you look so beautiful in this indian traditional outfit👌

Jessica is a wonderful teacher. She teaches all of us how to explore other cultures. Well done 👍💯

The food becomes 10x better when all are eating together.😋

The food looks amazing and it's great to see the South Indian community in the US keeping the tradition alive. ❤

Lots of love to Jessica from India 💕Absolutely admire the way you explore foreign cuisines & culture too 🫶🏼

Honestly speaking, im fascinated by the way the Alfonsos blend in and dig in completely like true South Indian- Kerala way. Mesmerizing authentic banana leaf treat! Happy Onam Alfonsos😊

Girl you look gorgeous ! I love that colour on you, the food looks absolutely delicious 🥰

Lots of love from Kerala ❤ happy onam 🎉❤🎉❤

Jessica, Alfonso, and Little Alfonso thanks for joining the festival and love for our Indian brothers and sisters for showing our lovely Indian culture, one more thing Jessica you should also go to an upcoming festival named Navratri and specifically look for Gujarati community near you or ask Sara and other people in this party they will let you know and buy a special dress for that festival and participate in the dance called Garba which goes on for nine days in the evening, I bet you will enjoy that too as you have enjoyed lovely Onam.

You are looking gorgeous!! And that bindi really suits you 😊

This total Vegetarian food pack is a complete celebration in itself. ❤😅

Truly freaked out in the way you enjoyed the 'KERALA SAADYA' .... at the India Malayalee forum in the US.

Wow! Look at them run around in the back ground, happily serving food! Indian community is amazing! :D

Started following you when you had a hand full of subscribers and now I'm feeling so good about myself. Your videos are wholesome

Not to mention ... it was truly wonderful to see you enjoy wearing the traditional Indian Saree. The dish on your top right was a dish made with Cauliflower and the one next to it was 'AVIAL' --- a mixed vegetable dish with cocounut milk.

Eating with the right hand and never touching the fingers with the mouth while eating keeps the food pure and it's the most divine way of honoring it❤

Did the little Alphonso enjoyed the food? Would like to see him dressed in Kurta pyjama and with tilak! Yes indian South food is amazing and eaten traditional way. Each State of india has its own flavours depending on what's locally grown/ cultivated there. As indians we get to eat Lots of variety of foods. Each food has its climate bearing capacity. South and West like Maharashtra has coconut based cooking along with fish etc as the sea is near. Then in Rajasthan the food has spice, Gujarat too has different flavours and food here is sweet spicy and oily( it's dry city so eating oil is necessary to keep metabolism fit.) Such is our Unique Bharat🇮🇳🙏 Unity in diversity!!!

OMG mango pickle (red one) with rice and ghee - thats heaven!

This is great! You so remind me of Mark Weins show! Keep going and your channel will grow!

❤Jessica and Alfonso❤ Thank you our Indian community🎉🎉🎉

Sadya is delicious and nutritious ❤

The dish called PATCHA MORE (buttermilk, salt, onion with chilles and curry leaves) is a little sour Buttermilk that is usually served on hands scooped up and is usually a palate cleanser. THORAN is a mixed vegetable dish.

I think you were purely Indian the last birth Jessica😅.... Really loved the way you are excited for Indian food and especially Kerala Onam's food... Thank you. Do more Indian content....

I love how she knows, to eat with her hand...you look beautiful with our Indian Clothing 😍...

I'm glad you liked it, Jessica

you know, all are so much affectionate .it's really god grace infront of feast🙏

Lot of loves from Tamilnadu and karalam to jessica❤🎉

I appreciate the way you embraced our tradition and ate with ur hands, without thinking abt the mess. btw, the green shirt guy explained it the right way.

The way you interact with people is really heart warming to watch !❤Stay happy always

This is like a 8 course meal in 1 plate! Amazing!

Such a lovely video!! Thank you for embracing our culture. Much love from Mangalore, India❣️ Subscribing right away👍

It's good you had Onam sadya and see that you have thoroughly enjoyed. Great.

You look so beautiful 🤩 Thank you for sharing all the amazing food and people! So humble! I love it..🙏

That spirit of Onam is the same everywhere in the world 😊

Wow! You look great in a sari and necklace! Thank you for the Onam video!

