South Indian Comfort Food with Swagath Gourmet
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2018
- In the premiere episode of Family Food, we head to Swagath Gourmet, a South Indian restaurant run by the Iyengar family in Edison, New Jersey. We meet brothers Sesha and Murali as well as Murali's wife Padma, who all share a passion for bringing authentic South Indian food to the table. The lentil- and rice-based vegetarian dishes that have made Swagath a local favorite are not only delicious, but also extremely healthy. After spending time with the Iyengars in their restaurant and their tight-knit community of Edison, we see it's no coincidence that the word "swagath" means "welcome" in their native tongue. The minute you walk into Swagath, you feel like a part of the family.
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I'm a Muslim.. a hardcore Non-vegetarian.. yet I did NOT find anything offensive about this awesome family telling us about their love for Vegetarian Food. Some morons in the comments section are just way too easily triggered.
You are right. Brahmin bashing is a new part of elitist etiquette. If you haven't done it in front of others, you shouldn't feel good about yourself yet.
don't you know ? in India secularism means mocking hinduism and hindu traditions?
@@Rico-jd5ly sadly, i think you're actually right. This comment section is cancer tbh
I am a Hindu and a hardcore non vegetarian and i completely agree with you
So true
7:40
that is the reason why dunkin dounuts failed in india!
We have our vadas 😂 😂 😂
🤣 Vadaa > Donuts
@@mayurbande7733 so true, macha
Bro please.....vada is way more healthier than Doughnuts.....doughnuts are made up of whiteflour and vadas are made up of pure lentils paste. Doughnut is shit
Brah if someone touches my vada Ill turn them into one
Ha ha ha loved it
OMG, so much hate in the comments section! It's so sad how Indians pull other Indians down. Here is a family that is working 7 days a week in a foreign country, trying to preserve their culture and traditions. They offer Indians abroad a place where they can come and feel at home. All he did was explain why vegetarianism is practiced among Brahmins. He did not put down anyone else. The reasons he gave are the similar to satvik food in ayurved. I think it's pretty evident who the castiest in the comments section are
The kind of caste based division of Hinduism took place for 250+ years is beyond repair, first under British for 200 years, so they can get so called lower cast Hindus to convert into Christianity and second, after independence by our politicians for their vote bank politics, so they can become Messiah of so called lower cast people and just by abusing Brahmins get their votes without doing any work on the ground.... there is so much hate in lower cast Hindus against Brahmins for no fucking reason, and some politicians and Christian missionaries are still exploiting this hatred
@@vyasrushi5177 it's saddening but the poor sc/st's are being oppressed by the rich ones....among all the reservation ..it the rich among them who eat up all the benefits...
Who is going to fight against that
@@ashutoshkumar1960 That's true, actual needy ones are not getting benefits of reservation
So true
All I see here is loving family, but who knows what happen if they see the ‘untouchable’. If they treat everyone as equal, then I don’t see any problem with how they choose to live.
Fat kid from southern United States. I LOVE THIS FOOD. I feel so blessed, healthy, invigorated, and strong when I cook and eat these styles and traditions of food. Thank the Lord indeed.
I'm a Mexican dude from Texas, aside from homestyle kind of cooking, S. Indian food is my fave! I could eat Mysore Masala Dosa everyday
@@nontraditionaltech2073true, mysore masala dosa is the only food that i felt like im in heaven
As a Malaysian Chinese it is glad to hear that such awesome southern Indian food can still be found in such corner of the world.
You can find in any Indian restaurant in Malaysia too
The ideal American family. Hardworking and extremely enterprising 👍
I am a North Indian and I only lived in South India for an year or so and I fell in love with the South Indian Cuisine. I wish there were more South Indian restaurants in the US. Definitely going to visit this one soon
I loved how they work together and eat together. So much love for their customers and employees. Beautiful family you guys are hardworking and kind people
South Indians indeed are very hard workers. I was blessed to have had many South Indian Teachers. Good folks.
I am enjoying my stay in south India, thank you brothers and sisters 😀
And I learned about Adi Shankara, how he bonded all Indians together ☺️
Ok now Stop calling us Madrasis 😂😂😂
Off course brother 😅
@The Rising Kaffirs calls UPites and Biharis as uneducated and then states rest call the southern indians as 'chennaites'.
The educated know so much!!
@The Rising Kaffirs you assume I'm from the South. You just generalized whole of the UP and Bihar as 'uneducated' and in this reply ... you are saying South has superiority complex .
Everyone has his/her unfounded reservations regarding people from the other region.
You might want to rephrase the first comment because it's a contradictory statement.
