We are still at Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, the Sikh temple in Old Delhi. Our tour guide arranged for our group to get a private tour of the temple’s kitchen. Sikh members of this temple volunteer their time and experience to prepare food to feed all people who want to come here to eat. It’s like the programs we have in the States to feed the homeless. In the case of this Sikh temple, they do it in a big way. That’s not a surprise since we are in Old Delhi and I’m sure lots of people could use a free meal.

In the first photo, you can see people cutting up zucchini squash and other vegetables. They were just sitting on the floor and working away.

In the second photo, you can see a guy adding just a tad bit of oil to his wok. There was quite a flame under that wok and personally, I would have been wearing shoes.

The guy in the third photo was stirring really fast, so the photo is a bit blurry. These pots were just to the right of the woks. I’m not sure what was in these pots but it smelled really good.

Now we come to my favorite part of our private tour of the temple’s kitchen. Naan (bread) was so popular in India that we had it at every meal. I believe that is true for all parts of India as well. So the Sikhs were making a lot of naan for their meals program.

The first naan photo below starts from taking batches of dough to individual balls for each piece of naan. You can also see some other parts of the kitchen including some woks in the background.

An adult and a couple of kids are cooking the naan in the next photo. They had several griddles for this.

The last photo is just a pot full of naan, ready to serve.

If these kitchen photos seem silly to you, Vicky and I cook for large groups up here on our farm, so we are always interested in these operations. Vicky’s parents were cooking for large groups way back when, so we are keeping the family tradition alive. I know that some people on my blog list find this as interesting as I do. I also greatly admire the Sikhs at this temple for stepping up to feed so many hungry people.