How a Master Chef Runs New York's Most Iconic New Indian Restaurant - Mise En Place
Dhamaka is one of NYC’s most exciting new restaurants. We follow chef and co-owner Chintan Pandya as he gets ready for dinner service, setting up and testing out different variations on dishes like pressure cooker chicken pulao, gurda kapoora, goat neck dum biryani, and more.
Credits:
Director/Producer: Daniel Geneen
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Connor Reid
Editor: Murilo Ferreira
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Coordinating Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Engagement: Daniel Geneen, Terri Ciccone
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I notice the chef chintan uses the word humongously often everywhere.
@@tusharhbk w
I can help you ,I cook ,beaf curry , chicken curry, pork Curry , etc and some Meghalaya dish and I am searching for jod
Chintan Honestly. You are a amazing Chef ✌🏼👨🍳💯🇮🇳🙏🏼✨💕🔥 You rock like your honest words AS I m an upcoming Chef 👨🍳💯🔥🔥🔥🥩✌🏼🍡too I surly do understand your honest words for our Indian Cuisine 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🙏🏼🇮🇳👨🍳
GOLD IS SAFE INVESTMENT THAN CRYPTO
You know that the restaurant is genuinely well versed with their Indian dishes when they have bothered to check about the north eastern part of the country huge props to the guys! sending love from India.
Yes bro every state of India have so many different kinds of dishes to offer.
@@Akelehimarenge what i meant was outside of India and that being covered by somewhat of a mainstream media channel... I haven't been to every cafe and restaurant but yes Delhi do have a lot to offer when it comes to food related.
Yes dude, all the Indian restaurants in West only serve North Indian dishes and South Indian breakfast.. Central and especially North Eastern part are always left out.
@@dnyaneshlakhmal7735 they serve north west Indian or south Indian ..basically Punjabi or Tamil only ....
@Sohrab The Socialist I feel happy! my people loves to share our culture. How about you? How do you feel when non locals cook your food?
Honestly, this is the only Indian Restaurant that looks a lot inclusive in terms of its menu. The menu truly represents not just stereotypical North Indian and South Indian but have something from all over from India.
Exactly
@Surajit Daa wait is butter chicken a western thing😳 i remember my indian friends visiting South Africa. They were shocked by garlic chilli naan 😂😂
So like nothing vegetarian is inclusive?
@@TheLiveStreamCentral It is up to you whether you want to go their and eat or not and their are thousands of Indian restaurants in UK who serve stereotypical North Indian and South Indian food. This restaurant is serving Tribal / Village food.
@@buffaloblack3993 The Butter Chicken that you see in Indian Restaurants is made by Bangladeshi Chef for an Indian Restaurant. If you see real Indian Butter Chicken you'll heart attack. Just search " Aslam Old Delhi Butter Chicken. "
Myself as a person from Meghalaya I Would like to say that I'm so happy and proud to see that Doh Khleh has reached the international level.. Kudos to the chef for acknowledging and exhibiting our northeastern Indian food
I guess it's making it's mark in cities also and not just major cities. NE cuisine goes unnoticed in majority part of the india but nonetheless, it's been on a rise in whole of India and hopefully it makes it mark everywhere.
yyaaa
I was quite surprised to find Doh Khleh on the menu, kudos to chef Chintan for representing such an ignored part of the country. Lots of love from North East, India.
Is his version authentic ?
Also east India...
@@rohithonmane I guess, Doh Khleh is made from cheap cuts of pork which are then boiled, thinly sliced and mixed with lemon juice, onions and herbs.
@@alinddash9567 it's not disgusting at all. Please keep your hate up yo ass where it belongs
@@souryadeeplikesyoutube8028 it's disgusting.
Pressure cooker is such a quintessential cooking equipment in indian household. Never saw it being used in restaurant, this chef is amazing in terms of innovation
its quintessential at home but innovative being used in a restaurant?
