Indian soup kitchen: Aloo Puri in making near Vardhman Medical College

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First wheat dough is prepared in a large container with flour, water, oil and some carom seeds. Once the dough is slightly stiff, small balls are made and flattened before they are thrown in the burning hot oil. Once golden brown the puris are taken out. People gather around an Indian street-side soup kitchen or Bhandara as called locally for free food. This is set up to provide free food for hospital patients and their families in India near AIIMS and Vardhman Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital. It is a community service where fried wheat bread along with sweet and a savoury potato dish is served. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours o