You're saying this volume of food is gonna feed about 90,000 90,000 children for one day last time on the best-ever India road trip we took on baby shark in go up to to the to to do to do today we're heading to Bangalore and getting a first-hand look at India's most impressive mega kitchen a place where in just three to four hours they're cooking 90,000 lunches for school kids all around the area of the city we feed about 200,000 trees this isn't just happening here the auction Patrick Foundation is feeding millions each day in twelve different states across India this is incredible meat tree Chanchala party dasa the vice chairman of the Akshaya Patra foundation if children are hungry they will not be able to get the learning experience that right
today we're gonna learn what it takes to cook at this incredible scale wow that's an incredible sight to see after the food is made we'll follow it to its final destination wait you're also are you all my friends so get ready to have your cold heart melted this is india's mega kitchen in bangalore we are at between Goa on our way right now to Bangalore but we had to stop for a quick snack suggested by our fans this is a bus stop for any road trip err on their way to Bangalore here you're gonna find a dosa three Gordo katsu shot of buttered dosa hotel one of the best hotels there's no room a type of pancake cooked on an old-school cast-iron flattop he did with wood and dried coconut husks this is called outin a dosa this means butter it means butter dosa because this huge vat right here is just full of butter the batter is a mix of rice flour and lentil flour throw it on the flattop add some butter then add some more butter
Oh more boiler so over here this is my platter we've got two dosas potato coconut chutney oh they have a dry coconut chutney too and then even more butter on top damn here we go hello sir where are you going I'm going to uh see a lot of people stop here well how do I do it I just break it off and lo potato no chutney oh hold on wait for me we can make a whole thing out of it buddy oh that's the best dosa I've ever had what is spicy the chutney is spicy the crepe itself has an amazing touch surface it's very crunchy it's so greasy when you pick it up but so satisfying you know you actually do taste the butter which is something I was worried about I'll try it out again I really like it oh it's my first time seeing this they have a wet chutney and a dry chutney the dry one
I don't know those are more hardcore people they just like it dry no lubrication just putting it right in there take a coconut paste oh so spicy the butter to squeeze is that like a sponge every bite you take it's remarkable whoever recommended this place thank you doses are found all over India but in the South they're just better the rice flour lends a nice cushiony crunch a much more inviting mouthfeel than the more gritty lentil doses in the north we're going to Bangalore well join you call it Bangalore Bengaluru spicy oh no I'm dying bangalore population 12 million and the center for IT in india right now i'm headed to one of the three option popular kitchens in the area I am with the vice chairman of the akshay upon foundation sir such a pleasure to be here thank you so much namaste this is the world's largest non-government organisation and they've already served up three billion meals that's nearly enough to feed half the world's population basically we have a centralized kitchen we cook large quantity of food and put them in an insulated container and deliver it at the school so the advantage of this is you can do things on a large scale you have better control you can use technology so it's a lot more easier and we have been doing this last eighteen years instead of training staff at each school just create one centralised kitchen with a highly trained team who can crank out thousands of meals per day this is the most efficient way to turn every single penny into a meal
but where does that money come from in the first place we have business houses corporations we have foundations and we have individuals simple people who contribute just to feed one child for a year we link below to where you yourself can contribute some amount to this mission so how do they do it what systems and strategies have they implemented over the last 18 years to pump out huge volumes of yummy nutritious meals let's find out it all starts in the kitchen around 5:30 a.m. we're about to head into the kitchen first we wear these shoes so we're not bringing in any contaminants from the street outside and dude yes do you need a hairnet they said we got to cover the ears too for the ear hair yes okay the main kitchen is lined on both sides with giant cooking vessels each vessel can cook 1,000 meals in just 15 minutes basically these Parliament's fl4 the padding rice the type of food is important usually something with a rice or lentil base is easier to cook at scale right now they're cooking khichdi a huge blend of lentil and rice once it's almost cooked through they toss in the masala the meat is interesting for the children I'm the avoid repetition of the menu
