AUTHENTIC Upper Assamese Mughlai Thali + Visiting INDIA'S WIDEST River | Guwahati, India

And what's next to it? Like a pickle? No, this is the chutney. This is made of mustard, yellow mustard and green chillies. It's pretty spicy. Where's the water? Sorry, I'm going to grab a little bit of yours. Yes. Good afternoon everyone, this is David Hoffman from David's Bin. We're here in Guwahati, Assam, India. I'm here with my friend, Kaviar. I know, but she gave her nickname is Kaviar. Today what we're going to do is we're going to see the 5th largest river in Asia, which goes through all of Assam and it goes through this city. And after that we're going to have an Assamese thali, but not any Assamese thali. We're going to have, you said a Muslim version? Yeah, it's a typical Muslim Assamese thali we're going to have. Wow. And that includes chicken, mutton, they also have some fish here in Assam. They have a lot of fish. Yes. And yeah, I can't wait to see the river. I haven't seen the river yet. I've seen a lot of lakes. As you can see, it's really dry right now. I'm here in dry season. And it's really beautiful though. It's still really green. I was really thirsty on the way to the river, so I said, hey guys, let's stop and get some sugarcane water. It is the best thing in the world. Sugarcane water, they have a sugarcane right here. The guy basically just makes it right in front of you. He grinds it up. He grinds it until there's nothing left in it. So he pulls out all the water and then he serves it to you. And it only costs 10 rupees each. So for like, you can get 7 for 1 US dollar, 8 for 1 US dollar. Amazing. This is so freaking good. So refreshing. It is so amazing. Especially in this heat. It was funny because it was cold this morning. Now it's really hot. And you need this. Namaste. Namaste. Namaste. Let me jump on this thing. Oh. So tough. The only problem with these rickshaws is they're a little like slanted. It's called Bair. It's basically Jujubee. 20 rupees. 20 rupees to enter this park. For one, it's 10 rupees. Okay. How much? 50 rupees? Okay. They always pull more money out of me. That's not nice. Can I have some water for free though? Here we have red pepper and some salt. It's mixed well. And it's dried one. This is also called Jujubee. It's a wild berry. So we'll taste it. Nice. Good? Is there a seed? Yes, there's a seed inside. I don't want to try it. So this park is considered a couples spot. People come here on dates as you can see behind us. And there's the river. And one of these little ferries that cross the river. Yeah. This is Brahmaputra. And it's the India's widest river. Not the longest one, but the widest. It's origin is at Mansarovar in Tibet. It comes all the way from Tibet through Bangladesh, some parts of China. Then it comes to Assam. And it's known with different names at different countries. This is also known as Luit. Right there we have the smallest river island in the world. This river has the smallest river island and the largest. I'm going to the largest and it's next to Jorhat. But right there is the smallest. Amazing. And they're building like a little gondola. A little ferryway. Not a ferry, but a gondola that crosses. So we're walking about 5-10 minutes this way to eat an Assamese Thali. Assamese Thali. Damn, I love Thalis. If you guys don't know what a Thali is, it's basically a big plate that comes with a lot of different curries and some rice, some biryani, some pulao. I mean, it's a big mix of things. You got some parathas, some naan. I mean, it just depends on the Thali. Like southern Thalis, there are more rice. Northern Thalis are more breads. This one is a mix, like you said. A little bit of a mix. Assam type house, people usually used to have this kind of houses here. Now, we have buildings here, but eventually, this is an earthquake prone area. So buildings won't be built here. So people preferred Assam type houses, but now gradually, globalization has made into building flats and apartments. But this is the genuine house most of us used to have earlier. And this is the very old one. Michinga. Michinga, ethnic cuisine. Assamese, Naga, Kasi, and Asian. So, those are three different states, right? No, Kasi is not a state, it's a different tribe. Kasi is Meghalaya. Oh, it's Meghalaya. Okay, cool. So here at Michinga, they have a few different Thalis. They have a Naga Thali. So they have three of those. They have a fish, fresh pork and chicken, because in Nagaland, they eat a lot of pork. And then they have Assamese Thali, which is just regular Assamese Thali. Then they have the upper Assamese Mughlai Thali. So that is like a big mix of chicken and mutton. This is like only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Nine different things to try. But I think it's enough. These aren't huge Thalis, but they're really authentic. As you can see, this restaurant is really nice. It's very clean. I love how there's like different rooms here. So there's like a room over there, a room over here. So we're like completely alone. So it's very like intimate. And yeah, a lot of food. Oh, and they also have a Mughlai platter. So they have Naga, Assamese and Mughlai. No, Meghalaya. Meghalaya, sorry. Not Mughlai. I'm so tired. Upper Assam Mughlai Thali. So here's the Pulao. Veg Chop. This is the Paneer Kofta actually. And this is the Chicken Korma. This is the Paneer and this is the Mutton. Look at this. This is a homely Assamese Mutton Gravy. Cooked with home spices. Yes. Look at this piece. OMG. So here we have it. Like she said earlier, Pulao. Oh, it's eggplant. So it's eggplant. Okay, sorry. And this is chicken