• @AA5B@lemmy.world
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    222 years ago

    I was lucky enough to travel to India once, and try some great food … I wanted to be vegetarian while there, simply because it was so good. The guys thought they were being helpful pointing out meat dishes everywhere we went, but it was typically an afterthought on the menus, not well prepared, not worth eating.

    — In an American restaurant the focus is on meat and it is well prepared so that’s what I’m looking for

    — in my limited experience with restaurants in India, the focus was on foods that didn’t have meat, and was very well prepared, so that’s what I’m looking for

    As long as the vegetarian option is a substitute, or an option, or doing without, rather than the focussing on a good meal, most of will have no reason to select it, no reason to expect it to be a good choice

    • LalSalaamComrade
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      82 years ago

      Not sure if this comment was made in good faith (perhaps this is why someone downvoted you), but I would like to think that there were no ill-intentions.

      Yes, we do have mango curries. Us Tuluvere eat the Mangalorean-style Kukku da Kajipu (literal translation: Vegetable of Mango, normalised translation: Mango Curry). It is truly a vegan dish, and it tastes amazing.

      If you want other recommendations, then this is a must-try: Pelakai da Gatti (literal translation: Dumpling of Jackfruit, normalised translation: Jackfruit cake). Another amazing vegan dish - it is just that you have to substitute cow’s ghee with coconut ghee.

      And there’s also stuff like dosæ and idli, which are also vegan, as long as the cow’s ghee is substituted. Sorry if I didn’t use the original script here, my language still does not exist in the Unicode.

      • SaniFlush [any, any]
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        52 years ago

        Yeah I wasn’t kidding, I tried mango curry before and it’s awesome. Also this interface doesn’t show downvotes.

      • portside
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        I love Mangalore foods. I’m a big fan. I need to explore local dishes next time I’m there

        • LalSalaamComrade
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          Personally I’m a non-vegetarian, although I don’t eat that often, so I’d recommend sea-food any day.

  • @jameshariosn@lemy.lol
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    11 year ago

    One culture has embraced veganism and vegetarianism as a longstanding norm, while another is working to shift a population deeply attached to meat. These approaches are fundamentally different and have distinct needs to achieve their respective objectives. For instance, while McDonald’s UK breakfast menu offers options to cater to varying dietary preferences, including vegetarian choices, the challenges of integrating plant-based options into different cultural contexts can vary significantly.

  • @Fades@lemmy.world
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    122 years ago

    What a brain dead post, which makes sense given the unfunny and lame as fuck “I’ve depicted the group I don’t like as soyjack” bs

  • _haha_oh_wow_
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    92 years ago

    Shit, now I want some Indian food. Not even vegan, I just like it.

  • @computerscientistI@lemm.ee
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    82 years ago

    Indian food most often is vegetarian but definitely not vegan, in my experience. Also: It often seems to be colorful mud. Some parts of the dishes tend to be way too hot.

  • KptnAutismus
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    we ate burgers with i think corn-based patties once. actually tasted better than a burger imo. definetely a carnivore, but the vegans sure have some dope alternatives.

    edit: omnivore would be more correct

  • MrMobius
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    682 years ago

    Yeah I don’t get the whole “replace meat with a vegan steak” idea. Just prepare a delicious Dahl, the recipe of which has been around for hundreds of years!

  • @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Wrong. The fake meat in the top portion is overprocessed and tastes like garbage instead of delicious meat, while the bottom portion is 100% delicious vegan food.

    Edit: downvotes from people who hate vegan food, I guess.

    • yukichigai
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      122 years ago

      Depends on the brand IMO. I actually really like Impossible Meat; to me it tastes like decent quality beef with some really good hard to place seasoning. If it wasn’t so damn expensive I’d get it over actual ground beef.