Literally drooling from 8th minute onwards.. 😍❤️😘 The way you enjoyed the sadya was priceless. Thanks for the lovely video. 😊🙏😊 Love from Kerala. ❤️🙏 Someday you should visit here. 😊

Welcome to Bharath. We treat our guest as God🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳

This looks great! I'm happy you got to experience this! One thing I found weird though is that they served the sambhar on the side?! I mean, nothing wrong with it culturally but at least in our home we make a huge deal out of making a sort of hole in the mound of rice and pouring sambhar into the hole ...you know, because sambhar can be a kind of watery dish and you don't want it to run off your banana leaf. This wouldn't be an issue if we were eating on a plate but with a banana leaf...If it was me...I would be feeling so anxious about sambhar mixing with the banana chips and spilling on to the table, lol! Next time you get a chance to have a sadhya, make a hole in the rice beforehand and insist on getting the sambhar in it, you will have a much cleaner and more relaxed experience. Edit: Ok, just saw the kacchiya moru and pacha moru spilling all over....with these as well, you could make more holes in the rice or....at least with the pacha moru, we sometimes just cup the right hand over the rice and have them pour it directly into the hand. So you can drink it and only a little of it falls into the rice and doesn't become a mess. Honestly though, this is an advanced maneuver and its probably better to ask them for a paper cup or something... But most of all, you should probably have a little more rice so that you have enough rice to dam in all the flowy curries, lol! Besides, don't you know the story of Onam? Kerala once had a great wise and benevolent asura (equivalent to a demon) king called Mahabali, who was so amazing that everyone under his rule lived in prosperity. There was no corruption, no stealing or cheating...infact he was so popular, the devas (minor gods) grew jealous of him and petitioned one of the supreme gods to take care of the matter. So the god of preservation, Vishnu takes on the form of a young brahmin boy and goes to meet the demon king. The king asks him what the boy wants and he says I want enough land to take 3 steps and being the kind benevolent king he is, he agrees. But as soon as that happens, the god transforms into a giant and with one step of his giant feet measures the entire length of the earth under Mahabalis rule and with the next step he measures the entire length of the heavens under the kings rule. Then he asks Mahabali where he could put his next step, as Mahabali didn't have any more land to give...and the king who realises that he is up against a major god, offers up his own head as the last place the god can step on. And the god does, sending him straight to pataal (the underworld/netherworld) but the god is also pleased with the kings selflessness and decides to bless him and asks for any wish he may want. And Mahabali, the great king he is, asks only to be allowed to visit his subjects once a year during Onam to see how they are doing. And wish granted...Needless to say, everything went to shit when the demon king left...And all these celebrations, the new clothes, the extravagant sadyas, all this excess...everything is done to pretend that we are happy and prosperous so that when our beloved demon king comes to visit us, he doesn't have to go through the heartbreak of what really happened to his subjects since he left....so yeah...eat more rice! its good to indulge a little on Onam so that king Mahaballi may return to the underworld in peace and doesn't have to worry about us.

there's 2 types of payasam, semiya and ada, i think thats the ada payasam.. but the north has the best desserts... you should also check out halawa (orange type and black), yah go easy on the pickle, its packed with flavor, like too much (just like adding too much salt).

This is not only a kerala dish..in whole South India... this is our tradition.. mainly its followed in Tamilnadu,Karnataka,Kerala,Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.. am very much proud you ate South Indian dishes😋

You are enjoying to eat Indian food and how should you love the recipe, Onam is the festival of South Indian but we celebrate all over India 🎉❤

Pls show your husband also....seems like very gentle person... Love to see the full family ✌️

Stunning experience of traditional food with you !!!

Jessica adopted lndianculture and injoy lndian food we thanks for Jessica madam

Looks gorgeous and your adoptability with the region and people is amazing... congrats.

Glad to see you enjoy traditional southindian food from Kerala. Eating with hands is the best thing , which most of the Indians follow , it has scientific reason to it . Our fingers have nerves connected to our brain, so when we eat with our hand , it helps us to secrete digestive juices in stomach which helps in proper digestion as per Ayurveda.Ghee or clarified butter is must in en5ire Indian foods , which h3lps in greasing our untestine and free flows of food and of course it adds a different aroma and flavor to food. Pickle is supposed to be eaten in small bires as side appetizers. Liked the way you gelled into the traditional style of Onam celebrations

i luv the way u say papadum ♥️

Thanks for making these beautiful videos!

