South INDIAN COOKING - How to Make IDIYAPPAM & DOSAS | Thekkady, Kerala, India

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With four days down and eight more to go in Kerala, I began my fifth day in God’s Own Country with a jam-packed morning. Come along with me and my buddy Ebbin as we explore more of this beautiful area and I take a south Indian cooking class on how to make idiyappam and dosas in Thekkady, Kerala, India!
My day started at the gorgeous Periyar Tiger Reserve, the best place in Kerala to see tigers! I boarded the bus that would take us there. It costs 500 rupees/$6.68 USD for foreigners to enter the reserve, plus another 20 rupees/$0.27 USD for the bus ride.
If you go there to see tigers, I suggest going to the park on multiple days to increase your chances, as they’re very elusive.
We arrived at Thekkady Lake. The lake was beautiful. There was a mist that hung over the water and between the trees, giving the who area a mysterious atmosphere. Then, we headed back to the Woodnote Resort to get some breakfast. We’d be having string hoppers!
We entered the kitchen at the resort’s Drizzle Restaurant and put on our hairnets. We saw a puri-like flatbread, dosas, spices, and some yummy-looking chicken curry. I made some dosas and couldn’t help but try one. It was amazing with the sweet, chunky, and fresh coconut chutney and light sambar. The chili in the chutney added a nice bit of heat!
Then, we watched the chef make string hoppers, or idiyappam. I watched him do it because it was my turn next! After making them, it was time to eat!
My string hoppers arrived at my table with coconut milk and chicken stew. It looked so buttery and had huge chunks of chicken in it. Ebbin added a lot of sugar to mine! It was so sweet and the coconut milk bound it all together.
Then, I got some fresh string hoppers and added some chicken and some of its creamy coconut stew on top. It was sweet and savory, with cinnamon and cardamom flavors bursting out, along with curry leaves and chicken. The coconut milk made it extremely creamy! I’d had string hoppers before in Sri Lanka, but this was unreal. It was like a sweet coconut pasta!
This was now my favorite thing to have for breakfast. It even surpasses dosas for me now! I couldn’t get enough of it. It was so good, I didn’t even need the chicken with it.
After breakfast, Ebbin and I linked back up with Dennis from the Woodnote Resort. We headed off to do something really special. I was going to get the opportunity to bathe with an elephant! I was so excited!
We arrived at Tusker Trail, where you can to several different activities. After seeing some coffee beans, cardamom plants, and some powerfully spicy pepper plants growing on the property, it was my turn to bathe the elephant!
I followed the guy’s instructions and brushed the elephant’s trunk. It takes a long time to wash them I could feel the air coming out of her trunk. She was so beautiful. Then, I washed her tail, which was super rough and felt like huge whiskers. I stayed around her back because doing her belly can startle her and you don’t want her to accidentally hurt you.
As I washed her, I could see bits of dirt and small insects like ticks on her skin. I brushed them off. She stood up so I could clean her face and trunk. It was so massive! What a beautiful and unique experience!
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[@viswanathvittaladevaram4260]

I really liked the way you hugged elephant :)

[@turesaadams7894]

Awwwww she is so beautiful

[@ab1ek145]

I am addicted to this Kerala series 🥰🥰🥰

[@rohanilame7236]

Same here 😁😁😁👍

[@naturalmedia1604]

Kerala malayali 💞🤩

[@naturalmedia1604]

മലയാളി

[@mrskitkatlady]

You were as gentle with that elephant as if you were bathing one of your babies. Made me cry. I love this video!!!

[@starlord3212]

Don't think the guy scrubbing it hard, hurt the elephant. Their skin is extremely thick, so she barely felt it.

[@mrskitkatlady]

@@starlord3212 I saw where the man told David to do it harder, but his gentleness shows me he is a very kind man.

[@starlord3212]

@@mrskitkatlady i think its what anybody would do, who bathes an elephant for the first time. They will have this preconceived idea that this is an animal like any other pets that they have interacted with and would treat the elephant as gently as they would any other pet.

