مشاهدة الموضوع من هنا DIPPING his hands into a vat of boiling fat to pluck out fried fish, this street chef is taking his profession to the extreme. Prem Singh, 65, has become famed in the backstreets of Old Delhi for his unique ability. He regularly plucks fried fish from the vat – which is heated up to 200 degree celsius – using his bare hands.
Published on Dec 16, 2013
Did someone order deep fried fish fingers? Chef draws crowds to street restaurant with ability to plunge his hands into a vat of 200C boiling oil Prem Singh, 65, claims never to have been burnt or injured The chef has been using bare hands to fry fish for past 25 years Stunt draws crowds to his street restaurant in Old Delhi, India Singh says he sells over a hundred kilograms of fried fish each day
When Prem Singh was asked to lend a helping hand frying fish at his family restaurant he took it rather too literally.
The chef, 65, has become famed in the backstreets of Old Delhi for his unique ability to plunge his bare hands into searing cooking oil.
He regularly dips his fingers into a bubbling vat of oil, which is heated up to 200C, to pluck out the fried fish.
But incredibly, the veteran fryer says he has never suffered any burns, blisters or ill affects.
Prem Singh said: ‘I have been doing this for 25 years. It is just about experience.
‘I put my hand into hot oil once. Later I did it again. I soon realized that the hot oil did not do me any harm.’
Each evening Singh’s Ganesh eatery has as many onlookers as it does customers.
Singh said: ‘Everyone wants me to dip my hand into hot oil. They want to see how I do it.’
Singh’s father started the small shop called Ganesh in Old Delhi in 1960.
They sold just fried fish, but over the years, Singh has moved to cooking other Indian delicacies too.
Singh says he sells over a hundred kilograms of fried fish each day, thanks to the demand to see him hand fry them.