so that it's always something new they have a gravy nozzle spin it like this and then if there's a pivot point right here and then it can also forward depending on the type of food beyond it just being a large volume like this smells incredible it's this amazing blend of Indian spices so this is a second cooking room with even larger containers about twice the size who'd done time to move it from here to here oh and I like to have a special tool so you could never accidentally bump the lever right here they're gonna bring it to the portioning area these tanks can hold up to 1500 liters of liquid he lifts up the lid if there's a lid wow this place is so magical I love it from here it's poured into small vessels that end up in the classroom can I turn it you would take advantage of this moment wouldn't you it was gentle with it you don't just crank it okay you just give it a little bit of torque there it goes okay there's so much power behind this oh it is hot it is very hot that's good
oh did I overfill it that was an amazing experience and no one has ever tried to swim in this yeah this temperature will be around 90 degrees do not swim in the 40 I guess this is a good time to talk about food safety each food is cooked to 90 degrees Celsius to kill all bacteria the shipping vessels are washed twice and steam cleaned right before receiving the food hair nets aprons gloves no human comes in direct contact with the food and if ever there was a problem a sample is taken from each batch just in case lab testing is required finally the containers are sealed labeled and loaded making their way to nearby school what we are hoping to do next I think I'm gonna be joining a school and seeing what it's like to be awkward cated the lunchroom again do you think I'll find some kids who want to hang out with me oh absolutely they were you happy to see you no child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger this is the Akshay apat revision hi everybody today I'm gonna eat lunch with you but I promise
I won't eat all your food the lunch is so much more than just a meal schools that offer the free lunch actually see an increase in enrollment and kids with the full belly perform better in the classroom and retain more information you know when you're like eating some food and it's so good in your life mmm that is called yummy yummy the food truck is here let's go say hi hello sir in here we see all the containers they were loading up this morning and just a couple of these are for this school and here she's taking a note of the amount of food oh yeah thank you they got peanuts if you don't need all your peanuts can I have some course one for today sweet rice and lentils and seasoned peanuts hey what's your name man Jonah nice to meet you hi what's your name - ax nice to meet you you know my favorite part is that they gave me a kid's portion as well just grab it like that oh I'm gonna try some peanuts first oh yeah yummy nuts little salty roasted nuts this is the texture I've not tried to eat with my hands before um oh that's sweet mmm that can't be the right way let me watch you know that's all right Wayne she's just really good at it she makes like a little spoon with our hand that is really good I'm just a terribly messy eater it's a little sweet there's a little bit of cardamom flavor it's really interesting there's a whole nother menu item - of course - a savory rice lentil khichdi this is the one we saw being made in the factory oh wow the first one very sweet almost like a dessert oh thank you please give me the adult portion that's done this one has curry leaves tons of delicious Indian spices that's what I say
when I don't know what's in it it's just amazing blend of Indian spices and the temperature is perfect it's warm but it literally cannot be too hot or it will burn your hand because that's what you're eating what Oh super savory delicious oh my gosh hey hey he's cheating huh how is he not an outcast here Oh a damaged a kid next to me said damaged someone's using a spoon perhaps he hurt his arm a a bit can we drink it wait I don't know I could just drink it I can drink it it's okay mmm is yummy hmm it's much faster Oh No thank you can you help me in this I took too much do you want have no you eat a lot you're okay you can we be friends that's cool what's up YouTube comments made fun of my loneliness this whole time welcome to what what's your name again I have a friend everybody wait you're also are you all my friends it's not enough for this nutritious meal to just be healthy it's got to taste good too kids our kids wherever you are in the world if the food tastes bad they're not gonna eat it is this what is this one minute I'm in pickle oh you just need a little bit good in some parts of India this midday meal may be the only meal that child eats all day and while they're at school they're getting a proper education which can open a whole world of opportunities and possibilities if you'd like to contribute to this mission please visit the link below even a few bucks can make a huge difference to children here lastly
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