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Vegan food: The west vs India (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 66 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I'm vegetarian. Western food is so focused on meat that people often have no idea how to make a meal that doesn't contain it. My mother once asked me how to make a vegetarian version of Chicken Parmesan. So keep the tomato sauce, cheese, and spices, but swap out the chicken with pasta. Congrats you've made vegetarian Chicken Parmesan. I like to call it Spaghetti.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'd swap the chicken for eggplant personally.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think that speaks to OP's point: instead of thinking in terms of trying to replicate the meat dish without meat, think in terms of making a vegetable dish that satisfies the same mood.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    90% of "vegetarian versions" of dishes are just the dish without meat. 9% of the remainder are the dish with black beans and/or mushrooms

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I mean personally I'd sub it in for something with some protein, though you definitely don't need nearly the amount you get from a piece of meat.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    And there’s a lot of alternatives for many different prices. I remember how people used to berate me for being vegetarian while growing up, telling me I’d die and whatnot.

    Still here, after nearly thirty years.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    and people get so pissy about like 'where is muh serving of protein??' like just because you saw an infograph as a child doesn't mean you have to have a hunk of a living creature every meal

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You should still be eating protein...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You know what has protein? Every whole plant food. You don't need a dedicated part of a meal that is high in protein when the whole meal contains protein.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    That's delusional.

    Different plants have different macros. Ofc there are plants with high protein but don't go around spouting carrots and fruit are a balanced diet. You need beans, legumes, nuts, etc.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    There’s nothing childish about paying attention to macros. If you’ve ever spent time doing any programmed exercising that includes making linear progress, you know the difference protein can make. And it’s hard to achieve even when you’re not extremely limited in ingredients.

    I’m not knocking vegan or vegetarian diets. Just saying it’s not at all easy, and that protein matters a lot.

    Also most vegetarian Indian food is absolutely loaded with butter/ghee. It’s not “healthy.”

    Italy and Japan life expectancy: 84 years.

    India: 70 years.

    Drastic differences.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    like just because you saw an infograph as a child doesn’t mean you have to have a hunk of a living creature every meal

    Especially when said infographic was not only wrong, but also propaganda.

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