[@starlord3212]

@@mrskitkatlady not saying he isn't a nice guy. Seems like it from his interactions with people. Just saying you shouldn't think too much into how he bathed an elephant.

[@mrskitkatlady]

@@starlord3212 I do not disagree with you, but I see more in David than just being kind to a pet. I am an observer of people and I read body language very well. David has shown, through his videos that he has a good heart. The bathing of the elephant was just extra proof.

[@yasmeenkhan6656]

Kerala was always my dream destination but after watching u're video I'm in love with kerala now Truly God's own country

[@patlnina17]

Best vlog. Loved the elephant bath. Also love your other stuff. But this was the best. Keep it up.

[@kumarvaibhav2121]

Awesome Episode David. Wish you a million subscribers soon. 🤗😊

[@harsh1836]

Always love your content ♥️👍much love from india.

[@jananijj1825]

Nice video. ☺☺☺☺Kerala is a beautiful place😊😊😊😊 and the food items will also be nice. 😉😉😉😉Love all your videos David. 😊😊😊😊

[@Owen4125678]

Another great vid 👏👏👏👏👏

[@adarshas2128]

ഹലോ മലയാളിസ്........

[@thomsonthadathil8484]

Elegant visuals David...

[@Mah1298]

Mesmerizing music in whole video background..sense of making videos is good. this is best because this is not about only eat but in kitchen how to cook also tell...ebbin guide of David have good knowledge about local.

[@ritzy_gaming6940]

I have been to kerala the food is seriously out of this world . The veg or non veg every thing is yummm but the people also make it with love so you can taste the love

[@roystondsouza4886]

Happy Easter david

[@funcrafts.]

So interesting video and nice food

[@RosysFlavour]

Proud to be a keralite. We welcome foreigners with warm hearts always.

[@Thakur87HP]

Kerala food is superb After seeing you videos now I have to visit this beautiful state of our country. Thanks for sharing God bless you

[@lyyyyyyy365]

U r welcome to our state, sir

[@sameerafarouk947]

Elephant bathing was so nice! 🐘😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@htxgp]

I saw the cardamom and pepper plants for the first time. It seems like you've been to the cleanest restaurant that you could get in India. The local guide for you is great. Treating you with perfection as "Athidhi Devo Bhava". The elephant seems sad. :( I have never been to Kerala. Thank you for showing the beauty and great culture of the state of Kerala to the rest of India and the world. I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the great work. Thank you, David.

[@ritzy_gaming6940]

If you go to Kerala almost all the hotels are very clean and maintained and so is the city . It’s beautiful

[@anoojaa8368]

He is not a guide...he is a youtuber

[@htxgp]

@@anoojaa8368 Yes he may be doing videos, but also helping David as a guide in this video.

[@Tammy.50]

Excellent!

[@anjusajeev5656]

I can't stop watching.. 😍😍😍

[@gokul_nath_g]

Idiyappam, ath mathi🤣🤣🔥🔥

[@krishnakamal6129]

I've been trying to diet mate and everytime I see one of your videos I freaking salivate......

[@VikneshSadasivan]

Great Combi 👍

[@ashutoshjadon2027]

Amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SushinPv]

Idiyappam 😍😍😍 Kerala Food ! Mallu

[@muthukumarans4865]

Both kerala and tamilnadu food

[@muthukumarans4865]

@Roopa Saryu then you have to be vegan like me

[@nazeemameen1253]

@Roopa Saryu Just for your information beef is a delicacy in Kerala and every Malayali eats it.

[@nazeemameen1253]

@Roopa Saryu Listen well. Cruelty towards animals is something which the law should strictly deal with. In Kerala, human lives are not robbed away by mobs in the name of beef or mutton or potato. We Malayalees don't distinguish and discriminatepeople based on religion or caste. People are free to eat whatever they desire. There is a reason why human beings have canine teeth and a digestive system which can process meat. Even Dalai Lama eats meat after recommended by his doctor to keep his body healthy and alive. Learn to respect all living beings including human beings before you preach and unlade your superiority complex.

