✓ The Delicious Food & Drink seen served free: Gajar Halwa, Chole Bhature (Chickpea Curry with fried Puri), Vada Pav, Punjabi Samosa Chaat, Pink Strawberry Lassi, Bread Pakoras (with a spicy mashed potato filling), Onion, Potato & Capsicum Pakoras, Masala Chai, Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice & Fruit Juice, Traditional Sarson Ka Saag with Makki Ki Roti, Masala Chips, Pani Puri served with sweet & sour flavoured water, Bhajias with Ketchup, Aloo Tikki with Chana Chaat, Foxnuts, Samosas & Spring Rolls, Gujarati Style Samosas with a fillings of Mashed Potato, Peas & Sweetcorn, Mitthi Chawal (Sweet Rice with Cashews, Raisins & Cardamom), Gulab Jaman in a sweet sugar syrup.
The Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan event celebrates Sikh and Punjabi culture and is one of the most important events in the Sikh calendar, at the event (which has a festival or Mela type atmosphere) Sikhs give out free langar, langar is Prasad (also known as food blessed by God) so they do not charge for it.
This was "Indian Street Food Heaven" because some of the Indian sub-continents most famous and favourite of street foods were being served up..........for free!!!
We are very much humbled, in awe and honoured to have attended this event and to have gotten to taste the tastiest of freshly made food anywhere, being given food that was blessed by hand and human touch and further energised and charged by positive thoughts.
You'd be forgiven if you thought that these Indian Street Food stalls (or "Laris") were somewhere on the busy, bustling streets, beaches or restaurants of India - astonishingly these guys were making these Indian treats in the heart of "Proper London" - making them fresh and serving them piping hot within a matter of minutes.........delicious restaurant quality food with no service charge added !!!
Unlike some places there was nothing hidden and no secret to the recipes because everything was made in full view of people in the open kitchens.
You can go many times to India and love it every moment of your time spent there, (but you're always sad in the knowledge that India only exists in India and nowhere else) the sights you see, the sounds you hear, the people you meet (in India); all serve to feed you not just physically but also emotionally and spiritually. So when we come across guys such as this, we humbly say a prayer, raise our hat and take a bow because they have not only given us just a snack but also given us a taste of back home.
A special thank you to all of the people who came together for this event, everyone we came across very much welcomed us and graciously allowed us privileged glimpses into their kitchens to do the videoing even though they were extraordinarily busy.
Even though the weather was overcast with rain falling, the people at this event bought only sunshine into everyone's lives.
It is truly refreshing to come across people who are carrying out unconditional service to help the most needy in our society this we have found especially with the Sikh / Singh community, may God Bless them all for what they do!!!
Video recorded in Southall's London's "Little India Streets" on The Broadway & South Road, Southall on Sunday 8th April 2018
A date for your diary if you are in London: This years Nagar Kirtan is taking place in Southall on Sunday 7th April 2019
If you've never been before it's something to experience at least once in your life.
There is another event taking place in Central London which is the annual Vaisakhi is taking place in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 28 April 2018
from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (Trafalgar Sq, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom).
If you're wondering what this part of Southall looks like on a non event day then you may like to check out a video we made last year titled: "Walking on London's "Little India Streets" from The Broadway & then onto South Road, Southall": • Walking on London's "L...
or a previous Nagar Kirtan we attended in 2014: • Walking in Southall al...
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