You are eating the best food in the world

Thiruvonam/Sraavanam Onam is the biggest festival of Kerala after Vishu festival. Kerala is an ancient geographical region in Great India, lies between western ghats and indian ocean starting from south gujarat to kannyakumari. Keralam literally means Land of Coconuts. Onam commemorates the win of Dharma (Righteousness) over Adharma. May lord Vishnu bless you all.❤

The sadhya is one of the most nutritious meals ever! And the one you want to make is called aviyal. Everything looked sooo yummyyy. Thanks Jessica for such a nice video!

Happy Onam

Human came first.. Then spoon came. 😊😊. Just say. We indians live in reality😊😊

Everything liquid is curry for foreigners😅😊

Not only food " Food Culture " 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 "Anna poorna Brahma." 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

It is really wonderful to see you enjoying saree to saadhya. There are many more in this country to bliss yourself.

Going back to my roots🥰🥰

Thank you so much for trying indian food

Well that's real indian food and a real feast

Travel ,eat & enjoy in our country 🇮🇳

This is my kind of food.. Home cooked styled South Indian food on Banana leaf is the best.

Wow love this❤❤❤

I am from North India but I love South Indian food

great video thanks for sharring

Seeing outsiders respect our culture is always delightful.

Onam is a festival of love....

5:29 - Man... scrumptious...🤤 Devine part is - Vegetarian meal..👌

The brown lentil dish you tried is a typical curry that goes with 'PUTTU' --- a rice dish made in Glass or Bamboo Stem. The YELLOW DAL you had for a starter is made from Lentil called MUNG or MOONG. Usually a very simple dal dish. 'SAMBAR', is usually made from lentil called 'ARHAR' or 'TOOAR' and has a lot of vegetables in it....

Wonderful food Jessica must have had a good time, enjoy

nice video Jessica...you are welcome to visit India and explore food and culture ..

extra bonus with your outfit...

I am from South Africa, We used to eat like this when we were young , for every function.

You are an undercover south indian. You look gorgeous in a sari. I'm sure you are going to be quite the indian chef. ❤

This is called "Onam Sadhya"...festival lunch served during "Onam Festival",athe major festival of Kerala State/Malayalis .

Besides being a Punjabi my most favourite dish is Idly saamber and Masala dosa 😋

India is most beautiful and great spiritual country. The food is fantastic different from each state.

You look beautiful in a saree! Thank you for your open mindedness in exploring other cultures! Total immersion!

Happy to see traditions like Onasadhya getting sustained overseas

You look stunning 🤩 Very delicious food one of the best Thank you 🙏

In the intro clip I thought you had come to India. Anyways beautifully dressed and you are looking gorgeous. (as always)

You look very beautiful in a saree with a big smile❤❤❤❤Cute Alfonso is also looking very good. Many more Indian festivals are going to start like Ganesh Chaturthi in September by Maharashtra people, then Navaratri and Durgapuja by Gujarati and Bengali people in October and then Diwali in November.

I think serving food is another level of satisfaction u should have tried it😊

Happy onam🥳🥳

I forgot to mention how pretty & cute you are. I’m sure you are an amazing person too🤗

Oh wow...😍 You look like Indian.... Sari is nice...also Small little Bindi is nice... Sari is tough to handle...keep it up lots of love and respect from India❤🇮🇳♥️👌👌💕♥️

It's cool that you chose India as your travel destination there is more and more to explore every time you will have a unique experience here it's so much diversified

Very nice, also try to cover up by visiting Indian House during Diwali time coming in couple of months, lots of love for u guys.

Love u. I love my tredition❤❤❤❤

You are very cheerful lady. Perfect for food vlogger or promoter for TV shows

Looking gorgeous Jessica!!

Look beautiful. Be happy always. Like India- Bharata.

You ossmmm my mouth watering 😋😋😋😍👌👌...Happy Onam

Very lucky to hAve so much South Indian food

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING !!! I AM PROUD TO THE STATE OF K E R A L A !!!!!!!

mango pickle is to enhance the taste of the bite. we dont eat eat whole at a time.

The videos on your youtube channel is very nice. Keep up the good work.

Happy Onam 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Food looks yummy! And the lady looks beautiful in saree as well. But overall I feel indian women look more beautiful in traditional clothes Viz saree, Chaniya Choli, and of course with the traditional ornaments like Rajasthanis. Nice Video.

Really proud of your family 😊

This is Dharmic food at its finest enjoy 🤍🧡 Hari bol 🙏🏻