A rice cooker is a quintessential cooking equipment in an Asian household. Would it be innovative if it was used in a restaurant?
i've worked at several restaurants that use pressure cookers, its not really new technology or anything. It's just a cooking method, different cooking methods are more suited to cooking different things.
Even KFC has always been cooked in a pressure cooker.
@@rnash999 👆🏻 It's *that* effective and I'm learning to use it myself now with only 18 months hands-on. My mother pressure cooked leftover roast "hash" with potatoes when I was young...1970s. The pressure cooker is a fabulous tool and in commercial kitchens, more important than they might realize.
You know its got to be actually good when people with Indian names in the comments are praising the chefs cooking, authenticity and ingenuity
truee XD
Why ?
@@danger26102 The same reason i would believe Mexican people praising some Mexican cooking.
@@danger26102 cause usually when certain cultures food is made in a foreign country especially America it’s hard to get the real taste
@@snarkymcsnarkles3493 yes, others indians would have trolled him. And Indian trolling is really shameful for the troll
"How many times do you want to say 'testicles' in a video ?" Chef Chintan : YES
Integrity
@@deadly.desai2 Humongous
Dude I was getting chills, when he cut them in half
Dude I never heard anyone eating testicles.
Phenomenal
Humongously proud as a fellow indian.
I have an initiative to picture indian culture and food. I wanted to know others thoughts
Phenomenal fellow indian*
lol!
The Doh Khleh came out of nowhere. Big ups to him for representing food from all over India.
Did he make that properly ?
Not really but a guy settling in the west bringing a dish unknown to Indians in india itself I would give an A for effort
Meanwhile Indian chefs appropriating Pakistani food and presenting it as "subcontinental delicacies"
As far as i know, the chef made it in a mix of Indian & Filipino. The way he cooked it, it's similar to the filipino ( "ilocano" to be specific, Northern part of the Philippines) dish called "Dinakdakan."
@@harshwardhansingh8432 like?
Happy for all the love and attention this man is getting. First munchies, then About to Eat and now Eater. He deserves it.
That's why this guy seems familiar. I've watched hin on AtE.
@@OokamiRyouko93 About to Eat? Right.
@@rodaxel7165 yup.
Indian food is really taking over A LOT nowadays
Y'all never noticed when there is a place super hot with media all at once? At least these videos are all great.
Im from Shillong, capital of Meghalaya and ive never seen anyone here to grill the meat before we mix it together. But i love that you took our dish somewhere hence i have no objection.
Is the dish popular in Meghalaya?
Bruh, no dish in that restaurant is truly traditional and authentic. They take the original recipe and try to make it more tastier with their experiments.
@@ladybug4364 yeah but main dish origin is in Meghalaya, right??
@@trocustar3450 Who disagrees with that?
@@ladybug4364 idk.
the big words from chef to Eric that he is actually working under him.Being a chef I can I can make it out how humble chef is and to his co-workers.
When I first learned the word "humongous", I couldn't stop saying it either. Its a phenomenal feeling
Keep the integrity
its a phenomenal feeling
I had the same feeling with word "horrendous"
Phenomenally humongous.
Humongously thoughtful comment
He is a chef who makes things the Indian way. All of us in India have a different recipe for every food item but the ingredients he uses is really accurate. Anyone from the US who loves Indian food and visit or live in LA, definitely visit his place to get the closest taste of the food in India.
Saumya loves lamb's b@lls..🤣
it is in new york not LA
You mean NY
This is genuinely innovative. I have never seen Indian restaurants outside India promote NE or Bihari food like this. Hats off.
Im pretty sure this is the chef I saw from a different video, and I absolutely love this chef. He feeds all of his staff, even the dishwashers. I love his drive for his skills, while making sure his staff has 100% of his support as the owner & executive chef.
I think it's the BuzzFeed video from Alvin who followed his daily activities
“The fear of failure is not present in our universe.”
#epic
fear is the mind killer.
Love eating testicles
🔥🔥🔥LOVE!!🔥🔥🔥
That's how actual Indian food is cooked at home, pressure cooker, served in the same pot its cooked in. They might not win a Michelin star but will win hearts of people who eat their food.