[@SushinPv]

@@nazeemameen1253 How many times you try to convince or tell the facts, these chanakam doesn't understand it, they wont even try to understand

[@skanthaSubra]

Come to Canada, Toronto its have lot of south indan ( Sri Lankan) restaurant ( mostly take out places) most of those dishes you can enjoy it( off course noth America version).

[@littletump]

What a remarkable animal. Im sure she loved being bathed. Wow!

[@sandyschaffer3344]

Just loved this video. I want some coconut milk with noodles & chicken too. Lol....The elephant bathing was amazing. Take care from Bethlehem Pa.

[@filmora757]

Not noodles, idiyappam 😍

[@elsalisa146]

That was a really nice video. The elephant was so wonderful, a sweetheart. But we didn’t get to see her spray you!

[@MayurRKale]

God : What is your last wish? David : Hey God I want to eat lot of Indian foods 😋😋😂😂

[@clintyjose6957]

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[@deo8538]

David you are blessed

[@albaba5390]

That idiappam was my favorite breakfast when I was growing up in Ramanathapuram District, TN !

[@RK-fi7ek]

Idiappam is my syster daughters favorate too. Thanks

[@naturalmedia1604]

Welcome to kerala any time

[@cyrilcheeran1047]

David made perfect round dosa...

[@kirankrishna2539]

your Dhosha making is perfect... i am 26 year old but i don't know dosha making ❤️

[@athirakrishnan2372]

Wowwwww😍😍😍😍

[@PuneetBadam]

11:35 you forgot to delete the duplicate take.. Guess Ebbin wanted to add Mutton curry to his earlier Beef, Chicken!

[@itsanurag1]

You Should Start A Hotel David's Dosa Palace 😁♥️✌️

[@candiessalmon4716]

Lovely

[@CarRide]

Wow! Such an awesome video! I'm a fan! Let's connect!

[@LorettaGalvanni]

Where I live there are only 2 extremely mediocre Punjabi restaurants. I love Punjabi food don’t get me wrong but there are no South Indian food availability nearly. Closest Kerala style restaurant is a good 12 hr drive from where I live…also very hard to find any ingredients to cook the food in my city. Only one Indian store and they never have curry leaves even, its mainly north Indian products. Your videos make me crave this food so much… string hoppers are my absolute favorite

[@sudeshnapodder5876]

Bathing usha Rani was the best part of this.

[@appybee]

What's your workout routine?

[@rYtwing]

You are lucky to have got a very good guide!

[@ajups6586]

Actually he was a famous travel blogger having lotz of subscribers in kerala.

[@rYtwing]

@@ajups6586 I guess he is still a vlogger

[@saurabhchavan861]

today are you staying in india ?

[@filmora757]

That's the Kerala style; more curry with less idiyappam or whatever u eat with

[@gokurockstar07]

I love elephants 😻♥️🙏🏻

[@serinitybeauty3929]

I worked at a zoo and I never seen a elephant gets a bath...That elephant loves it 😳😍

[@jchittillam77]

Idiyappam also known as Noolappam (Thread appam) in central Kerala, that is the correct meaning. Ebbin try to explain everything.

[@tressaroy2833]

I appreciate you like our Kerala life style and culture👍🏼Please also show your life style and culture.l also like to know it

[@gokul_nath_g]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ranjit375able]

You are such a nice person to animals

[@ravishanker2024]

Are you still in Kerala ? Corona ! is tiger reserve is open ? or this is of your erlier visit

[@rajrockzz3797]

Hey David..did u miss RAM KI BANDI dosa from HYDERABAD..

[@anamikaajith5799]

Raj rockzz no..

[@rajrockzz3797]

@@anamikaajith5799but I didn't ask u..

[@ajaykumarkhrera5577]

Looking you bro as dosawala

[@jchittillam77]

David , how many American restaurants give you opportunity to make food in their kitchen ? This is Kerala ,that why you got a chance. I am living in Chicago and I never get a chance to visit their kitchen.

[@rosepetals7133]

From Kerala 👏👏👏👏

[@aaramzee]

Although now a days, people don't like animals in captivity but if some people still keeping them in chains then that would be best to male them as comfortable as possible.

