Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes. Potatoes should be soft, and most of the water should cook away. Add water, bring to a simmer, and cook, uncovered, about 20 minutes. Add the ginger, turmeric, chili powder, cumin, garam masala and the toasted mustard seeds and potatoes. Add the onions and fry until onions are limp but not browned, about 10 minutes. In another large skillet over medium-high heat, warm the ghee (or butter). In a small skillet, heat the mustard seeds on high heat until they pop. Peel the potatoes and cut them into smallish cubes. The following serve about eight people, but make great leftovers with rice and Indian bread. The following recipes are examples of food typical at the always-vegetarian langar. Recipes at Sikh Temple Sacramento are made in quantities that serve literally 1,000 people, sometimes more. Priest Wadhawa Singh Gill says the langar killed the caste system. A communal meal was a revolutionary concept at the time. In the early 1500s, when early Sikh gurus created the langar, it was a time of class struggle. Whatever they feel like they want to bring us, we are happy to accept." "We will eat whatever they serve us," Kaur says. Temple attendee Gurbaksh Kaur, as she makes chapattis for the meal, says there is no special ordering. "In our temples, if you go there, there's a buffet, which is actually called langar in our language, and anybody can eat whatever they want to eat."Īt a Sikh temple in West Sacramento, a langar lunch after prayers will feed more than 1,000 people. "There is a big history with this," Gill says. But where the lunch crowd sees a good deal on Indian food, Gill sees the long-standing Sikh tradition of langar. Karam Gill, manager of Gaylord's restaurant in Sacramento, Calif., says his restaurant's buffet is a big draw at lunch. The all-you-can-eat attraction shows up at both mom-and-pop and fancy Indian restaurants, but it is more than just a promotional sideshow for Americans. If you like Indian food, you're probably familiar with the Indian buffet.
Get recipes from a Sikh temple's buffet, or langar, below.
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