I'll be cooking for an indian vegetarian guest but don't know if parmesan cheese is okey to add to my pesto.
2006-09-07 16:50:30 · 11 answers · asked by GZGarcie 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Many indians are vegetraians, and coffee and chai(tea) and dahi(yogurt) are a stable part of our diets..so unless the guest is vegan, you should be fine adding cheese in. BTW, indian coffee and chai center around milk(instead of water as in most of the rest of the world).
2006-09-07 21:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am East Indian and my entire Indian family is vegetarian. We eat everything except meat, poultry, fish, and EGGS. However, we DO eat milk and cheese, as do many Indian vegetarians. You will need to ask this particular individual, though, because obviously just being Indian does not dictate what you eat. It depends on religion, morals, culture, food preferences, etc.
Anyway, you can buy vegan parmesan cheese and it will be fine in a pesto (try a health food store for this if they don't have it at your grocery).
Good luck!
2006-09-08 03:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by Trisha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll say put it on the side just to be sure. Because these days there are so many types of vegans and vegetarians and some eat eggs and butter and some don't and some eat only stuff that don't have ha heart and some think fish is ok is only land animals that they do eat and so forth. So I will go safe and don't use the cheese.
2006-09-07 16:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by wanna_help_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your friend is a vegan,(a kind of vegetarian) lyou can't add anything with milk, eggs or any dairy products....which would include cheese.
If your friend is not vegan, and most Indians aren't, you can add cheese. Indian vegetarian recipes include spices that other kinds of vegetarian recipes don't.
2006-09-08 07:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can add the cheese.. Indian vegetarians will have no problem with cheese or any dairy products added to the meal.
2006-09-07 23:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cajun Tofu INGREDIENTS 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 2 medium capsicums, thinly sliced 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced 1/8 cup oil 750 grams / 26 ounces tofu, cubed 2 medium tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon paprika 3/4 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon file 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 1/3 cup water METHOD Saute the onion, capsicum and celery in the oil for 5 minutes. Add the tofu and saute until they begin to brown. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer on low heat for 45 minutes. Serve as a side dish or over rice.
2016-03-27 02:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vegatarians are vegetarians and vegans are vegans, regardless if they are indian or not. Chesse should not be a problem. I've seen my vegetarian Idian friends drink milk afterall.
2006-09-07 16:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by Angie B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to use chaddar chess in ur cooking as some other kind of chees have meat fat mixed in the chees if u add tht cheees its no more veg foo for ur geust.
Best is to make Paneer frm milk
Boil milk while boiling add one lemon in ur milk
u will start getting natural chees coming ouut frm tht milk ,use tht cheess its the best of all cheees
Once you are making indian dish call me to invite me.
2006-09-10 05:54:49 · answer #8 · answered by jayesh108 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are vegans and there are full vegans who don't eat any dairy product at all. It is better to ask your guest their preference but I would recommend not too put any cheese.
2006-09-08 05:05:02 · answer #9 · answered by etang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I make my Pesto without cheese & it's very good.
If you are Vegan NO CHEES. They also use butter or Ghee alot.
2006-09-07 16:53:23 · answer #10 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