“I come here every Sunday to serve the community,” Chaman Dhillon, a active community member, said.

The ingredients, including flour, are used to prepare the dishes for people every Sunday. People in the community buy groceries, such as flour and milk, to help support the Sikh temple.

Rice (formally called Chaula), is a common side dish served in a gurdawara.

“I always enjoy helping out the community, especially if I have the time to do so,” Joginder Roul, a frequent volunteer that provides Sunday Service, said.

Salad, consisting of onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots, for the community and other people. The salad is a very common dish for most Gurdawaras (Sikh Temples). (Sikhs are vegetarian!)

Dal, a food that mainly consists of lentils. It is a popular dish made by Arman Chanda, who recalls “It takes much work to make this every Sunday for the people.”

The community emphasizes the importance of maintaining and clean and hygienic environment for all people. The temple is the house of Waheguru, so keeping very clean shows respect. The take the duty of washing dishes is taken very seriously.

Two girls that were playing in the Hall after enjoying the food. “Pat-a-cake… Pat-a-cake… cake baker’s man…” said the two little girls wearing pink dresses.” Many young children, in fact, come to the gurdawara to attend their schooling service, which teaches Punjabi and religious education.

Crotons are used in the Salads, which was highly requested by the community.