Cheap, filling, flavor. Sub out yogurt for coconut milk and this becomes a vegan meal. But I wasn’t opening a can of cocoi milk for two tablespoons.
Cost per person $1.38
Cheap, filling, flavor. Sub out yogurt for coconut milk and this becomes a vegan meal. But I wasn’t opening a can of cocoi milk for two tablespoons.
Cost per person $1.38
I have a huge spice cabinet that I built. It has a drawer underneath it to store bulk spices and then I use smaller vessels for ready access and refill them as necessary. I have those small metal cups that are about a quarter cup in size that I’ll portion everything out into for my mise in place. Which is very important when you’re doing Indian food because you might have 7 or 12 different things going into something at different stages.
Indian food isn’t just a great choice for cheap, but it’s also the best tasting vegetarian and vegan food out there. I have a feeling that if people got away from the pseudo meats and focused onto Indian food that a lot more people would have no problem with vegetarianism. But they also have very tasty lamb and goat recipes. They have everyone covered.
Yes, not only vegetarian and veganism, but also simply having vegetarian meals more often without giving up meat entirely. Sometimes I think folks “let the perfect be the enemy of the good” and insist on going cold turkey full vegan or bust and then busting out. They’d have much more success eating less meat by just trying some vegetarian Indian dishes and seeing how nice it can be to have a delicious, savoury, hearty, filling, and satisfying Indian meal, and even forget that they aren’t eating meat!
Some of my favourites include Rajma, dal makhani, a very spicy masala dosa with 3 chutneys and a bowl of sambar, and Lahore style chole.
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