Do you know around 190 million people in the country go hungry on a daily basis? At the same time, food worth Rs 244 crore is wasted per day. But do you know the real reason behind these shocking facts and figures? The answer is very simple – apathy is to be blamed for India’s shameful performance in the Global Hunger Index. But there are individuals like Narayana Reddy aka Grandpa who is doing their bit to bring a change. Hard to believe but the 72-year-old is an internet sensation whose YouTube ‘Grandpa Kitchen’ is dedicated to feeding the less fortunate ones regularly with tasty food. With his how-to-make-cooking-videos, Grandpa is making new recipes from American Sweet Corn, chicken biryani, pizza, hamburger, mutton gravy, French fries, doughnuts, scrambled eggs and just much more for the orphans. Grandpa Kitchen, Indian YouTube Star Whose Dedication Towards Orphans is Winning the Internet.

Grandpa Kitchen, a YouTube channel launched in August 2017 and in less than a year, it boasts of almost three million subscribers and over 20 million views. If you’re wondering what makes this channel so very special, the reasons are aplenty. It features a one of a kind Indian family hailing from Telangana, which is making lots and lots of mouth-watering food recipes. But these delectable food items are not for posting on Instagram but serves a far greater purpose. It feeds hundreds of hungry children and neglected people of the society.

Narayana Reddy is both the chef and host of these videos. His famous words are – ‘Loving. Caring. Sharing. This is my family,’ and they clearly resonate in his actions when preparing a large amount of food. He is also very particular about making kid friendly recipes, and not your regular dal-chawal or roti-sabzi. Grandpa knows very well that his orphaned children have never eaten yummy food items like biryani, pizza, doughnuts, burgers or sandwiches and he has made it a mission to treat them with all these delicious homemade delicacies.

Grandpa Kitchen is a win-win for both these less fortunate kids as well as the viewers, who get to learn how to make the tastiest recipes in quick easy and detailed steps. Narayana Reddy gives out detailed information on the right ingredients and cooking method in his videos. Today, we will look at some of his most popular recipes, which you can try making at home.

1. Grandpa Kitchen Tasty Recipe One - American Sweet Corn Snack

First up is American Sweet Corn, Grandpa takes packets of corn and begins with boiling them. He adds salt to the water. After the corn is properly boiled, adds cornflour and mixes it properly and deep-fries it. He sprinkles a lot of chaat masala (spice powder mix or masala), cumin powder, red chilli powder and again mixes them properly. He squeezes lemon juice on the blend, goes on to add fried curry leaves, chopped spring onions, coriander leaves and voila crispy sweet corn is ready.

2. Grandpa Kitchen Tasty Recipe Two - Chicken Biryani

On a rainy day, Grandpa began making the tradition full chicken biryani by cleaning more than 30-40 chicken and making sharp cuts on them. Sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, biryani spices, lemon juice, home-made chicken masala, ghee, curd, fried onions, green chilli, chopped tomatoes, coriander and mint leaves, chopped onions, oil, and mix all these ingredients with chicken well. Marinate it for one hour.

Later, Narayana Reddy took a large container, poured lots of water, then added salt, oil, spices, lemon juice and covered it with a lid. After a few minutes of boiling, he added basmati rice and covered the top again for it to cook properly. He then covers marinated chicken with the cooked rice, adds oil, kewra water, saffron, fried onions, mint leaves, coriander leaves. The trickiest bit is preparing all of it, which he does by sealing the container and lid with dough. It is not easy to cook food on such a large scale with no supplicated aids, but he does it so smoothly.

3. Grandpa Kitchen Tasty Recipe Three - NYC Hot Dog

Making NYC’s famous hot dog in Telangana farm is what Grandpa does in this video. He unpacks plenty of soft hot dog buns and sausages. He begins by frying the sausages and also buns in butter on a roasting pan. For the garnishes, he applies mayonnaise on bread, adds veggies (jalapeno, lettuce and onions), places sausage, adds mustard sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise and your hot dog is ready.

4. Grandpa Kitchen Tasty Recipe Four - Mutton Gravy

Who does not like mutton gravy and if you know anyone, I don't want to know about it. Grandpa's favourite kids were treated with tasty goat curry in this video. The loving man prepared a big homemade meal by first cleaning mutton pieces carefully. He began cooking by adding oil, salt, spices and let it simmer on slow fire. After a while, he added finely chopped onions, green chillies, tomatoes, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste. Mix it all then and adequately water, cover it with lid and let it cook well. Add meat masala and cook some more. Garnish with chopped coriander and mint leaves. Your mutton gravy is ready.

Grandpa Kitchen has produced 107 videos till date (at the time of writing) and they have covered the awesome-est recipes from all around the world. He has made plates of pasta, curries, omelettes, noodles, snacks, lunches and dinners and most importantly everything that is a hit amongst children. The kind of dedication Narayana Reddy shows at his age is inspiring. He leaves us speechless, and we would want to salute the man with a big golden heart. Keep motivating us, Grandpa!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 10, 2018 08:46 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).