Did you know that Akshaya Patra’s Hubli kitchen churns out over 1,50,000 meals in less than five hours or that Sri Sai Sansthan Prasadalaya is one of India’s largest solar-powered kitchens with 73 solar dishes? To be hosted by Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna, India’s Megakitchens is a new TV series that looks at how India’s mammoth kitchens function, with a focus on scale, volume, technology and process. The featured kitchens include Shirdi (Maharashtra), TajSATS (Delhi), Dharmasthala (Karnataka), IRCTC (main kitchen, Noida) and Akshaya Patra (Hubli). Check out these cool facts about them.

A cook at work in Dharmasthala’s temple kitchen in Karnataka