Hello, I’m Harjot

I live in Leicester and I have helped in the langar at my gurdwara every weekend since I was sixteen. Langar is the free community kitchen: a hot vegetarian meal for anyone who walks in, served to everyone sitting side by side on the floor, whoever they are.

On a Saturday I roll roti on the long steel tables, or keep an eye on the big dal pots, or wash up, whatever the sevadars (the volunteers) need that day. I write my notes on the night bus home while the smell of the kitchen is still on my clothes, and on Sunday they go out as a letter.

Over the years I have learned how much dal feeds a hundred people and how to make a rota that does not fall apart in a week. Those sheets, templates and recipe packs are what I share and sell here, for anyone who cooks or organises for a crowd.

I am not a granthi or a teacher, and I do not speak for anyone else’s gurdwara. I am a volunteer who likes to write things down, and the letter is one young person’s notes from the kitchen.