Hi folks, welcome to the 2nd part of my VV
Puram food street tour, Bengaluru’s most...
... popular street food haunt. Ten rupees for a
plate of Idli, where can you get food that’s...
... as honestly priced as this. This is a sort
of steamy hot snack that you can have just...
... by itself, entirely on its own. In part 2 of
my delicious street food trail at VV Puram.
I taste everything from Avarekalu Vadas, Paddus,Mini
Idlis, Obbattu , Badam Milk and end with the...
... popular Gulkand Ice Cream and Fire Paan.
In episode one I tasted popular treats from...
... a range of eateries including the iconic VB
Bakery. If you haven’t caught all that yet you...
... will find link to it right here and in the
description below. Watch this video till the...
... very end to catch the rest of my Thindi Beedi Trail.
So these are Water Hyacinth Beans or Avarekalu.
There's a lot of dishes that they
make with the Avarekalu and one of them is...
... that Avarekalu vade. So we are gonna taste
some Avarekalu Vade here at VV Puram.
- Ten rupees per piece. Give me two pieces. Nothing like
eating hot food especially if you are eating vades.
So he says it's a mix of the gram flour
and the water hyacinth beans the avarekalu just...
... so that it binds together. I am hoping it's
going to be great because I have heard so...
... much about it avarekalu vade you gotta come
to “Sri Vasavi Vaisista Thindi” which...
... is right at the entrance of VV Puram food
street.
Thank you!
This vade is so hot that...
... I can't even hold it, it’s as hot as that.
You can see the avarekalu the water hyacinth...
... beans. Aah! You can see all the steam escaping
from this vade, It's as hot as that.
Mmmh!
This is as delicious and nutritious that a
vade can get.
So you got all these water hyacinth beans
you've got the dill, you've got some onions, you've...
... got some garlic. Mmmh! Thats come together
in this very happy, scrumptious, satisfying bite.
What I like in this vade are the delicate
flavours so you taste that earthy, slightly...
... powdery texture of the avarekalu bean, you
taste the greens, the coriander, the dill...
... you get that fragrant flavour of the dill, you get the slight sweetness of the onions...
... and that very mild very mild heat of the green
chillies that's gone into it, it's such a...
... flavourful vade and its cooked to the perfect
crunch. Very good!, for twenty rupees you...
 
This street just has so much food happening
you can quite easily get lost and confused...
... trying to figure out where and what to eat
and i am so happy that we got all these suggestions...
... from our viewers who are guiding us to the
right dishes and to the right eateries.
Great to watch people enjoying their food.
So i have been told that at vasavi mane thindi...
... to try the avarebele akki rotti and also the
paddu so that's what we have ordered here...
... and we are gonna taste that here. So let's
taste the avarekalu akki rotti first.
That rice dough is so delicate that they need to
put it on that special paper and then put...
... it on the tawa because its as delicate as
that, it will break otherwise. And once its...
... cooked the paper peels away from that akki
rotti. Lovely thank you!
Oh my God!
I think we are gonna move to a quieter corner to be
heard. So this is the mood here on VV Puram...
... food street you get your plate and just walk
around to find a quiet nook if you can in...
... this crowded street and settle in to tuck
into some great food.
It's unbelievable this avarekalu akki rotti does not have the slightest bit of oil its as dry as that.
You can see the green flakes of the avarekalu, the dills
and the onions.
Mmmh!
I am gonna taste this akki rotti with that avarekalu saaru.
Mmmh!.
I am gonna taste this now with the chutney.
When you come to VV Puram food street if you
are a newbie you can very easily get intimidated...
... by the hustle, the bustle, the traffic moving
along the street honking you out of their..
... path, but it's all good. I quite like the
flavour of the akki rotti with this avarekalu saaru,
... the chutney here I felt it was alright, I think the
coconut in that chutney has begun to ferment...
... a bit more than it should. But that avarekalu
saaru is delicious. This is not a snack this...
... is more like a full on meal here at VV Puram
food street. So it's crunchy where its been...
... cooking on the tawa for the longest and on
the top it's soft.
 
