I hate vegetables - in curry

[Darandio]

I think India is predominantly vegetarian so I'm sure they can make veg curries work beautifully

Indeed, although pretty much every 'Indian' restaurant people will dine at isn't Indian anyway! Saying that, the Bangladeshi diet is also prominently vegetarian so the point still stands.

 

[Bletchleyite]

If you want a veggie curry go to a vegetarian only Indian, don't go to one which simply swaps meat for veg or paneer.

Choli, masala dhosa, idli are all excellent dishes.

It's worth noting that a majority (don't know how big a majority) of Indians are vegetarian, so if you actually go there you'll have loads of such choices. Though it's also of note that "Indian" restaurants in the UK are mostly in fact Pakistani or Bangladeshi (dating back of course in concept to when it was one country) so if you do find an actual Indian restaurant the food may not be what you're used to!

 

[Jess Clark]

How can you hate veg and curry??? Best food ya can get! https://emojipedia.org/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing/

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

As a vegetarian one would think that I might disagree with the OP but I don't...it is the manner in which they are cooked and presented in 'Indian' restaurants that is unpleasant. Firstly the vegetables are boiled (worst way to cook veg) and secondly they are plopped into the sauce or gravy just prior to serving...that's why in Bombay Aloo for example, the spuds are often cold in the middle! In the best Indian food the veg would be cooked with the spices.
As others have suggested, seek out a Vegetarian Indian restaurant they will be more likely to be authentic. There are some very good ones around. The average 'Indian' has been created to suit the British taste and in common with most other outlets on the High Street they can be very mediocre.

 

[507021]

I think vegetable curries are nicer than meat ones, personally.

The other week, I found a bag of sprouts in the freezer, so I put them in a curry with some mushrooms and cauliflower. It was delicious.

 

[yorksrob]

I just want them to discover quorn !

 

[507021]

I just want them to discover quorn !

My eldest daughter is a vegetarian so we usually have Quorn (with vegetables) in our curries.

I quite like it personally, in fact I prefer to use Quorn to meat in most of my cooking.

 

[yorksrob]

My eldest daughter is a vegetarian so we usually have Quorn (with vegetables) in our curries.

I quite like it personally, in fact I prefer to use Quorn to meat in most of my cooking.

Yes, It's great stuff. I like the sausages as well.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Not a fan myself - it tastes of mushroom. I do like mushroom, but I like it to have the texture and shape of mushroom, not be the vegetarian equivalent of Turkey Twizzlers.

I quite like Linda McCartney's sausages, that said. But if I was making a veggie curry (you can forget veganism), I'd go with paneer (cheese).

 

[yorksrob]

Not a fan myself - it tastes of mushroom. I do like mushroom, but I like it to have the texture and shape of mushroom, not be the vegetarian equivalent of Turkey Twizzlers.

I quite like Linda McCartney's sausages, that said. But if I was making a veggie curry (you can forget veganism), I'd go with paneer (cheese).

I really don't het that it tastes of mushroom (and I hate the things).

 

[507021]

Yes, It's great stuff. I like the sausages as well.

I'm also a fan of the sausages, but I wasn't impressed by the bean burgers.

 

[John Griffiths]

Not curry but sausage related (sorry) but I'd recommend Richmond meat free sausages - they really are very good, and virtually indistinguishable from pork sausages. Tastewise, I prefer them to Richmond pork sausages.

 

[yorksrob]

Not curry but sausage related (sorry) but I'd recommend Richmond meat free sausages - they really are very good, and virtually indistinguishable from pork sausages. Tastewise, I prefer them to Richmond pork sausages.

Thanks for the heads up !

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I'm also a fan of the sausages, but I wasn't impressed by the bean burgers.

I do like a bean burger, but I can't see the point of quorn doing one as beans are already veggie !

 

[Essan]

When I was younger I hated sprouts

After I started work, I then attended my first Works Christmas Dinner. At which copious quantities of wine were consumed. And discovered that after a bottle of red, sprouts became much more palatable. I've eaten them ever since. Sometimes even when sober

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When the fridge was near empty, and the curry too small, only the parsnips lurked in the deepest chilly depths. And.... I've discovered I love parsnips in curry! Not tried the sprout, but sweetcorn - surely better employed elsewhere.

Parsnips are the devil's food. One of the very few things I cannot eat .... even in a curry.

 

[Jess Clark]

The schools curry's where nice always had them but I switched to pack lunch in primary school. I'm in high school and the lunches make me sick my school allows us to go home for lunch so I mainly go home for lunch but there's nothing to eat as I have no liking taste to the food. I have at home got disgusting ASDA food I don't like food that much I do have issues with eating. Back in June 2019 I only drank water and cola not ate much. Then in Jan this year I counted calories only went to 400 max. But curry and veg is amazing!

 

[yorksrob]

When I was younger I hated sprouts

After I started work, I then attended my first Works Christmas Dinner. At which copious quantities of wine were consumed. And discovered that after a bottle of red, sprouts became much more palatable. I've eaten them ever since. Sometimes even when sober

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Parsnips are the devil's food. One of the very few things I cannot eat .... even in a curry.

I'm withyou all the way.

Sprouts are heavenly but parsnips are disgusting !

 

[Darandio]

Then in Jan this year I counted calories only went to 400 max. But curry and veg is amazing!

Only at school (13?) but only eating a max of 400 calories. Is that per day? If so that really isn't healthy, you say you like curry and veg, eat loads more of it!

 

[507021]

The schools curry's where nice always had them but I switched to pack lunch in primary school. I'm in high school and the lunches make me sick my school allows us to go home for lunch so I mainly go home for lunch but there's nothing to eat as I have no liking taste to the food. I have at home got disgusting ASDA food I don't like food that much I do have issues with eating. Back in June 2019 I only drank water and cola not ate much. Then in Jan this year I counted calories only went to 400 max. But curry and veg is amazing!

I enjoyed the curry at my high school, although the rice was very hit and miss.

Is that 400 calories for your lunch?

 

[Jess Clark]

400 max when I mainly stopped eating food 400 calories per day.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I really don't het that it tastes of mushroom (and I hate the things).

Especially as the makers of Quorn were ordered by the Food Standards Agency to stop calling their weird concoction anything derived from the word "fungi" due to it not being one. It's a mould so you can understand why they weren't keen on saying so!

 

[yorksrob]

Especially as the makers of Quorn were ordered by the Food Standards Agency to stop calling their weird concoction anything derived from the word "fungi" due to it not being one. It's a mould so you can understand why they weren't keen on saying so!

Well, people seem to like mushrooms, and they're the same thing.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Well, people seem to like mushrooms, and they're the same thing.

But they aren't the same thing, that's why (as I said) if you buy a bag of Quorn "pieces" today it won't say anything about mushroom or fungi.

It was originally marketed as being mushroom-based, because that sounds more appealing than "mould". It being made of mould is also why it can trigger an emetic or laxative reaction in some people.

I personally just find the stuff underwhelming- if I'm having a meal without meat, I don't want a poor imitation of meat to take its place. The "pieces" especially just make me think of Soylent Green.

 

[yorksrob]

But they aren't the same thing, that's why (as I said) if you buy a bag of Quorn "pieces" today it won't say anything about mushroom or fungi.

It was originally marketed as being mushroom-based, because that sounds more appealing than "mould". It being made of mould is also why it can trigger an emetic or laxative reaction in some people.

I personally just find the stuff underwhelming- if I'm having a meal without meat, I don't want a poor imitation of meat to take its place. The "pieces" especially just make me think of Soylent Green.

It is to me. Mould is mould, whether in the form of a toadstool or not.

I don't mind the taste of quorn though.