What Is Kosher Food And How Is It Made

right next to the ohel jakob synagogue in downtown munich is the city's only kosher restaurant the einstein is under the constant supervision of rabbi shmuel aaron brodmann native of the netherlands he looks in regularly to make sure the food is prepared according to the jewish dietary laws the cash route my job is to make sure that all the items that are brought are kosher either from factory that have kosher certificate and certain items they don't need kosher certificate let's say oil and and then and vinegar and sugar and salt there are many items of fish that we know that it has skins and skills but meat and chicken will always need kosher certificate kosher regulations allow only meat from ruminants or cud chewing mammals with four feet or cloven hoops pork is treyf or impure eggs are parve or neutral they can be eaten together with either meat or dairy even so they need to be checked by mash gyak zaman zizov he's the rabbi's right hand man yes we are cooking this kind of blue smile yeah in the eye vice the restaurant's menu features several jewish israeli and oriental dishes alongside international specialties especially popular is the chicken breast schnitzel leander lutke may be the chef but certain tasks are forbidden to him afterwards one of the basic rules of kosher cuisine is to keep dairy and meat products strictly separate cheese milk and cream are not used here instead the restaurant's pastry chefs work with margarine and soya products oil replaces butter for the chala and salt the kosher schnitzels are almost done the last step is to pack them carefully so they'll be delivered hot and juicy and above all truly kosher kosher the restaurant's dishes are quite popular and not only with its jewish patrons so bete avon bon appetit you