Now that we have tried the akki roti with
the avarekalu it's now time to try the paddu here.
So what's interesting about the paddu is the...
... fact that this is a dose batter that's been
enriched with some onions, with some greens...
... perhaps some dill maybe a sliver of green
chilli or two and the dose batter is then...
... cooked in this cavities which is interesting
because it cooks it in a very interesting manner.
So you have got the heat that emanates from
the grill from the stove which gives the part...
... of paddu which is in contact with the mould
a nice crunchy sort of an exterior and a soft...
... airy inside which is what makes the paddu interesting.
You can see he’s flipping it around as the
paddu gets cooked.
Thank you!
So there you have it my plate of the paddu.
For all that steam
that's escaping you've got the onions you've, ...
... you've got some dills, this is so hot I barely can
hold it. You can hear that paddu go crunch...
... crunch crunch what I also like is that its
slightly sour twang of that paddu so the batter...
... is obviously fermented for a bit resulting
in that slightly sour flavour that you taste.
So you got that crunch of the paddu, you got
the crunch of the onions and that green freshness...
... of the dill. Next i am gonna dunk this paddu
into this chutney paddu has absorbed all that...
... chutney it's gonna be one flavourful bite.
You can taste that coconut also that gram...
... flour that's gone into the chutney and a little
bit of spice from the green chillies.
The chutney does perk things up but if you ask
me this is sort of steamy hot snack...
... that you can have just by itself, entirely on it's own.
So we have already eaten a lot of food but we have heard of this place called "Sri Gurudev Idli Hotel"
 
That's extremely popular for its mini idlis
that's what we are going to taste next.
Ten rupees for a plate of idli, where can you
get food that’s as honestly priced as this.
Three mini idlis for a princely sum of rupees
ten. You know this idli is going to be soft...
... because its porous its trapped all of the
air inside it's gonna be soft and fluffy and...
... that's what i am expecting to taste in the
idli here. Mmmh! That idli almost melts in...
... your mouth. This idli the porous texture of
this idli has trapped all that air, literally...
... dissolving it in your mouth. As per the chutney
its a bit watery plays a very distinct second
... fiddle to the idli. But i think it's all about
the idli here. Actually there are two chutneys...
... here one is a red chutney, i am told the red
chutney is the one to have but because the...
... chutneys are so watery they have almost merged
one into the another. So i have got a bit...
... more red here so i guess that's the red chutney
gonna taste that.
I think the red chutney is interesting. I am gonna try and ...
... see if I can get some of that red chutney on my idli.
If I can fight through all that crowd and get
a bit of that chutney.
So i have got that red chutney over my idli
now, the red chutney certainly packs a spicy...
... punch, I think the green chutney which is
made with gram flour is quite watery and diluted...
... in it's flavours but that red chutney certainly
packs a spicy punch, I am sure there’s plenty...
... of red chilli powder that's gone into that
chutney. But i think the real hero on this...
 
I think we have tasted some 15,16 or 17 items
on VV Puram food street, we began right there...
... at the beginning and we are now at the end
of the street. I think we are also at the...
... end of my appetite but i think we are gonna
shift gears now and taste something sweet.
So we are gonna begin with the obbattu,which
is right here at idli mane it's called idli...
... mane but we’ve just tasted idlis so we are
going here for the obbattu the sweet obbattu.
So these are the two holiges that we’ve
ordered for. Obattus also called the holiges...
... here, so this is the plane one which is with
the lentils and jaggery and some cardamon...
... and this is the kayi holige or kayi obbattu
which has come coconut in it as well.
That is some ghee slaughtered on top of the holige.
So i have got both my obbattu here, this is...
... the plain obbattu which is made with lentils,
jaggery,cardamom and this is the kayi obbattu...
... the kayi holige. The only difference between
this and this is the fact that this is also...
... studded with some coconut, so this is going
to be rich sort of a holige, so I am gonna begin...
... with the plain holige. There's this nice thing
about eating here on thindi beedi, the food...
... is mostly hot and you can ask for it to be
prepared hot right there in front of you, ...
... so you what you are tasting. I love the flakiness
of the bread that's holding that filling inside...
... so thats theroti that's made of maida so the
filling is stuffed inside pretty much like...
... how a paratha is stuffed. Mmmh! You can definitely
taste that buttery ghee that's been liberally...
... sprayed on top of the holige just when its
about to be finished. And then there you have...
 
Next we are gonna taste the kayi holige.
It definitely feels a lot weightier,
I think the coconut lends to the heft of that holige.
I’ve some of the coconut filing
that's already sweeping from within the holige.
You've got the sticky richness of the coconut
filling that you can see here. You taste that...
... toastie flavour of the coconut. The regular
holige is light but the kayi holige or the...
... coconut holige is definitely rich in its flavours
,rich in its textures, rich in its body, rich...
... in its weight and also that toasty, sugary,
sticky coconut sweetness that you taste in...
 