@UK D We Indians tend to generalize people. In my state of Kerala, we call all migrant labourers from North and NorthEastern states “Bengalis” even though most of them are from Assam and Bihar.
This place seems like heaven. I'm craving South Indian food after watching this.
MrKajjosh same!
Yas I love being South Indian, makes being vegetarian *way* easier ❤❤
9:01 Malayali 😂
@I maybe a stinky loser, but poda puri mone .
Thayoli ninte thanta
😂😂😂
Shame ! On wt this comment is ...
Malayalees put down malayalees
V spoil the name of the hometown..
All he commented was malayali..
We have beautiful cultures and I’m glad we have so much diversity 💖
What a hardworking family with great values . Truly risen up from hardships . This is why Indians especially South Indians are so successful in USA
Food channels would need an eternity to explore all the cuisines that India has to offer
If I ever get to see New Jersey again. I will make sure to stop by Swagath Gourmet. Yall are the reason I feel proud to be Indian.
He never said that this is the only way to live ..he just pointed out what his Dharma says about vegeterniasm.
There is unnecessary bashing as soon as your see a Brahmin talk about anything .
It's not he, his brother, Raj. The chef also said that Brahmans are pious...how can you say that one caste is pious and the other isn't?.
@@N5cool he said his group is pious. He didn't not say rest weren't. This is pure virtue signalling from the woke.
@@ashkrish7537 But what was the need to say that. What's piety got to do with food and restaurants?. Moreover, he lives in the 🇺🇸, A COUNTRY WHERE CASTE/RELIGION DOESN'T MATTER EXCEPT FOR MAY BE, ELECTORAL POLITICS. SO, INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT I AM GRATEFUL TO MY CUSTOMERS AND TO THE 🇺🇸, HE IS TALKING ABOUT CASTE.
@@N5cool The moment when you say only for electoral politics, that is where problem lies. When the previously under privileged is given too much appeasement rest of the 90% of society gets bothered and do something not very nice. So do not separate politics from caste or race. See how all counties in California wanted to give affordable housing, but then government asked for land no one wanted to give from their country as the prices will drop there. All these social justice works only when their own pocket is safe. The moment your pocket gets a hole you stop supporting these causes. Liberal hypocrisy.
Stop lying..he said all meat eaters are violent, how is that ok?
What a beautiful family!!! G-D bless them! They can all teach us the meaning of family!!!
If people didnt talk about their values, cultures, religions, histories, etc. We’d all be Bob from Pine St., and no one would ever know anything about the richness of our world. Chill out people, and take some time to enjoy the telling of stories. Learn a bit, appreciate it, and smile for having heard it.
Love south Indian food this is ur North Indian brother.
I love to open south Indian restaurant in Rawalpindi .
He is proud of being a Brahmin nothing wrong in that. It would have been wrong if he has said only he is pious than it's a elitism or anything else be proud of whatever you are Brahmin or shudra because according to Hinduism, Vedas etc and most importantly in the eyes of God we are equal.
Proud Hindu and indian
@Ashen Wun everyone is allowed to have proud on themselves. Plus sure some Brahmin did many bad stuff but that doesn't mean you hate all of them and shouldn't be proud on ur ancestry or it's possible that his ancestors not the bad ones.
@Ashen Wun myth lol r u stupid? Do you even know anything dumbass
caste based hierarchy are part of every civilization.
Caste system isn't evil but Caste based discrimination is evil.
Rather talking ill abt my country and religion y not you tell abt ur country where u from.
@The Rising Kaffirs he looks troll to me
@Ashen Wun first it's not rigid second u haven't answered my question.
Ashen Wun you talk too much for a guy who’s afraid to use his real name on UA-cam. Wow SO MUCH BALLS.
Ahh Sanskrit chants are heavenly
Happy to see people from Mysore
I thought the same too! I am from Mysore too, I want to call and talk to them!
What a beautiful family :) I love south Indian food
Love from Kerala, Southern Part Of India
I've been to Mysore several times, this clip is a wonderful reminder of the delicious food there. Idli and vada, lemon rice and masala dosa are my favourites
I love my indian culture very much...god bless indians all over the globe
I'm from Pakistan, non religious and vegan. I love Indian culture, i love our indian culture. So proud of our ancestors. Love love love❤️
In green areas humans were friends with nature and animals so no killing. I am happy to be an Indian Pakistani
I love it when you said our Indian culture. Yes the whole culture belongs to children of subcontinent :)
I was watching Shiv taandav dance video on UA-cam and I read similar comment by a Bangladeshi person and it was really nice to see such a comment.
