Sweet!

To mark the starting of my blog, I thought I'd start with something sweet! Although I plan to travel through each part of India & write about their contribution to Indian cuisine, I've decided to first talk about one of my favourite aspects of Indian food....sweets!

India!!

India is the land of diversity. Every nook and cranny of my homeland shows extravagant diversity through it culture,religion people, language, environment, and most importantly in our case, FOOD! North, south, east or west, India provides the best, most scrumptious and most flavoursome culinary delights. Come with me as I guide you through some of the food I have grown to love and savour!

What is Vegetarian, what isn't?

Vegetarian= grains, grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables, dairy products

Not Vegetarian= eggs, common animal ingredients such as gelatine (in marshmallows),lard, tallow, suet and rennet(some cheeses).

It's vital to check the ingredient list of any food product you may buy and ask for a list at take away outlets and restaurants ( as most waiters probably wouldn't know that mayonnaise contains egg or the eggless cake has a gelatin containig jelly filling!)

Vegetarian?

Vegetarian =
A vegetarian is someone living on a diet of grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits with or without the use of dairy products and eggs.
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products.(vegsoc.org)

However, tired of people classifying eggs as vegetarian when I dont believe them to be, my reference to 'vegetarian' henceforth, refers to something void of both animal/animal products and egg. This diet is typically what is refered to as 'pure vegetarian' in India.

Sizzling vegetarian recipes....

Its been over one year since my conversion from an ovo-lacto-pollo-pesce-tarian to a lacto-vegetarian. Many factors influenced this change, but I now feel that my life is better for it. Whatever your reasons may be for eating vegetarian, I aim at bringing you some of the best, easiest and most delicious vegetarian recipes from around the world, but in particular, India, the land of vegetariansim. I hope you enjoy my tantalising journey through the tastiest cuisine on this earth.