True that!
Only less than 1% of the population care about michellin stars.
@@braayan03 also those are the no. Of people who have financial capabilities to visit most of them.
@@shankarteli3232 yes! Who cares if you do not have michellin stars? Let the people who patronize your restaurant be your judge.
No one cares about Michelin. It's just another guide.
That champaran mutton is legendary cuisine , that cooks in villages in earthen pots, happy to see these guys are following almost traditional way
And when Chef Chintan said that, the dish doesn't care about the presentation, it's about the taste and wholesomeness of the meal, I mean that's the most quintessential thing about Indian food.
That's how indian restaurants can get more Michelin stars if they stop being pretentious and proudly present our food and our culture.
This restaurant don't have any Michelin stars
@@yogandrapratapsingh3320 he meant "can get".
Fuck the culture man. He's a simple guy doing his job. Stop sugar coating everything. Nobody gives a fuck he's Indian and making indian dishes. Indians are everywhere in this earth.
Michelin stars are old now ..not many desire to get Michelin stars now a days..chefs like to be in world's 50 best restaurants.. that's like an Olympics man...gaggan has proved it twice to be in world's top 10 restaurant.(no7 and no 5)
Is Michelin still a thing? They make okay tires though.
Meghalaya is proud. Still So many other delicacies to discover here, hope it’ll serve the same feeling you guys feed in after getting to know the dish from our native 😀😋✌🏼
My respect for this chef is "Humongous" for spanning and recreating best recipes from entire india.
Recently visited. By far one of the most memorable eating experiences I’ve been a part of. The mutton & garlic is heavenly
You know there will be some good food when they use all parts and nothing goes to waste. Long tradition of making the best out of very little while still making it as good as possible.
Organ meat is most nutrition per dollar not many people eat it
@@dakshjhamb5514 In India, we do eat organs. Liver and Kidneys are my favourite 😋
@@zaidpansare4895 I am also Indian my favorite is brain only brain part of head
Meghalaya peeps, where are y'all at? P.s: Doh Khleh is a dish made by the Khasi Tribe
Is it just me or this is embarrassingly the worst ever interpretation of dohkhleh???
@@MsMewari I don't know anything about the dish but to know this from an Indian guy living in US gives me an idea about the dish and makes me want to try it. I'll give him that.
need to try this the next time i visit meghalaya
@@saumya_42 thats prob the whole aim of the restaurant. Its food that probably 99% of other indian restaurants dont have. Not new by indian standards but its an attempt
Hooid mo
First I love how fresh the food is. I also love how clean the kitchen is. They take cooking seriously and you can tell they put there hearts into every dish 💯
7:21 Doh Khlieh, from Meghalaya... Wow this is amazing we are Grateful that our cuisine has reached NY
Yes.. same!
uwu
I always love to see it when a chef/owner is passionate about the food they make. Quality over quantity.
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Never thought I'd see Doh Khleh in a scenario like this dang.
You and me both bud
Same
Wahi
Fellow northeasterns 🙌
U know he's doing it the Indian way when he isn't measuring anything....
Huge respect for this guy, for not being a sell out and diluting the authenticity of his dishes to try and appeal to New Yorkers. He's kept it authentic and doesn't cut any corners hence why he is prosperous.
Just saw the A.T.E about this restaurant, great to see them featured again!
I was looking for this comment on here because I was thinking the same thing. Lol
same here...I thought they posted the video again.....and lookin for this comment too
i love how the chef is so humble and up liffting.
uplifting yes, humble no :D He's... humongous
Chef Eric's been hanging out with desis so much he's started sounding like one.
Hahaha I thought so too. But I guess he's Filipino and that's how they speak too.
M pleasantly surprised to find chenna poda as the only sweet dish in the menu here !!! Being an Odia makes me so proud and he is so blatantly honest..very endearing !!!
This would really change the perspective of westners looking to try proper Indian food and not any kind of commercialized crap from all other restaurants! Good job guys from Dhamaka!
I don't like kidneys and I'm guessing I definitely won't like testicles lol I'll stick to my garlic chilli chicken thanks m8
@@mrtibbz10 no ones forcing anyone to eat there! We are just appreciating their work that's it! Eating at their restaurant is totally upto you! #nohate #peace
@@pratikpatil1182 It all looks incredible I just couldn't stomach the organs lol the other dishes I'd absolutely devour.
@@mrtibbz10 Can understand the! Do try having some Indian cuisine! You'll definitely love it!
@@pratikpatil1182 wow my dude. you're the only guy in the net that chose peace. stay positive bro
"So this is a garlic-ginger paste"...that was just a glorious quantity. I had no idea a stock could take that much awesome, but now I wanna try :)
You can tell this is an authentic Indian restaurant because of the copious amounts of ginger garlic paste in every dish
Ginger and garlic aren't as strongly flavoured as we have in India. Maybe that is the reason he adds humongous amounts of it.
@@themacacahermit7532t know about garlic., But ginger is certainly strong flavoured in India. I mean it's endemic to the region....so won't it be strongly flavoured? I don't know That much paste is usual amount too depending on dishes.
That's quite natural amount. Also varies from dishes to dishes ...like which need ginger more or less
Wow "Doh Khlieh" is famous in New York. Such a proud moment for the Khasi in Meghalaya, North East India ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for representing our dish.
"unapologetic indian" tshirt. This guy brings so much to the table. Enterpurner-wise, business-wise, & skill-wise. And I haven't even tried his food yet. His drive and energy speak for it self. Can't wait to try!
You're a master piece! Extremely delighted especially when said "Doh khleh" 😂 I'm from Meghalaya, Shillong and i love to cook. Hats off to you Chef😎
Wow this is the first time I’ve seen north eastern cuisine being served in any American restaurant
Indian American
I thought u were training vegeta the hakai martial arts ! U damn cat couldnot resist the earths food evn for a while huh ! Didnt know lord beerus knew about north indian food lol
Dude, imagine going to a renowned Indian restaurant and finding out your chef was called Eric Valdez 😂
I mean if they didn't see him they might think he's from Goa. Lol
As Tony Bourdain used to constantly say - Latin Americans are the backbone of the American F&B scene, regardless of cuisine.
I'm working as a chef in Indian kitchen in Australia. But these guys gave me a different passion for the cuisine. Hats off chefs!
I always prefer to wait a little longer as a guest in a restaurant because I prefer fresh and hand-made food. Great job guys!
This guy really liked his humungous and phenomenal
By half video I was expecting to see Trump dining there, too immigrant I guess.
This is a surprise and something I would love to try it out. Other Indian restaurants are just flat with the same tried and tested menu. Props to the chef here for incorporating so many Indian dishes that I am hearing for the first time! Amazing work!
This is my first time seeing this type of Indian cuisine other than typical south & north india cuisine😱🤤🤤
I have an initiative to picture indian culture and food. I wanted to know others thoughts
Plz call it punjabi food. In north we have himachali,kashmiri,ladakhi and lahauli food. Dishes from uttrakhand, haryana many more.
I like the integrity he puts into his food
humongous tegrity
Well now I can convince my western friends who aren't familiar with Indian cuisine that yes Indians do eat pork and it's more than just RICE, CURRY AND NAANS(which are monstrous if you compare them with the ones available in India)
Bro, I’m from Myanmar or Burma and even I don’t know that you guys have pork dishes until this man showed the pig face salad which is one of my favorite ways to eat pig face.
we also eat beef.
Indians eat Pork and beef. It depends upon the person how much religious he/she is .
@@tusharhbk never eat pork but want to try but when I just think about beef the guilt for lifetime comes in my mind and I am not even religious Hindu 😂
Any part of India which was not under an extended Islamic rule has pork dishes. Goa, Northeast, Central Indian tribes, Nilgiris and Coorg.
I just couldnt believe when I saw doh khleh being cooked here . It is a dish from Meghalaya and so proud of my roots
Dohkhleh is my personal favourite. It goes best with jadoh., I am a khasi and 'Dohkhleh' meaning mixed meat is a khasi delicacy. Steps for preparation using my father's recipe 1) Buy a whole animal head from your local butcher. 2) Firstly grill the head for 2-3 and clean of facial hair and the tongue. Do this continuously till you've removed all the facial hair. 3) Wash the cleaned head in cold or running water. 3) Cut the head into big chunks and wrap the brain in a banana leaf and boil it in steam. 4) Boil the big chunks of meat in water till it becomes a broth and the meat becomes soft and tender. 5) Remember to add ginger to the boiling water. 6) After the meat is cooked, start removing the bones and cut the meat. 7) When cutting the meat it's recommended to use scissors to get the desired edge and size. It is advised that you should cut the meat half the size of a. grape and not to big and to not throw out the tongue. 8) Add some onions that's thinly sliced from pole to pole, mix well. 9) Add the brain cooked in steam to the mixture and mix well along with the onions and add salt, remember to taste. 10) Cook some rice, take out your plates, scoop your rice, add the broth your rice, scoop a handful of dohkhleh to your plate. E N J O Y. IF YOU FIND THIS HELPFUL AND WANT TO USE THIS RECIPE LEAVE A LIKE AND A COMMENT. DOHKHLEH IS THE PRIDE OF THE KHASI AND JAINTIA TRIBE IN MEGHALAYA. IF YOU WANT RECIPES ON Dohjem(Intestines) and Jadoh (Biryani/Fried rice cooked in meat broth and or chicken's blood do comment.
Starrt a channel.
@@bestfoodchannelever someday my friend
The way he wants to create new dishes... I would try everything in this place. 🤤🤤
"Humongous and fenomenal" x99
You forgot "Testicles".
+ integrity
Thats how you run a restaurant with simplicity and quality..... Love from India.....I am glad and very happy by their way of cooking things, the marination, spices, giving time to each dishes to get cooked properly... The chicken pulav won my heart... Yes thats how its cooked
haha I'm from Meghalaya, India and this is the first time I've heard an Indian restaurant doing one of our dish and doh khleh is a dish of Pnar n Khasi tribe... it's not authentic, still not bad
also champaran meat from bihar...
Wow I'm actually from Meghalaya. This is such a treat to watch, I've already watched Alvin's video but this was surprising
Hey, he taught us how to make Chicken Tikka Masala on munchies, hell yea.
Watching this made me remember why my relatives don't ask me for recipes. I just grab seasonings and dump. MUCH RESPECT AND LOVE FOR THESE GREAT CHEFS AND COOKS
I'am from Meghalaya Thank you so much for including Dohkhleh In your list of cuisine really it's a privileged 🙏🙏🙏
Bro do Meghalaya people's also use a lot spices like Western Indian
Indian cuisine is so much more than just butter chicken and butter naan , so glad that Chintan sir is showing the depth of indian cuisine to the world❤️❤️
Sushi chef in japan: I normally start my day at 5:30 in the morning... Indian Chef in NY: Its 9AM in the early morning...
The concept of this restaurant - phenomenal and humungous - just like it's dishes :) Jokes aside, props to these guys for their hard-work.
Proud of my Indian brothers to present our Meghalaya dish “Doh khleh” at his famous Restaurant...keep up the good work guys...
Glad to see your brought some dishes from north east india, you can add some more ingredients like smoked pork with dry bamboo shoot, this is very popular in North East India, or smoked beef chutney with roasted tomato and roasted chilli with some garlic salt
Thought they didn't eat beef in India?
@@randoindabando9477 in northeastern parts of country and in South they do eat. Depends mostly on the religion of a person and how much adherence the person pays to it . But yes, lots of people don't eat beef in India for cultural reasons .