Maybe the people changed their religion but not their culture :)
Indian Pakistani sounds like an oxymoron.
'i dont miss anything on this earth.' now this is my life motto.
Love this, thank you for sharing all the love you have
(Also having issues with digesting meat and allergic to wheat.... I LOVE RICE, truly enjoy)
I think it's terrible how everyone calls North Indian food "Indian food" but when it's South Indian food then they have to specify "South Indian."
Mostly”Indian food” is Panjabie food. Each region should be proud of their delicacies....otherwise rich inheritance of culture, language and food will disappear.
@Sul sur Please kindly walk into any of the restaurants in the west that says “ Indian Food” or any of the food blogs by non-Indian , clearly the wood being tasted and served is Panjabie food. As mentioned above in my comment previously each region has its own unique food inheritance . Nothing wrong with giving credit to the region it came from, give credit where it is due.
@Sul sur My favourite is Idle with Nariyal Chutney from Dravidian Cuisine. I openly give credit to Dravidian food even though, I cook it home and share with my non-Indian friends. I let them know where it is from. I don’t end up Undermine the Dravidian identity.
All of us don't say that, here in India we call north indian food only.
Hakkaishin Goku25 Sorry sir , they are known as Panjabie restaurant and Panjabie Dhabas, to clump them as “ North Indian food” is again undermining Panjabie Identity. It is a recent trend , To call “ North Indian food” how is this right to call “ South Indian Food” so Kanadda, Orissa, Malayia and Tamil Food is the same ?
Anyone else in pain after watching that person eat a dosa with a fork at 4:03 :/
Love u guys ...doing great work and seeing u guys happy is a bliss in itself......hope that I will visit there someday ...just to eat there ...
May the force be with u✌️✌️
I could only wish we had a restaurant like this in South of Florida 😞
South Indian food is my favorite food.
Those two saying pinne kaanam saare in Malayalam while leaving....😍😍😍
Love south indians from West Bengal 💕
Dis is sheer hospitality. With lots of care. With lots of misconceptions that ppl who eat meat think differently. But alas ......
The emotion they have is absolutely bang on .
Ayeee India food is lit 🔥 love from Murcia 🇺🇸
8:56 that awkward moment when nobody laughs at your joke but you
You are "Vice Asia" in America.
Genius, like who else have thought about it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great video. Some Low life comments. For those focusing on the caste aspect lets see - Patels groceries, Nair Tea stall, Iyengar Bakeries, Punjabi Dhaba, Bengali Sea Food, KC Das, Andhra Style retaurants, Hyderabadi Biriyani, Pulla reddy Sweets, Karachi Bakery, Chettinad retaurant, Saravana Bhavan, Irani chai, Warrier Bakery. Do you see caste in these establishments as well? It is only when a Brahmin name is given to a business or a Brahmin is found to run a business that these sick people feel constipated. Take a hike haters.
We don't feel constipated by a Brahman name...we feel constipated by the thinking of these people...like for instance in this video, the old man talks piety and wisdom but he licks the serving spoon with which he stirs the sambar and may be he even spits into it.😟
exactly,ur points are accurate
Wow a Kannadiga family running a great business! Lovely to see that as a Bangalorean!
10:23 weren’t they speaking Tamil
They are malyalees who moved to karnataka . I know them personally . If they were kannadigas the maximum they would travel would be Nandi hills
One misconception about south Indian cuisine is that it is mostly vegetarian. That's not true. 96% of Tamil Nadu is non vegetarian. Similar numbers for Andhra and Kerala. Seafood and mutton are integral parts of South indian cuisine.
Those vegetarians take egg as veg. So don't make it count
He never said that South Indian food is vegetarian by default. He mentioned that most south indian brahmins are vegetarians and likewise consume vegetarian food.
96% of Tamilnadu Nonveg?
bro I'm 100% Tamilian living in TN, no way 96% non veg
Check ur facts man
I now have a reason to visit New Jersey! This looks fantastic! I would loooove a bowl of saagu right now with how cold it is here.
Fantastic Satvic atmosphere
So many people from Karnataka supporting each other in a foreign country..Very Proud❤❤❤
Weren’t they speaking Tamil, although they are from mysuru
They seem like such a nice family! I love the pride they have in their culture.
wasn't there a video about them on munchies few years ago?
