Sweet! This makes me want to eat there; S. India is one of the great food regions of the world. I have seen some cool pouring-coffee-in-long-cascades tricks there too. S. Indian BBers, get out your video cameras please.
does this enhance the dough
any cooks know if the tossing enhance how the dough rises and taste at the end?
I was at costco and notice that their pizzas are not tossed. they have a machine that presses a ball of dough into a disc.
Also, I think most action done to dough develops the gluten.
Awesome. And yes, a bit reminiscent of the fish monger at Pike Place Market.
Some of my favorite foods are in Singapore, where you can see the Indian hawker stalls making roti prata or teh tarik (the tea version of the "cascading coffee" Willie mentions). There's a real art to both. Here are some videos I found on YouTube illustrating them:
Hilarious... The two customers have to wait and scurry between the dough flights.
It is probably Tamil because there is a sign that says Tiffin and the rest of it is Tamil. Also some one speaks Tamil during the video "disturb paNNathey" = "do not disturb"
There are a lot of such shacks, usually by the beach. Some are quite famous and make tons of $$. If you stick around long enough you can see some cops come and eat freebies as they collect bribes.
Like #3 Cantfightthedite mentioned: if he has mastered the Left hand across the body throw. . .Wow! Don't anger him! A few ninja stars in either hand. . .Watch out! But as a thrower of naan; indeed. . .an emissary of yum. . .
Looks like I'm not the only one who read that as tainted bread finger. Anyway, it does seem sad that he has had such narrow work experience as to have hardwired those actions.
This is entertaining to watch, and I can only imagine how many hit the ground while they were learning this skill. But the engineer in me is asking why they don't just move the tables closer together.
I'm also wondering why there is picture of a goldfish on the front of his booth. That in no way seems appetizing.
Well that's pretty neat. Instead of rolling the dough into a
circle of 3x diameter, he just rolls it into a circle of x diameter,
and then throws it at the other guy with a spinning motion, so
that centrifugal force can then work on that dough. By the time
it reaches the other guy its of 3x diameter. Now that's real efficient.
The place is Velankanni in coastal Tamil Nadu... The restaurant is one of the competing places selling real good seafood !! The town is famous for its basillica of Holy Mother... definitely a place worth visitin !
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That´s some serious bussiness, indeed.
+1 for the surpresive music.
It makes me sick to see them playing with their food.
There are children starving in India who'd be glad to have that bread.
I'd still like to see his forward throw.
the receiver is pretty skillful as well. i wonder how this guy would do throwing a regulation 175g Ultimate sports disc
Whoa...I thought it said "Tainted bread finger in South India." I really need more sleep.
As an aside, it's amazing how many images one can conjure up in five seconds, relating to tainted bread finger.
What on earth are you talking about? Its not like he's throwing the bread away. Presumably someone's going to eat it.
Methinks you need to relax.
Methinks he is trolling and you fell for it.
Methinks you need to understand the subtleties of sarcasm.
thats pretty neat, until apparently someone started to strangle a cat in the background.
That's just naan-sense.
Brings to mind the fish throwers of the Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Talia, look up. That isn't an airplane flying over your head. Ok, now read the comment about the southern Indians tossing food again.
More on topic, that is pretty freaking awesome. I know it is silly, but I am always deeply envious of people with awesome showing food prep skills.
Is he putting a spin on it with the rolling stick? I like the people walking by, kinda hoping someone would get an ear full...
"starving kids in india" funny.
I agree...it's deeply disturbing.
At my local Indian eatery they have solved this problem by placing the doughman adjacent to the grill...
Man, Indian bread is so goddamn good.
Sweet! This makes me want to eat there; S. India is one of the great food regions of the world. I have seen some cool pouring-coffee-in-long-cascades tricks there too. S. Indian BBers, get out your video cameras please.
does this enhance the dough
any cooks know if the tossing enhance how the dough rises and taste at the end?
I was at costco and notice that their pizzas are not tossed. they have a machine that presses a ball of dough into a disc.
Also, I think most action done to dough develops the gluten.
10/10
Yeah, doh. In my excuse I'm really tired today.
Why isn't this an Olympic event? "Naan Tossing"
... and a talented bread catcher!
Awesome. And yes, a bit reminiscent of the fish monger at Pike Place Market.
Some of my favorite foods are in Singapore, where you can see the Indian hawker stalls making roti prata or teh tarik (the tea version of the "cascading coffee" Willie mentions). There's a real art to both. Here are some videos I found on YouTube illustrating them:
Roti prata technique being taught, part 1
Roti prata technique being taught, part 2
Roti prata, full speed
Teh tarik
There are actually a bunch more, but I think the above is a pretty good cross-section.
Does anyone know where in S. India this took place?
sort of makes the USA a really dull place to live.
Methinks he is trolling and you fell for it.
The sign is in Tamil, as well as the song, so I'd say somewhere in Tamil Nadu.
Does one of the breads go wide?
Hilarious... The two customers have to wait and scurry between the dough flights.
It is probably Tamil because there is a sign that says Tiffin and the rest of it is Tamil. Also some one speaks Tamil during the video "disturb paNNathey" = "do not disturb"
There are a lot of such shacks, usually by the beach. Some are quite famous and make tons of $$. If you stick around long enough you can see some cops come and eat freebies as they collect bribes.
There are definitely places in the USA in which it's dull to live. Don't mistake that for USA being a dull place to live.
Methinks you don't know the difference between humor and trolling!
Like #3 Cantfightthedite mentioned: if he has mastered the Left hand across the body throw. . .Wow! Don't anger him! A few ninja stars in either hand. . .Watch out! But as a thrower of naan; indeed. . .an emissary of yum. . .
Looks like I'm not the only one who read that as tainted bread finger. Anyway, it does seem sad that he has had such narrow work experience as to have hardwired those actions.
This is entertaining to watch, and I can only imagine how many hit the ground while they were learning this skill. But the engineer in me is asking why they don't just move the tables closer together.
I'm also wondering why there is picture of a goldfish on the front of his booth. That in no way seems appetizing.
The fish throwers in Seattle better watch out... Outsourcing anyone?
Well that's pretty neat. Instead of rolling the dough into a
circle of 3x diameter, he just rolls it into a circle of x diameter,
and then throws it at the other guy with a spinning motion, so
that centrifugal force can then work on that dough. By the time
it reaches the other guy its of 3x diameter. Now that's real efficient.
ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL omg so punny
Best comment ever anywhere
Naan-O-Matic!
They're not playing. They're efficient. People will buy and eat that. What's wrong with you? Do you have no idea how commercial kitchens work?
The place is Velankanni in coastal Tamil Nadu... The restaurant is one of the competing places selling real good seafood !! The town is famous for its basillica of Holy Mother... definitely a place worth visitin !
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