man: we can see the blending ofof the masala. amos: okay. it's the result of collaboration between state governments and a religious group familiar to many in the west. man: now we are entering the production area. amos: the hare krishna movement prepares 820,000 lunches in kitchens like this every scscol day. they call it a gravity force kitchen. man: we have three-story silos on the top of this floor, one for lentils and two for rice. amosos: rice and lentils come from silos on the roof and are waeded on the totop floor of the kitchen. this is also where the vegetables are prepared, spices are ground, and chilies and curry leaves are fried. then they're all poured down chutes into waiting cauldrons on the floor below. the food is cooked with steam generated by giant furnaces, and then it's ready to drop down to the next floor. man: when the sambar is ready, and from the processing area, food is going to the packing area through this chute and this turner. amos: finally, the containers of food are packed onto a fleet of custom-built vehicle

add generous helpings of masala and curry powder.then simmer in coconut milk until tender. >> anthony: man that's good, they better kill some more ducks because that is --. >> keshav: when we have it like this when we're drinking before the actual meal, it's like an appetizer but we call it cutters because it cuts the alcohol. >> anthony: right, i'm sobering up as we speak. >> anthony: so look you're all trinidadian, trinidad first, indian second. >> man wearing blue shirt: i mean when the indians came 160 something years ago there was a disconnect with the motherland. >> chan: most of these indians were promised that they were going for a short tenure, to make a lot of money and then return home. >> man wearing blue shirt: they gave return passage or land. >> chan: so when the first indians took the option to go back, they couldn't find their families. and those who found their families were rejected because they said you guys abandoned us for five years. you might as well take that five acres of land and stay there. so there is no

. ♪ >> anthony: morocco has ras el hanout, india, garam masala. ethiopia has this. covered with it, breathe it all day long. >> maya: feel this, it's so warm. >> anthony: still warm. wow. that's sort of magic, man. ♪ marcus left ethiopia at age two, so finding and reconnecting with his family has not been easy. tracking down a mom who died in similar circumstances on the right dates, following a thread to a dusty village in the oromo region, where marcus found the man he has come to accept as his biological father. he also found tigist, selam, zebenay, ashu, and daniel, presumably, his siblings by another mother. together, marcus and his sisters make doro wat, a classic chicken stew. >> marcus: you talk about old feeling. i need this to be -- go back to new york and be the chef that i have to be. i really need this. welcome to a tsige family meal. tsige family meal. so we start with the injera bread, right? >> maya: yes. >> anthony: besides the doro wat, we have cabbage, beets, and collards, root vegetables finished with the livers and jiblets of tckenhe chi >> marc

that's our chicken masala, very popular. >> is there one item you want to point out? >> ginger lemonade. we brew that in house. >> is there a burrito on the way? we're making a burrito. one final thing here. what's this right there? >> that's our mangalasi. >> that sounds great. curry up now. lots of indians spices. you'll be taking part in the new operation opening thursday. >> we're actually opening a store in alameda. the first 100 people in line will get a burrito or bowl. we've got five other locations, palo alto, san mateo, san francisco, oakland. we opened in january. >> very nice. curry up now. >> looks great. we'll be out in about 8 minutes. >> come on out. >> you can probably smell it from here. >> it's going to be in alameda on 5th street show up by 11:30 a.m., get the free burrito or bowl. check out the restaurant and menu at ktvu.com. look for the web links section. you can find it on the ktvu mobile app. we'll be right back. >>> burns! >> san jose sharks defenseman making history last night at the awards show in las vegas. burns is the first sharks playe

add generous helpings of masala and curry powder.and then simmer in coconut milk until tender. >> anthony: man that's good, they better kill some more ducks because that is --. >> keshav: when we have it like this when we're drinking before the actual meal, it's like an appetizer but we call it cutters because it cuts the alcohol. >> anthony: right, i'm sobering up as we speak. >> anthony: so look you're all trinidadian, trinidad first, indian second. >> some surprises with the local cuisine. >> when people think of trinidad, they think of carnival and music and beaches, a big party. but it's a little more complicated than that. >> trinidad is not a beach paradise. it's an oil-rich metropolis. they call it the new york of the caribbean. european, arab cultures have rather gracefully and proudly mixed over the years. the food reflects that, the music reflects that. but it was also a lot of difficulties. the crime rate in the port of spain per capita is greater than new york or detroit or any metropolitan. >> why, if you were to be a a

weekend in cincinnati, ohio on waif 88.0 fm. [ light laughter ] and it's called "bollywood music and masalae what people who are new to this country are drawn to. and is it true that your mother is a huge fan of barbies? >> oh, yeah. so my mother loves barbie dolls. she thinks they're like amazing pieces of americana. and when my next door neighbor actually had a barbies of the world collection when i was growing up, and added an indian barbie, i thought my mom's head was going to like pop of. [ light laughter ] because it was like east meets west in this crazy culture clash. so my dad, meanwhile, is not the world's greatest gift giver. like he once gave me mom, for their anniversary, three years in a row, a pot to cook in. [ laughter ] so every summer when i was in high school, i'd do this big regional youth theater in middletown, ohio. summer youth theater. and i was waiting for my friends, 'cause they would come -- we would drive an hour to rehearsal, rehearse for four hours, and come back really late at night. so i'm waiting in the foyer one day and my dad goes, "rakesh, come upstairs,