This is great cooking for real
I see nothing but a hardworking folks together run a business
One clap to NRI s living the big life.. man dream come true.. bombass
God bless this family
When I arrived to AMERICA THE first time in my life as a young girl, I lived in JERSEY CITY and I was so surprized, I thought I came to India
Welcome to the melting pot
Instead of enjoying the video about passionate people having a restaurant on Indian food, you narrow minded people in the comment section took a little part from the video him talking about why he only prepares vegetarian food and took it to another level. Is it so hard to appreciate hard working people? Whatever he believes or wants to serves is his business as he owns the business. He is not harming anybody. You people have more respect and interest for people who do wrong in life. They have quite a large platform.
Its true a vegetarian diet prevents many illness, such as diabetes, cancers, heart problems, etc. But that said because someone is a vegetarian does not mean you are going to be a Pius person, on the contrary, many of histories most vicious and violent individuals very pure vegetarians, such as Hitler, Pol Pot from Cambodia who slaughtered his own countrymen, being vegetarian is no guarentee of being peaceful, everything needs to be balanced in life. Great video and the food looks superb, cant wait to visit Edison in the near future and try your scrumptious food. 👍🏼🇮🇳🇺🇸🕉
You make more sense than any educated Indian on UA-cam 😂👏
I'd argue milk is even worse than meat... impregnate a cow against her will, she lactates, offspring is born, taken away from her mother at birth, if it is male, it is sent to slaughter, if it is female, the exploitation repeats. After being milked for milk its entire life, in the fag end she is left to roam and die on the streets or sent to slaughter. The hypocrisy of our population is amazing.
Super proud of Indian culture👍👍👍✌✌
Reupload???
9:02 pinne kanam sare .... malayali
Naan pinne kannndu is Tamil
@@privateaddress1934 yavan le neenu hadsi ke.. Nin thara maklu Indha ne yaaru care madthailla nimmourge
I love these people 💜🍎🍇☀️🌸
They seem to be exceptionally happy and progressive and forward for people and for Indians in general.
Sudevi Nadiya Samanich they seem so real and happy and genuinely kind!
Wow I live like 10min away. I gotta stop by sometime
I don't miss anything in the world. What a man! 🙏🙏
This is Vice now
I’m from mysore I miss home now. Legends respect ✊
so funny the son keeps calling his family "these people" :)
Wow that food looks so delicious... respect!
Why did you add subtitles?
Because our accent is very hard to understand.
Gandua chutiyes some people are hard of hearing.
Accent and grammatical issues
Ok... Aishwarya has a branch in the US too 3:02
I think if vice keep posting their videos as usual, another addition of different topic won't hurt
such wonderful people
I guess they bought this video from eater or munchies.
Like full on reposting the same thing
Munchies is owned by vice....
Akshi Asthana that explains
Does it hurt you guys to be nice?
tube or not tube are we not being nice
Such hatred towards Brahmins. He is just proud of his caste and he didn't degrade anybody. Also he is from older generation and the younger generation is different, please don't defame the whole community because of one person.
There is no hatred against Brahmins. There is contention against recognizing cast, something which our constitution aims to abolish to suppress institutional racism, rather than anything personal against the man or his family. The moment we start associating cultural values with caste, we take the first step towards caste-based discrimination. Hence its all right for us to be proud of our geographical roots, being a Tamilian in this case, but not of our caste, being a "Tam Brahm".
For perspective, imagine a video of a White old dude saying he is proud of being a white restaurant owner for 20 minutes. Your perception towards that might be very different.
@@khushalwadhawan8932 But a black person can say he is proudly black. Looks like history is being used as a tool to appease the previously disadvantaged group. If this will come at the cost of a white not being proud about being white, there problem is not with the ones saying, it is about snowflakness of the one hearing.
@@ashkrish7537 exactly,
be proud of ur lineage,
everyone should be proud of their lineage and ancestors.
Ambedkarites are always spewing hate on Brahmins for absolutely no fucking reason
just like their leader they are cunts with no thinking capability
@@khushalwadhawan8932he leaders of the 1857 revolt were all Brahmins, 10 out of the 28 Indian army chiefs till date were Brahmins, it was the Brahmin Peshwas of the Maratha empire who liberated India from tyrannical invaders, Founder of R&AW was a Kashmiri Brahmin, and so was the founder of IITs. The first Paramveer Chakra awarded was also a Brahmin. Even the constitution you speak of was drafted by a Konkani Brahmin Sir BN Rao😂 So you can see we Brahmins have every right to be proud of our caste and our ancestors, as our contribution to society is immense in proportion to our 3% population. Also do note that manual scavenging was first banned in India by GS Lakshman Iyer, a Tamil Brahmin.
That's tempting 😍😍
Wow I really love this video. They seem like such kind people 🥺🖤
Love from Karnataka!! Wohoo. Making us proud. 😊
It is Funny how Panjabie food is labeled as “ Indian food”. After partition of 1947, many landless Sikhs started roadside restaurants/ Dhabas and many dishes were invented to feed the trucking Industry that also after partition was dominated By Landless Sikhs.
