Cooking Free Meals For 12,000 Temple Devotees | Eat Up! | On The Red Dot | Full Episode

Purattasi, the sixth month of the Tamil calendar is an auspicious month for Hindus. During this month, several Hindu temples in Singapore provide free meals to devotees. For the first time, cameras are allowed into the kitchen of Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, one of the oldest temples in Singapore to capture the cooking of free lunch for 12,000 devotees.
Masterchef Singapore Season 1 runner-up, Genevieve Lee, steps into this gastronomic frenzy to explore a remarkable culinary rule that challenges conventional chef wisdom: preparing this enormous meal without taste-testing until it is served the following day.
00:00 Introduction
02:17 What is Purattasi?
05:27 Going grocery shopping with a donor
08:45 Transforming the temple to cook and serve lunch
13:35 Cutting 3,000kg of vegetables in 5 hours
15:38 The cooking begins
20:49 Serving the devotees
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[@ponpon95y]

This series is amazing! Featuring all the masterchef sg undergoing challenges is so interesting and fun at the same time

[@janessakoh860]

What a great series! So beneficial and interesting to gain knowledge on others culture.. 👍🏻

[@rajkumarvelupillai1447]

Great host with respect & great coverage of Purattasi Lunch for 13,500 pax 😋 Long live Tamil Culture Long live Singapore 🇸🇬

[@sudipbhaumik7905]

I admire Tamil culture.but is it not Hindu culture too?there is no culture without Hinduism.

[@Blaze6432]

@@sudipbhaumik7905 Yes and no. Tamil Hinduism is not based exclusively on Vedic beliefs but incorporates Dravidian folk beliefs that have existed among Tamils prior to the introduction of Hindu beliefs.

[@samik8352]

​@Blaze6432 not at all. Hindus are hindus not matter what region. And you are the biggest joke. People of South specially read Vedas.

[@skanthaadsigns]

This series is a very good content, well done CNA. please cover more stories all almost all cultures practice this act of preparing & distributing food to the public. This brings society together & to appreciate one another. Kudos to the presenter too !!

[@prakasavigraha6104]

Very interesting. It is surprising how generous they all are - with time and energy and money.

[@Ilikeitlikethis]

Great video. Love the idea of thousands of volunteers devoting their time to feeding others - in fact, anyone, even if not of their faith. Perhaps if leaders of various faiths devoted time to listening and even helping others not of their faith we would not have the mess the world currently is in today.

[@krappola1]

Thank you for sharing this community story. More stories like this to know the many positive news in community that sometimes are overshadowed. People do a lot of good in Singapore.

[@miklee4834]

Happy deepavali to all Indians.😊

[@user-yr6wk6us5t]

Fantastic series! Good job CNA insider, as always!

[@snsdjerry]

keep this series coming! thanks CNA

[@rajeshn5653]

Amazing, Miracle.thanks to GNA

[@jendralhxr]

you know they meant business when you saw they use shovel to scoop up the rice

[@muthyalakirankumar5530]

Thanks to @cna team for making very good content videos 😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@san45myinttun]

very informative and nice to watch tks

[@demaniac89]

Love this series 💯

[@bankerjamtevanatarajan6254]

Thank God for everything and praying for world's peace and happiness always 🙏❤

[@agnesyuen6502]

Saw Gen on Sethlui's channel as well!

[@miklee4834]

Ms Lee is a fine lady.😀

[@nithyat4504]

❤❤ vinayaka potri

[@jeremyooi1996]

sambar is the maharashtrian version of chap chye..

[@cnvramamoorthy8358]

ஓம் முருகன் துணை 🙏🏾🇮🇳

[@John_Smith_86]

The Temples should consider purchasing as a consolidated bulk purchase, instead of each individual donor for each meal at each Temple buying separately. That is 2200 donors' worth of purchases across the 30 days and 24 Temples being combined.

[@popeye4531]

Each devotees has different prayer so bulk purchase may not fall under this category.

[@Mintandroses]

It’s a temple not market. It doesn’t work that way. Everything must be done by the devotees who is incharge of the ubayam(food donation) including serving

[@John_Smith_86]

@@Mintandroses What? As in, it is a specific religious requirement that you are not allowed to appoint someone else to do the admin? You must personally do it yourself?

[@John_Smith_86]

@@Mintandroses Even if the admin is by another volunteer or the Temple priest?

[@SKAOG21]

@@John_Smith_86 the whole point of the donor purchasing the ingredients is that they are personally involved and so they are directly doing service to the devotees and God, so appointing someone else to carry it out defeats the purpose of this task, because the good karma doesn't accumulate to the donor, and instead to the the person appointed.

[@narenselva4538]

What temple is this? Perumal or sivan temple?

[@marcusyeo7739]

Was Mr Siva on crime watch before?

[@SuperThepac]

Im greatful if am given Rice and little butter milk

[@KoerangPaham]

is it salty?

[@Magoz2110]

10:20

[@sainiamarjeet]

they can make it more healthy by using 50% rice and 50% mix of millets instead of 100% rice and even in rice can have 25% white/brown rice and rest 25% medicinal rice varieties like black rice, red rice, etc.

[@nitcooksgf]

Not possible, ancient rice varieties and millet require overnight soaking which is difficult for large kitchens to do

[@sainiamarjeet]

@@nitcooksgf if u don't have time than better have fast food to die early since for u might not have time for going to hospital either understand the simple rule healthy food takes time to prepare and reduce number of dishes to reduce budget rest soaking of millet can be done while people are cutting vegs but make it more healthy n nutritious to help devotes live longer.

[@sainiamarjeet]

@juiccybaze please visit Shri Harmandir Sahib or called Golden Temple daily serving 1 lakh people hence don't challenge people power

[@sainiamarjeet]

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[@NicholasTC]

first here

[@merryapriyanti4209]

😅

[@WildWowWorldofVideos]

18:38 hahha pot of.mixture is infused with the essence of the stirrer

[@vyasrushi5177]

You have no idea about the level of essence mixing that goes on behind your McD, Domino's, Pizza Hut, etc. kitchens 😂....I know, I have worked in fast food chains for 3 years, Indian food is much safer in comparison

[@jessicaregina1956]

No

[@Redmi-xu1yo]

indUn

[@vjsubbiah]

அன்னதானம் நல்ல விஷயம்.. ஆனா சமைக்கிற விஷயத்துல எங்கே போனாலும் caste சிஸ்டம் ஃபாலோ பண்றத விட மாட்டானுங்க போல..

[@alditahervianto9179]

At least put on a shirt in the kitchen

[@Honeymagmangospoof]

I don’t like this host she’s rude and her pronunciation isn’t clear the guy was better

[@SparkzMxzXZ]

which part was she rude?

[@sayurik]

I don’t see how she was rude in this? She seems very respectful in her questions and interactions

[@Honeymagmangospoof]

I’m entitled to my opinion I don’t need to explain to anyone it’s just the vibe I got off her

[@Honeymagmangospoof]

@juiccybaze I’m not here for agreement I am here to give my opinion. I’ve done what I wanted to do if you feel bad it’s your problem

[@Honeymagmangospoof]

@juiccybaze from the way I see your face if you look in the mirror it will break hahahahahahahah good luck