My tryst with cooking started when i was in Singapore ; however since there were many Indian Restaurants in Singapore i actually started to explore cooking only after moving to Tokyo - Japan in 2012.
Today we will explore OTTADA.
Ottada is one of the authentic Delicacies from Malabar Coast !
Ottada is the Taste of Malabar !
From the last one week I have been eating lots of OTTADA - Prepared by my Mother at home.
You are what you EAT - Most of the time we eat without a CONSCIOUS THOUGHT that what this food is going to do inside our body. We are the only animal living on this planet who is OVER-WEIGHT as a result of FOOD CHOICES we make !
THE MOST HEALTHIEST FOOD IS HERE !
Ingredients to prepare OTTADA.
Wheat Flour
Greated Jaggery
Greated Cocount
Cardamom
Cumin Seed
Water
CONSCIOUS EATING is a Spiritual Practice.
EATING IS SACRAMENT !
Connecting with FOOD means connecting with SOURCE - UNIVERSE.
The Village Cooking :
How to Cook Ottada
Ottada is a tribal food of Malabar Coast and is mostly consumed by the Theyyam Dancers during dance breaks. The folk dance of Tribal Community of Malabar Coast is called THEYYAM.
Theyyam is a feast for the eyes and is performed by HIGHLY SKILLED ILLUSIONIST.
The dancers are experts in creating SENSORY ILLUSION !
THEYYAM = DANCE OF ILLUSION.
Malabar Coast is the south western coast of Indian Sub-Continent and covers North Kerala and extends up until Karnataka!
Do you think they are dancing on FIRE ?
No they are not dancing on FIRE ;
I mean they are creating a VISUAL ILLUSION in the mind of audience.
Lets understand VISUAL ILLUSION.
We believe that our eyes see the truthful images. But in reality our visual experience results from the Neural Network Process of our brain which makes clever ESTIMATES / PREDICTION of what we see.
A magician will toss the ball up in the air couple of times ; at some point he will keep the ball in his hand but the Neural Network of your brain will make you experience an ILLUSIONARY BALL being tossed up in the air (PREDICTION) even though the ball never leaves the magician's hands. THIS IS HOW VISUAL ILLUSION WORKS.
This is how the Neural Network Models work in the REALITY in the field of Data Science.
Photos from Kerala Tourism.
The Gods come down to MALABAR.
UTSAVAM is a 7 Day FOLK ARTS Festival organized at Malabar Coast every year !
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