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Vegan food: The west vs India (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 11 months ago (5 children)

A lot of Indian cooking is vegetarian, not vegan. Ghee is very often used.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago

And paneer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yea there are probably more vegans in Europe than in India

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not quite the same, but if you want to replace ghee with something vegan, try avocado or coconut oil. There is vegan ghee (made from palm oil I think?) but it's bad for you the same way old timey margerine is bad.

Incidentally, unprocessed red palm oil could be a nice replacement, but it has a characteristic earthy/almondy taste. I love it on fish dishes but it's not the taste you expect from Indian food I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

"I fucking love Ghee, it's like freebasing butter" - Malcolm Tucker