“By the liberal distribution of prasadam (pure plant-based food) and sankirtan (congregational chanting of the holy name), the whole world can become peaceful and prosperous.”
Selection, Preparation and Delivery Process of the ‘Mid-Day Meals’ We follow a simple procedure to ensure that our food meets the quality and nutrition for the holistic development of the child. Procurement Process: Itinerary is planned a day before. Fresh vegetables are procured on a daily basis. After procurement, sorting of vegetables is done to retain the best quality. Cooking Process: Cleansing, Cutting and Cooking Cleansing First, the kitchen is thoroughly washed and cleaned to ensure zero contamination. Next, our cooks sanitize themselves before entering the kitchen. Our staff wears protective gear to prevent contamination. Our kitchen is equipped with state-of-the-art equipments and machines made of food-grade stainless steel. Moreover, water is tested at regular intervals for various key parameters for purity. Last but not the least, all food ingredients are thoroughly washed and rinsed prior to cooking. Cutting: For potatoes, a potato-peeler effectively removes the skin for further procedure. Vegetables are cut to different sizes after thorough cleaning. The kitchen has the best technology available for bulk cooking, including heavy weight vegetable-cutting and potato-peeling machines, vegetable crushers and vegetable grinder. Cooking: All meals are prepared under the observation of a food technologist to ensure the nutritive diet for the children. While cooking we maintain the right cooking temperature (above 90 degree centigrade) to ensure safety, high nutritional quality and long shelf life of the food. Each of these processes is intrinsically related in such a way that each meal is consistently tasty, nutritious and hygienic. The unparalleled taste of purity is due to the presence of secret ingredients like love, devotion and compassion. Along with the principles of safe food handling, we use only fresh ingredients and also clean our kitchens on a daily basis to record consistent high hygiene standards. Dispatch Process: Once the food is ready, it’s checked and documented for color, temperature, appearance, flavor and consistency before filling in the containers. Stainless Steel Containers are washed and then filled with food and sealed. Thus, the sealed containers are loaded in the delivery vehicles to reach respective schools well before lunch time. Post-Delivery Process: In order to consistently maintain the quality of the meal, we take feedbacks from schools on a weekly basis conducted by our Kitchen Team Members. The statistics are then submitted to the program manager to review the feedback, and initiate appropriate correctives and improvise actions to maintain the quality and delivery of food.