I am a hardcore meat-eater but I need South-Indian vegetarian food in my life. This beautiful, hardworking family are true to their culture, providing a great service without offending anyone. I am not only a Malayalee - I am a NAIR. I am so bloody proud of it too; why shouldn't I be? The caste system is entrenched in India and although many lofty ideas have been written down in the Indian constitution, NO ONE (regardless of caste or religion) has ever legally enforced it so this man is not to blame. Just salivate at the delicacies and move on with your "bhavanaonki tokri".
Now I seriously want to visit NJ just to go to this restaurant
I was there in Edison...Damn indian everywhere,big houses were owned by indian and even one day school was free coz of indian holiday..i was like it is still USA isnt..? haha
Indian are friendly and food are awesome👌🏼
8:15 babe?????
It's not India....people can call each other whatever they want
So proud of you all.
i love indian food
Indians r the most loving and friendly people. In the world.
Nice joke 😂
Lol...and I'm Indian
Says an Indian.. lmao pathetic
I guess the comments prove that they aren't.
except to humans
No hair nets?
Does your mother wear hair net while cooking
Just feel their love
@@lakshmanprasad8777 actually the person who cooks my food does cover his hair. Wearing a hairnet/covering head is required by law in USA. They may get closed down for it.
@@soulpriestess1953 absolutely not
their isn't such law, it entirely depends on restaurants besides no one is forcing you to go there
@@lakshmanprasad8777 lol. Are you the food inspector??
@@lakshmanprasad8777 myfloridalicense.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/64/~/do-all-food-service-employees-have-to-wear-a-hair-net%3F
So nice to see an Indian establishment in the us known not just for the quality of food but for the way people are treated.
About comments section of this video - lol people can fight on anything! even about damn food!!!
My heart!!!!!!!
These gujjus and punjus mostly help their siblings for whatever selfish or social reason.... less in my near family ...my so called relatives dads sister own chain of dunkins, thankfully not in India, cause there are vadas who the heck will want sweet vada.. ! I don’t mind chocolate donut though. Anyway enough said..
Reddylion just try eating vada daily you will never get fat, but doughnuts will make you look like sumo within weeks,
Dipankar Singh I meant sweet vada = sweet donuts . I wouldn’t want to eat it everyday unlike crispy vada, Though deep fried.
Exactly there was a documentary why Dunkin couldn't make it big in India. Obviously Sweet Vada kon khaega 😂😂
Saurabh Chaudhary hmm
dickhead we are not punjus ,we are pround punjabis. Punjabis not only help siblings we help strangers too unless you are not so mean.
I saw so many keralist,kanada or talgu people having better friendship with punjabis them their own community.
I love vice.... It's the best show that I've ever seen but please.... Don't make it a MasterChef channel ... There are more serious topics going around concentrate on them.
Looks so good
Never heard before I live in South too
low caste people talking about discrimination on caste but they forget that now who is discriminated on basis of caste when low caste people get jobs and education and everything for free and most of them dont deserve upper caste people getting 90% dont get jobs but low castw getting 60_ 70% get jobs now this is not discrimination on the basis of caste
8:40 "when the baby was in stomach..."
Nice family. If I ever get to New Jersey I'll pop in for some dosa.
Seems like I m gonna checkout someday. 😀
8:14 "d'you need another cup of rasam babe" !!!
That's South Indian American pickup line for you !!
PS: Non Veg Eating crooked brain cannot understand this
I am a non vegetarian and i can understand what you said
Well im a non veg eating "crooked brained" and i still understood this.
@@TheSisicool He just trolled one of our fake saints who said non-veg eating people are crooked....don't take it literally.
@@arjuns5637 oh gee I fucked up
Lol .. nice reference there bro !
Well I'am from Texas we eat meat around here not everyone is violent, I'm all about trying foods from other ethnicities.
Exactly....that the most stupid thing I have ever heard . Stupid old man
He didn't ask anyone to follow his views !! It's for him....that's what he was taught !! You do what you are taught !!
@@FazzyKVlogs Come on man, he's just following his own tradition...don't call him stupid, bro....he's a just a cute old man following his passion.
>texas
>not everyone is violent
@@vaibhav901 I totally respect what he is doing bro but you become based on what you eat???"""
Damn son...I have a game rooster who by the way is vegetarian, but believe me ...he can take on a lion let alone a human
Wow.. i just love it
chana masala i ate in varanasi was so amazing