[@starlord3212]

The elephant that you saw was at a sanctuary. So, they are happier than a wild elephant coz they get better food and are free.

[@starlord3212]

@anonymous its like people having cats and dogs as pets.

[@starlord3212]

@anonymous elephants are communal creatures and love human interaction.

[@manjitdoley8580]

This is India

[@soupatrasarkar1795]

👍

[@shivamgamers1648]

Hi devid come from gujarat in farm make chikan

[@yogamarga6743]

Can't wait for the video. As usual some comments day after day....about you shooting during lock down! Maybe you should mention the travel date in the title. Hopefully they will read that. Inshallah.

[@delbinumman3058]

പഞ്ചപ്പം 😂😂

[@Rohitkumar-se1cy]

It's a Noodles Puttĕ😀

[@vijoyarayullathil3719]

🥰🥰🥰

[@savithriadabala412]

Ilove animals lovely elephant 🐘🐘

[@alexandr3468]

Everyone: : Quarantine Him : Let’s go to India!

[@nikutory]

Its 2 months old

[@adithyasundar2017]

It was recorded beofre

[@mrsaurabh5006]

Ok

[@alexandr3468]

But how do you know?

[@adithyasundar2017]

@@alexandr3468 because India is under quarantined too

[@abhyudayverma8368]

Gaur is not buffalo it's Indian bison

[@ajayv9039]

It's not a bison... It's the largest bovine in India... Related to domestic cattle

[@joaquimfurtado4868]

@@ajayv9039 its a bison

[@CartoonistVikrant]

Usha Rani ❤️

[@RK-fi7ek]

Amazing

[@swagatikapolai51]

Usha rani is so beautiful😍😍😍

[@amphurongpipi3756]

Idiyappam+ chicken stew = malaysian laksa. Its almost the same.

[@user-rg3cc1jm5w]

Well, possible the whole thing came from SE Asia. Another thing is Idly is also SE asian brought to the subcontinent by the Tamil kings.

[@lyyyyyyy365]

@@user-rg3cc1jm5w it came to kerala from srilanka

[@user-rg3cc1jm5w]

@@lyyyyyyy365 nope SE asia... Idiappam is basically a noodle, south asia doesn't have a noodle culture.

[@lyyyyyyy365]

@@user-rg3cc1jm5w srilanka got it from south east asia, through their link with budhist south east asian countries

[@user-rg3cc1jm5w]

@@lyyyyyyy365 Tamil kings basically ruled or had trade relation ship with south East, they evn called it Sri Vijaya empire. The cholas had trade relations with Romans and as far as allegedly south korea. Stop trying to distort facts.

[@pinkman228]

Actually India has more tigers than entire Africa about 70% of the world tiger population

[@joaquimfurtado4868]

There are no tigers in afruc

[@ExpeditionWithJamu]

Yes, This time no made in china products, we want desi products.

[@balakrishnansubbiah1840]

இடியப்பம்

[@dhineshkumar8125]

Eating like a proper indian

[@naturalmedia1604]

മലയാളി പൊളിയല്ലേ 😁

[@UkMalayaleeKitchen]

super 👍subscribed

[@doradsouza1834]

Got tears looking at that elephant ..let them to live in forest..wish that elephant could be there in forest she might be happy and enjoy her life..

[@starlord3212]

Not really. These are domesticated elephants. They are treated very well and are happy. Elephants are intelligent and communal animals. So they have a good relationship with humans.

[@sagarsaga00]

It's like. A dog became domestic it's happy with it. And there is even elephant spa. Here in kerala.some elephants are domesticated from childhood.

[@avinashsimon1988]

capturing elephants from forests are banned in India since the 70's. What you see are either born in captivity ( which cannot be send into the wild, they cannot survive) or the ones that are under rehabs or cant be send back to the forests anymore. The best we can do for these animals are take good care of then like you saw here..

[@jusme4142]

I don’t think you can get anymore loving and respecting culture for them.

[@maemaedlc7786]

Ur a great chef mr. David hahaha

[@ran18988]

Hi

[@maemaedlc7786]

Yes

[@ran18988]

@@maemaedlc7786 give me your mail id.

