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Description: ✓ We had the great pleasure of attending our cousin's wedding in Kadod Village (in Gujarat, India), but being foodies we could not resist visiting the wedding kitchen, where the real wedding action was happening, by action we of course mean cooking action... Stepping into these wedding kitchens feels like stepping into a Medieval or Ancient kitchen with large cauldrons of food bubbling away. The Cooks (Rasoi) & their team are very adaptable to the circumstances they have to cook in, i.e. if there's no gas they will start a wood fire to cook on, if there is no electric power they will bring a generator, if there is no light they will use lanterns, if there's no covered kitchen they will erect a marquee / tent, if there is not running tap water they can easily adapt to getting water from a well etc... (The Puri's are Vegan and made from Wheatflour, Oil, Water & Salt) even though they are deep fried they are not too oily, the chef told me that the "secret" to making them less oily is to have the temperature of oil the very high before frying the pooris'. We had the great of attending our cousin's wedding in Kadod Village (in Gujarat, India), but being foodies we could not resist visiting the kitchen, where the real wedding action was happening, by action we of course mean cooking action... ALOO (POTATO) MASALA CHIPS RECIPE: * Salt * Asafoetida * Turmeric * Chilli Powder * Cashew Nuts * Raisins * Cumin Seeds * Dry Desiccated Coconut * Khus Khus (Poppy Seeds) * Sesame Seeds * Crushed Peanuts * Sugar * Green Chilli * Ginger * Fresh Coriander * Lemon Juice Once the above Aloo Chips Masala is mixed together, it is shallow fried and is then added to pre-fried Potato Chips and is all mixed together and served. RATALU PURI (PURPLE YAM BHAJIA) BATTER RECIPE INGREDIENTS: * Peeled & sliced Purple Yam (Ratalu) * Besan (Chickpea Flour) * Salt * Asafoetida * White Chilli Powder mixed with Water * Water All of the above ingredients are mixed together to create a batter. The Ratalu slices are dipped in the batter, sprinkled with Coriander & Black Pepper Powder before being fried. The delicious traditional Gujarati Food seen being cooked / served was: LUNCH: * Poori (Deep Fried Flatbreads) * Khaman (Dhokla) (Savoury Sponge "Cake") topped with Sev * Cucumber * Aubergine Curry * Lapsi (Sweet Dish) * Plain Boiled Rice * Mori Tuver ni Dal (to go with rice) DINNER: * Carrot Pickle * Potato Bhajia * Aubergine Curry * Poori * Masala Chips * "All India" (Chevda / Bombay Mix) * Kadhi (Buttermilk gravy) * Rice * Ratalu Puri * Shrikhand (Hung Yogurt Sweet Dessert with Dry Fruit) All the recipes for all the foods here were of restaurant quality and were authentic and absolutely delicious, in particular the recipe for the Ratalu Puri was sublimely moreish. Whilst in India I had the good fortune to be invited to several weddings and where there's a wedding in India there will also be temporary "street food style" kitchens set up to cater for all the hungry guests; the difference is that the food served up is not street food as such but it will predominately be home cooked style food being served up. Some Indian recipe books that you may perhaps like: * Gujarati Rasoi; A Delicious Journey to the Gujarati Kitchen: amzn.to/2ML2qoN * Gujarati Cuisine Recipe Book: amzn.to/2MYgjzP * Hansa's Indian Vegetarian Cookbook: Recipes from Hansa's Gujarati Restaurant: amzn.to/3aYmPih * Easy Indian vegetarian recipes from just 10 spices: amzn.to/2OtdA1V * The Complete Gujarati Cookbook: amzn.to/2Z8rXdT * Chai, Chaat & Chutney: A Street Food Journey Through India: amzn.to/3f6bLRm * Recipe cookbook from Dishoom Indian restaurant: amzn.to/35ghXl8 * Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible: amzn.to/39VaIBl * Asma's Indian Kitchen: Home-cooked food brought to you by Darjeeling Express: amzn.to/31mibG1 * My Mother's Cooking: Simple Gujarati Cuisine by Pina Patel: amzn.to/2NjgVzL 🛒 Our Amazon Storefront Shop: amazon.co.uk/shop/travelsinindialondontheuk 🛒 (Disclosure: The above links on this page are affiliate links to Amazon, meaning that if you decide to make a purchase, at no extra cost to you, I will earn a small commission). The language spoken in this video is Gujarati. This particular wedding was our cousin brother's Amit Bhai wedding who got married to Arti. All of the Brahmin Head Chefs are cooking authentic "home cooked" Gujarati food, the food that our Grandmother, Mother, Wife would cook at home. The wedding hall kitchen was on Sardar Patel Road, Kadod, Bardoli, (Surat District) Gujarat 394335, India. The music used is Desert City by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100564 Artist: incompetech.com 08/12/17