then? Yes. This is Chicken Cutlet. This is Paneer. So Paneer Kofta. Chicken. And then here's the Mutton with the gravy. This is insane. Like just the gravy alone. OMG. I love this food. Alright, so how do I start? Just dive in here? Yes. Grab one of these. With some rice. The Paneer. Oh, look at this. Super rich curry. OMG. That Paneer is like butter. It disintegrated in my mouth. Super light curry. But what I was supposed to do is get some of the curry and go here with the Pulao. This Pulao actually looks like a more grainy Pulao. More like a couscous. It's made of Johar rice. It's only found in Assam. Oh yeah? Johar rice. Johar rice, yeah. Wow. The grains are pretty small. It's amazing. Oh wow. I love it because it is like similar to couscous. Yes, it is. But very fine grain. And what's next to it? A pickle? No, this is the chutney. This is made of mustard. Yellow mustard and green chillies. It's pretty spicy. Oh, it's so hot. Sorry, I'm grabbing a little bit of yours. Yes. Mix with the rice. With the rice? That's better. Wow, that was hot. It's still like too hot. Yes. Try the kofta now. Kofta? Yes. So here we have the nice, delicious kofta. Look at that. Oh, it's just dripping. Paneer kofta? It tastes like an animal. Straight up. But it tasted like it could have been chicken. Very tender. Feels a little crunchy. A little crispy. Like it's been fried. At the same time it's been absorbing this. And this is a chutney or curry? It's the gravy. It's the curry. So here in India, they say gravy, curry. They say both. It's made using the cashew nuts and the pumpkin seeds. I love this rice. This rice is amazing. Chicken cutlet? This one? Yes. So chicken cutlet. I'm just going to take a bite. Mosquito, right? It's funny. It doesn't taste like chicken. It feels very soft. It feels almost like a croquette. Very mushy in the middle. Very soft. A little crunchy on the outside. Very savory. Not my favorite. I'll put this aside. And then next, I'll go with the chicken. Right here. Look at this. Chicken korma. I have to use my hands. It's the one thing I didn't want to do. Oh, I love the gravy. Very soft. Look at that. Just pulled it off the bone. A lot of people have told me, like in India, you get chicken with bones. I'm like, yeah, it's real. If it doesn't have bones, it's fake. The delicious mutton. It's cooked really well. It's so good. Look at that. My bone. It's so juicy. It's so tender. Look at that. It just fell off the bone. And this bone. It's pulling the bone marrow out. If you like mutton, this is the best one. And if you really want to get adventurous, that gravy is out of this world. Mutton, if you guys don't know, is either lamb or goat. Could be either one. Right? And I think the last thing we're missing is this guy. Shrimp and pan. This is basically eggplant deep fried coated with gram flour. Love the eggplant. Has a little spice to it too. Yes. Everything was so good. Something I haven't tried is getting some of this and mixing it with some of the rice. Oh, it's so nice. It's so light. It's really nice. I'm trying the pulao. The Johar rice pulao. Obviously with some mutton. Curry is very thick and it's cooked really well. You can see the mutton. The bones are coming out. This is a bone piece though, sorry. But still it's very soft. It's very soft. You can see. I like the spices. Like it has garam masala. Cumin seeds. Cinnamon and cardamom. Paneer is basically the Indian cottage cheese. It's made of milk. I like the gravy. It's very tangy. And it's like very translucent kind of thing. It's like boiled with tomatoes and probably I'm going to make a little pocket here. Put the rest of the gravy in there. The mutton gravy is so freaking rich and delicious and as she said it's like cardamom. A lot of different things in here. It's a little sweet at the same time. It's a very, not too thick but it's really nice. This goat is out of this world. Getting through pulao. What they told me is you make a you put like that and you make a little hole, right? Make the hole in the middle. That's the same way we have our food. Yeah and just dump it all there. Yes. Wow. And then you go in. Look at that. Mmm. They say that eating with your hands changes the taste of the food. Yes. Mmm. This chicken is so good. It's so fresh. Yes and it's cooked really well. What I'm going to do is I'm going to get the nice super spicy chilies right here. These are spicy. Like super spicy. Look at that right there. Here it is. Oh it's hot. I'll have some more. I'll get a little bit. Mmm. It's going to help me fight the heat. My tummy is still on fire. The thali cost $4.50 so that's like $7.00 and then the water was another $20.00 so that's another like $0.30, $0.40. Okay so we had a great day exploring. Okay this guy is about to kill me. The sun is blazing. The sun is blazing. But yeah we went on a rickshaw ride. We had some sugarcane juice. We tried some like jujube. Man I'm about to get hit by everybody here. We're walking in the middle of the street right now. Sorry. And then we saw the river which is amazing. We're going to see more of the river tomorrow. But yeah it's the widest river in India. Fifth longest river in Asia. Starts in Tibet. Goes all the way down to Bangladesh. And then we came here and we tried a delicious upper Assamese Mughlai Thali. But guys I hope you loved this video and if you did please give us a thumbs up. Leave us a comment below. Follow her on Instagram. It's FoodieForeverandEver23. FoodieForeverandEver23. Description. I love it. I love it. And yeah guys subscribe to my channel. I'll see you in the next food travel adventure somewhere in Assam. Peace.