[@maemaedlc7786]

Give ur number u hve wats app or fb

[@ran18988]

Hello U der

[@urbantraveller4848]

ITS TIME SAY NO TO MADE IN PRC 🇨🇳 PRODUCTS

[@zoozoo64]

You must have typed that from a mobile phone made from there or at least its components from there!!!

[@nachiketkulkarni8540]

@@zoozoo64 yeah that is what needs to be changed.

[@nagesh1976]

Hope they didn't serve remaining dosa to guests..

[@nikhilsukumar23]

To laypeople concerned about plastic and waste please stop using plastics. Don't blame 5ye state. Now Kerala has banned plastic covers in many shops.

[@dhanyajoel3038]

it is called idiyappam(not indian noodles), it is a kerala breakfast not present in other parts of india

[@adithyasundar2017]

Where is Kerala

[@rajkumarvsvlogs]

It is available in different parts of the country with different names...

[@trefexgaming2789]

@@adithyasundar2017 In my pocket....

[@rajkumarvsvlogs]

@@dhanyajoel3038 yup. I m also talking about idiyappam only. Idiyappam is so famous in southern districts of Tamilnadu. It is available in Odisha and assam too... It is made of rice flour. Very thin strings and soft. We used to eat with sweet coconut milk and in Nagercoil and Kaniyakumari it is eaten with coconut sodhi...

[@dhanyajoel3038]

Rajkumar It came basically from kerala, and nagercovil is a place in Kanykumari only where almost 40 percent of population are keralites and also kerala border definitely it will be found there. And assam it is a new knowledge,iam not sure what you are speaking is right or wrong.Anyway iam not interested in more discussion

[@surebreeze]

U shooting video under lock down... Man how is this possible..... What about the corana.....🤔

[@RR-pf7fx]

Suresh P No he is in Miami right now

[@krisnendupaul6151]

@Suresh P tere jaise gawar logo ko wajah se Corona fel rhi hai

[@surebreeze]

@@krisnendupaul6151 ha ha very funny first look into your country bro....where you live...

[@surebreeze]

@@krisnendupaul6151 click my photo and check my videos ..then u will know who is gawar.....🤪😬😬😜😜😄

[@ajayv9039]

He told the Corona virus not to affect him... Are you really that dumb 😲🤔

[@ajayv9039]

David, I had left a comment from your previous video about the elephant safari... You still went ahead and did it...Sorry but Big thumbs down

[@user-rg3cc1jm5w]

Yeah... This was done in January. So...

[@avinashsimon1988]

Incase you didnt notice, he didn't do the safari. Just bath an elephant that's all..

[@joycejam9198]

He has mentioned several times that he visited Kerala in January. Otherwise how do you think he could travel around like this during this lockdown period in Kerala. Have come common sense, dude..

[@lolypop544]

Kerela city not good i love mumbai city anda goa

[@drdinasilvesterbaby4817]

No big deal... I love my Kerala

[@eft5620]

It is not city ,it is a hill station🙄🙄

[@drdinasilvesterbaby4817]

@anonymous what ever i love my birth place..... My Kerala is beautiful for me... It's heaven for me!!

[@nikhilsukumar23]

I guess street food variety is bigger in Mumbai. But Kerala us neat and do come to Calicut or Kozhikode after lockdown. You might like it's neatness and food.

[@suthishofficial]

Kerala is a state idiot

[@NikhilRajp87]

David, one thing..do not support elephant bathing type activities. 👎

[@ajayv9039]

I was in Kerala tourism for 7 years and I've seen that usually foreigners don't encourage or participate in such activities... It's usually the dumb North Indian tourists

[@starlord3212]

If elephant is not bathed, it will be dirty and will have ticks. Try not bathing any domesticated animal.

[@NikhilRajp87]

@@starlord3212 All hail King lord 🙏

[@starlord3212]

@@NikhilRajp87 hello murugappa😂

[@NikhilRajp87]

@@starlord3212 haha.. you donno who is murugappan who is ayyappan.. ignorant like a child 😝😝

[@soupatrasarkar1795]

👍