@@karankumar-km9gi Very true. In fact in Kerala, even Hindus eat beef. And I'm a Bengali myself and know of many Bengali Hindus who eat beef, although I'd say it's got more to do with their wish to explore, than beef being a staple food item for them. Fish and mangsho (mutton) is where it's at for most Bengalis.
Props to him for serving dishes from every region of India...all the best chef
Yea when you say it like that it’s pretty cool aye
I'm from Meghalaya and dohkhleh it's my favourite and i feel proud to see that people of new york had a chance to try it .. thanks to the chef
Wish I would've known about this shop when I visited nyc, I found out about his restaurant through yt a couple of days ago and everything looks so good and I love how he has dishes from all over India not just the "basic" stuff
Chintan's favourite word is HUMONGOUS 😛. JOKES apart. This restaurant is elevating Traditional Non Vegetarian Indian Cuisine to a whole new level. Kudos to them!!!
Shot game everytime he says humoungous and phenonemanal.
glad to see them layering the biryani. this is how you know it's authentic. brilliant!!
I love the thing that the dish is served in the same pot in which it is cooked.I think this is the most genuine way of eating any food.
Indian food is taking over, the food from India and its dedicated cooks and chefs is on another level, i wish this restaurant all the success.
I think he was right Indian cuisine it's going to get bigger and popular next
love this guy's enthusiasm and how he compliments everyone!
Man he puts so much thought, heart & respect towards every individual ingredient he uses very cool what a legend!!!!
Last week chef Chintan was with tasty producer Alvin on About to Eat channel and now on eater, keep going sir🙏🙏🔥🔥
Finally an Indian version of grilled ribs 😍 Good work covering the regional foods and presenting with a fresh take
You guys are crazy beautiful chefs. Much respect. From the bottom of my heart I hope to visit your restaurant. Much love to you all.
Proud to hear that such a restaurant exist. Andra native I grew up in the United States here. This is an Indian restaurant that does things right.
Not much of a meat eater but glad that non-vegetarian Indian cuisine is coming out to people.
Yes I am a vegetarian too.
*Non-vegetarian cuisine brought to india
@@fearyflamingo2260 authentic non vegetarians dish created in India
@@fearyflamingo2260 Lol people in India ate meat since ancient times what are you talking about?
@@fearyflamingo2260 I guess animals were brought to India as well.
So, many eastern Indian dishes!! Good to see, mostly north and south gets all the rep.
This isn't so easy to make these unbelievable indian items which is so hard to find at one place in India. So genuine and I like to visit this restaurant in NY. Hope they open one in Florida.
The amount of work, effort and thought that these guys put into their dishes is, nuts. Thank you, thank you. I know. I know. It's a gift. What can I say? You're welcome.
This is awesome show I like they need to show more different Indian food to show people more the difference about all the Indian food it's pretty cool
Everything he does is phenomenal and humongous. 🤣
just looking at how he makes the food and how it's presented, makes me feel like royalty eating it
This is the only Restaurant video I see relating with Indian cooking culture. It's 100% authentic when you see a "Champaran Meat" in NYC. Cheers to Chintan from Chintan :)
This mans passion for his food is what I aspire to have for anything in life
What a great owner/boss. Trying new recipes and asking for other people's opinion! What a great team! I would love to work for him.
Am from Meghalaya am so proud that you guys include one of our traditional food 🥰🥰🥰
This is only his 2nd video I'm watching. He's more epic than most chefs I have seen.
That meat saw scares tf out of me. One false move & you're out of a finger.
That’s what I thought as well.
this is why i love Indian foods in Malaysia
A humongous Shoutout to our man Chintan & chef Eric!!! Definitely soul food.
This was an interesting show. I learned a lot. Nice work across the board...chefs, videographers, editors.
“The fear of failure is not present in our universe” should be the first thing you see when you open your eyes in the morning.
This looks delicious 😍 you can taste the passion these guys are putting out. Looks like a fun experience!!
CEO Sir, smile, it can't hurt!