It's been a long evening tasting a lot of food
I've enjoyed it thoroughly but I think I need...
...something that's going to nourish me a bit
now. I think we are at the right place we...
...are at mumbai badam milk and lassi centre
and I've heard a lot about their badam milk, ...
... and that's what we are going to taste here.
Just standing here and taking in all that...
... aroma of that badam milk which is  bubbling away, I already feel nourished by the fumes by the...
... smoke that's emanating from here by that steam
all that goodness of that milk. Aah!
That's wonderful! So this is a store that's been
around for the last 25 years, and that's a good...
... thing about many of the establishments on
VV Puram food street they've been around for...
... a long time, they've a history of catering
to customers, they've history of catering...
... to satisfy bangaloreans over the years. I
think that what makes thindi beedi, that's...
... what makes VV Puram as popular ,as famous
as that. And of course there's a malai that's...
... going, what is badam milk without some malai.
Thank you! So I have got my airy frothy badam...
... milk with all that malai. Look at that rich,
nourishing, creamy malai, I want to taste...
... some of that with some badam milk. Mmmh! This
badam milk is so delicious in its flavours.
You can taste the almonds, you can taste the kesar,
you can taste the pistachio, all the dry fruits, ...
... all the wonderful things that have gone into
it. And also that badam milk is lush and creamy.
Mmmh! So they begin with 40 litres on that
there and it keeps boiling away, keeps bubbling...
... away it's cooked and cooked into that densed,
So after the badam milk it's time to taste...
... another sweet offering here at VV Puram food
street for which we have arrived at Shivanna...
... Gulkand Centre and I am told that the thing
to have here is the gulkand icecream.
So he tells me this is the gulkand ice cream that's
being prepared for the last 80 years, and...
... it began with his father Mr.Shivanna that's
why the store is named such. So there you...
... go I have my ultimate desert here at VV Puram
food street this is the gulkand icecream.
So you've got the rose petal gulkand which
is right at the bottom and then you've got...
... this butterscotch ice cream its melted a bit
and then you've got all these fruits. So you've...
... got bananas, you've got apples, you've got some dates...
... you even have some figs, some glazed cherry...
... and also some amla, some murabbas  some pickled amla.
So this is supposed to be a healthy way to end your food journey here at VV Puram food street.
Mmmh! So that's butterscotch ice cream that...
... you taste, the ice cream by itself is quite
sweet but when you mix it up with fruits it...
... rounds up all the flavours very nicely. And
of course you've got also the amla I am looking...
... to taste that next, with some of that gulkand
and some of that ice cream that's melted away, ...
... and a bit of that fruit as well. That amla
is a bit sour, not too much though and it...
... absorbs all the flavours of the gulkand so
well but you can certainly taste the fibre...
... of the amla, the pickled amla, the murabba
as you are biting on it. I think the key to...
... enjoying this gulkand ice cream is to mix
up things and yet also taste the individual...
... components by themselves because sometimes
you're tasting just the butter scotch ice...
... cream it's a little too sweet and then you
go to the murabba that cuts down the sweetness...
... and if you want a little bit more of the sweet
then go to the gulkand. And if you want more...
... of that crunch then go for apples, go for
the grapes. I think it makes for a nice wholesome...
So after tasting about twenty dishes i need...
... something to digest all that food and I am
told the right thing to do here is to have...
... the fire paan. So I am here at the paan point
which is somewhere in the centre of VV Puram...
... food street and i am here to taste their fire
paan, they've got a bunch of other paans here.
And i am told these are their sweet paans
which have been coated with strawberry, there's...
... some chocolate and a whole bunch of other
sweet delicious sort of paan offerings. But...
... I am here to taste the fire paan so let's
take a look at how fire paan is made and also taste it.
I hope I don't get burnt. Gulkand,
jelly, tutti frutti.
I lost track of what's gone into that.
I know there's some ice, there's
some gulkand, Chocolate syrup? I think this...
... is looking less of a paan and more of a desert,
you've got some cloves and dry pineapple in that.
Needless to say I am stunned by the paan and I
am speechless at this point I really can't talk.
So when he puts it first you can see
the fire and as you taste it for lingering...
... for a second you can taste the fire if you
know what I mean, and then you got that intense...
... burst of coldness that comes from the ice
and from the other condiments that have gone...
... into the paan that takes over your palate.
And thats really what this paan is about its...
... got a whole bunch of things going in there
 
So we've spent the last 5 hours here at VV Puram food street (thindi beedi).
And i think i have tasted about 21 dishes, 21 items at last count.
And I think each one of the dishes we tasted has been...
... special each one of the dishes has been interesting
has been extraordinary and i wanna thank the...
... viewers out there who have recommended, who
have suggested that all these dishes for us...
... to taste. So if you are into street food especially
vegetarian street food , VV Puram food street...
... at bengaluru is the place that you should
definitely check out. It's got great food, ...
... food that's prepared fresh right there in
front of you and that prices that's extremely...
... honest. So until the next episode of gourmet
on the road stay safe and happy eating.
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