Traditional Kathakali EYE DANCING Performance + Making Kerala Beef Roast & Parotta | Thekkady, India

Day four in Kerala, India continued in the beautiful Thekkady area, where I had the pleasure of witnessing a traditional cultural performance and made some delicious Indian food! Come along with me as I check out a traditional Kathakali eye dancing performance and make some Kerala beef roast and parottas in Thekkady, India!

Ebbin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wTAWLHOWLYyZI9m_JV8zg
The Woodnote Resort: https://www.instagram.com/woodnotethekkady

After our 4.5-hour road trip from Alappuzha, I headed to a local theater to watch an authentic Kathakali performance and a martial arts performance called Kalaripayattu! Kathakali is a classical Indian dance that tells stories based in Hindu myths, legends, and folklore.

I had a reserved seat front and center in the first row with my boy Dennis from the Woodnote Resort. For the first ten minutes, they prepared the main performer’s clothing and put the jewelry on him. He wore vibrant green makeup and a really elaborate costume! The makeup takes about 30 minutes beforehand.

The show got started with some drumming and a different performer wearing yet another colorful and elaborate costume. One of the prominent elements of Kathakali is eye dancing, where the performers move their eyes and faces in an exaggerated way in time to the music. It takes years to be able to do it correctly and is really cool to watch!

Then, they bring audience members on stage, which is really funny! Then, the real performance, complete with arm movements and dancing while the drummer played and a singer sang in the background, began.

Afterwards, we ran to the martial arts performance! It was so cool. They did sword fighting with shields, stick fighting, flipping, and so much more. My favorite was when they jumped through a flaming ring!

Then, we headed back to the Woodnote Resort to have some Kerala parottas and beef roast at their on-site restaurant, Drizzle. Our buffet-style meal would include paneer, butter chicken, ghee rice, and more. My mouth was watering just looking at everything.

I headed to the kitchen to see how they make parottas and beef curry and even tried making some parottas myself, but they were way too hot to smash with my hands!

Back in the buffet area, I got some ghee rice, paneer, and butter chicken. It was so vibrant and colorful, I wanted to just lick it! Then, the beef roast and parottas arrived at our table.

The beef roast was probably the best beef I’ve ever had in my life. It contained lots of onion but wasn’t too spicy. I loved the tomatoes and curry leaves in it as well.

The parottas were so flaky and the beef roast was so good that I wanted it all to myself! And the combination of textures was unbelievable. The coconut milk flavor also really burst out of it!

Then, I tried the ghee rice with the paneer. The rice had absorbed all the curry, but it had way too much ghee in it. The curry was very similar to the butter chicken curry. The butter chicken was amazing! Then, I mixed the beef roast with the ghee rice. I loved the combination! It was really spicy, though. My tongue was basically dead at that point!

For dessert, we had gulab jamun, a northern Indian dessert. I loved the sweet syrup and mushy texture. What an amazing way to end my night! Huge thanks to my boy Ebbin for bringing me to Thekkady to experience the traditional Kathakali performance in Kerala, India! Be sure to follow him on YouTube and Instagram!

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