baking soda added

[@msedhu1]

What you said about Curry is perfectly correct. We use Curry even to say any meat. But the word is misused as Gravy and wide spread now.

[@jeremiahgeorge5177]

Love from kerela

[@takaisovannah7165]

Kerala🌴🌴👌💥

[@sharunVarghese]

What do you do with the leftovers. If there's any

[@MSalmanAlvi]

i LOVE BEEF DISHES . AWESOME DAVID

[@Vik-ki7]

Likewise

[@tenzinjamyang310]

Both of u amazing n the asian dude is so cool

[@Vik-ki7]

Kerala Beef Curry is the State dish of Kerala State as presented by Kerala Tourism.

[@GoodPalate]

You "bewakooof" get your facts straight before stating this blunder. There are many things mentioned as a must try in Kerala food. Even a noob can tell seafood is something everyone adores eating in Kerala. Beef is consumed by only few Hindus (depending on the caste) , Christians and Muslims.

[@Vik-ki7]

@Annie Thomas Rehne de Fuddad, Lungi......😂🤣😅😆🤩🤣😅😆 Yell, yemm, yenn, yo, yaar, yess......Fuddad bhikhmangay....😂😍😅😆😂🤣😅😆

[@GoodPalate]

@@Vik-ki7 rehene de isee behathar pronunciation Delhi wale karte hai. For mash potatoes - Mez potaaato

[@GoodPalate]

C giri apna Delhi mei baitke Karna .....fuddad Deli beli khana zaroor khana. The beef nihari you eat is made by Mo's who spit in the food that they serve and what not, either that or gomutra in your food . You can sit in the toilet all day long and enjoy your nihari 🚽.

[@Vik-ki7]

@Annie Thomas RSS ke IT Cell se bolta hai be Fuddad Lungu.....😂😍😅😆😂😍😅😆🤩🤣😅😆 Sab saale India mein Desi Thharra lagake Keyboard pe naach rahay hain......typical Indian Standards.....😂🤣😅😆😂🤣😅😆😂😍😅😆

[@mariroberts4647]

I really want to find some Indian food here in Portland,OR

[@uradi007]

David, Happy that you finally got to taste authentic Indian Beef fish 😃😃 Unfortunately most of the so called Indian restaurants in US do not have beef dishes because of the religious polarisation that they profess ... Mayura has always been different and upholding the kerala values of brotherhood. . Fortunate to have visited there in 2007 and 2015 during my stints in LA... Way to go ! ❤️💕👌

[@teddygorey1980]

Thanks and come next door and try one of the 21 authentic biryanis!

[@mha24bms]

#Davidsbeenhere, Been to this restaurant when we visited LA a few years ago, remembered the owners as soon as I saw them on your video. They were extremely friendly and very happy you visited Mayura for the Kerala food. If I recall they made my son Butter chicken even though it was not on the buffet menu. This was like 4 years ago.

[@karthickpillai3361]

Traditionally speaking you can't call it an appam if made on a flat top stove.. they have a special pot named chatti for this.. flat and crispy on the sides and doughy soft in the middle.. thats kerala appam

[@princejoseph8280]

The appam they had is Kallappam, which is made on flat top stove. Paalappam is the one you are talking about, which is crispy on the edges. Paalappam is more famous but Kallappam is also a Kerala dish.

[@suchithrakr8645]

Appam is different it does not have lentils but have coconut and fermented And When you visit Kerala next time you must try ambalappuzha temple paalppayasam that's excellent excellent and excellent

[@guruganesh100]

Hi David I love your food blog If you come Next time in India you I'll try Andhra pradesh and Telangana food it's a part of the south India I'm sure you definitely love that food 🙂

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

I was born in Culver city so I know the food was good 😁

[@mariahoffmann5328]

so good!!

[@nevillkoshy5538]

Ok the way you are eating is how it is done …. Done right !

[@subhashmaid143]

I LIKE KERAKA FOOD VERY NICE FOOD KERALA IS THE VERY NICE STATE IN INDIA

[@kishorekumarpm2768]

Love from Kerala

[@jasrai5129]

david has learnt how to say lassi properly and i hope he hearns how to say paratha properly someday. also hope he appreciates that the food one gets at an indian restaurant is chalk and cheese compared to what we eat at home - for example - my mum will make "yellow daal" which is enough for 20 servings but it will only contain one tablespoon of olive oil when being made

[@rashmi2537]

Ya he needs to pronounce Kerala (place) properly. His pronunciation is like the bitter gourd karela.

[@Vik-ki7]

Karaaaala.....as he says

[@rashmi2537]

@@Vik-ki7 ha haaa.....Ya that's how he says 😂😂

[@ankuss]

Hello David 🙅‍♂️🇮🇳❤

[@mathachanouseph2726]

David visit kerala with ur new friends. We love you. Come to kerala

[@dolabanerjee8825]

I just hope this Korean Guy knows that Tamil and Korean have a lot in common.

[@todaysrules6730]

I've noticed some similarities too... Can you explain why that is please?

[@dolabanerjee8825]

@@todaysrules6730 It's said that a Korean king had married a Tamil princess and took her there. So the language and culture is very similar.

[@dolabanerjee8825]

@@todaysrules6730 There is an entire video on that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j36UY5mMn62In9U

[@bhushanmore170]

you forgot to add titles to some dishes here 19:54

[@JackGeezy]

Dawg it's pronounced Carol-a

[@Vik-ki7]

He'll never learn

[@jjst69]

BEEF ALSO AVAILABLE IN TAMILNADU NOT BANNED NOT RESTRICTED, I LOVE TO EAT BEEF MEATS.

[@seewise6383]

I can't watch w/ out thinking "Why do u have a Man U Kit on." Oh well , I'll watch the next one:/ Do you like the Dallas Cowboy's too? Probably.