Indian food is saving so many lives
(midwest.social)
UnknowableNight
VeganHalf the Indian population suffers from anemia...
Don't sleep on Ethiopian food, the veggie dishes are delicious. The injera bread is my favorite part
Injera is the only reason I don't make Ethiopian more often. Teff Love is the recipe book I used and the misir wot is easy and great, but the injera recipe calls for planning ahead three days.
Agreed 100%, I need to learn how to make that, next!
It was so weird being raised in the US where India was/is exoticized as some far off unique flavor of humanity that is just one country among a far east of peculiar deviations from mainstream (read: european) history.
In reality Indian history is a good chunk of human history..... The current population is what 1/7th of earth?... and India's history stretches back very deep into human history.
I wish Indian stuff was portrayed in US culture more along the lines of "look at this other thing one of humanities oldest and largest cultures figured out before the rest of us did!". Not in a way that fetishes it, rather the opposite, introduce the basic logical point that India can't be ignored as a part of human history, too much of our story as humans has happened there and is happening there.
Same thing with China, though I feel like China's immensity of population is more often portrayed negatively in the US and thus this is less of a subversive point. However when it comes to history there is the same exact weird denial of Chinese history as there is Indian history in the US, whatever you think of the present day places they are major parts of the story of the human race. US culture focuses on Western European history like it is the main course and by the numbers it just isn't.
I dunno, I guess I say that all to make that point that I love Indian food, especially how good vegetarian and vegan Indian food often is, and I would argue that actually Indian food being awesome makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Indians have been perfecting the art of cooking for a long time with a massive diversity of styles.
I have went through these sorta prepper type diets. Like trying to determine the minimal number of foods to meet requirements. Now there are certain things that without you are in trouble in weeks or months but when you start looking at things that mess you up over years its complex but eggs and milk easily cover that kind of stuff. since indian vegetairans are fine with dairy this makes it much easier.
In Japan, Indian restaurants are a godsend
Tofu Masala Tofu Palak/Saag Tofu Sabzi
None of these are traditional Indian dishes, tofu was only introduced to India a few centuries ago. But vegetarianism (more commonly ovo-lacto) as well as veganism (e.g., a lot of Jain food) has been very common for thousands of years.
As the other poster said, if you don't do paneer there's a ton of protein to be found in dal (lentil) and chana (chickpea) dishes. And if you don't do cream or ghee most any dish can be made with coconut milk and boiled ground cashews.
Plus the sheer amount of dal and other legume dishes
Gotta try those more
Except for protein.
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indias-protein-deficiency-and-the-need-to-address-the-problem
Chickpeas and lentils are incredibly protein dense, if India has a protein deficiency issue it is likely due to poverty
What makes you think protein-rich plant food is somehow unbalanced with any of the other plant foods due to economics?
It's not like legumes in India are ten times the price of anything else. Lentils and peas are an agricultural backbone and everywhere.
And destroying even more toilets!!
Sounds like you need more fiber in your diet.
