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 runnerup, Genevieve Lee, steps into this gastronomic frenzy to explore a remarkable culinary rule that challenges conventional chef wisdom: preparing this enormous meal without tastetesting 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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