Since moving to India ten months ago, we have enjoyed a mainly vegetarian diet and have welcomed this change in lifestyle. Vegetables are cheap, fresh and plentiful and there is a huge variety of tasty vegetarian food served in restaurants in India. Unlike most of the rest of the world, the majority of India's population is vegetarian (and many of these are vegan) and hence vegetarians, and vegetarian food, comes first.
I am an advocate of the health and environmental benefits of vegetarian food, although there are occasions when our carnivorous roots fight back and we crave meat. Specifically, red meat.
Cows are sacred in India and I've been told that the sale of beef is illegal in Bombay (I'm not convinced by this rumour as it's served in high-end hotels). We have though recently made the happy discovery that buffalo meat is available and sold at our local butchers, Joseph's in Bandra.
Succulent slabs of buffalo steak are sold at the princely sum of £5 a kilo, with a minimum sale of 1kg. I got back from work last week to find Phil ready to fry two hearty steaks for dinner - the red meat cravings had clearly hit him that day!
Here is the end result. Cooked in butter, generously seasoned. Meaty heaven.
I am an advocate of the health and environmental benefits of vegetarian food, although there are occasions when our carnivorous roots fight back and we crave meat. Specifically, red meat.
Cows are sacred in India and I've been told that the sale of beef is illegal in Bombay (I'm not convinced by this rumour as it's served in high-end hotels). We have though recently made the happy discovery that buffalo meat is available and sold at our local butchers, Joseph's in Bandra.
Succulent slabs of buffalo steak are sold at the princely sum of £5 a kilo, with a minimum sale of 1kg. I got back from work last week to find Phil ready to fry two hearty steaks for dinner - the red meat cravings had clearly hit him that day!
Here is the end result. Cooked in butter, generously seasoned. Meaty heaven.
Buffalo steak with buttery mash, green beans (hari pali) and chutney
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