Please dont take any offence to this question. I am asking it for a reason. I am a lover of Indian food. I enjoy the vegetarian dishes over there. However, at times I keep hearing stories of cow urine in the food. Maybe I could be wrong. If they have it is fine but of course I need to know so I dont eat it since it would be against my religious beliefs. So please if you all could answer this without taking offence
2007-02-20 15:31:23 · 14 answers · asked by Ayaz N 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
This is probably the most ridiculous story about restaurant food that I have ever heard!
Restaurants have to comply with local ordinances regulating food establishments, and unless the restaurant is located near a cow farm, I woudn't think an Indian restaurant would risk being caught with a storage vat of cow urine in its kitchen.
This story is probably spread around by racists who want to prevent people from liking the cuisine of other cultures. Don't pay any attention to it.
2007-02-20 22:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Lady_Lawyer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Holy Cow Indian Restaurant
2016-12-18 06:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a myth and a bad joke!
The "holy cow" was actually the creation of a Western Journalist who covered the speech of pro-vegetarian religious Hindu Speaker who ansered a question at the end of his speech, regarding taking care of old cows with the answer asking the man if he would sell his mother to the butcher just because she was no longer productive and old? Naturally, the man replied No! Then the Speaker, I forget who it was, asked the man what was the difference between the cow and his mother, because the cow had also given his family milk to drink and was like a mother to them and, so, wouldn't it as much a sin as selling your mother to the butcher?
The Journalist captioned his story with "Holy Cow!" and the myth of Hindus and the cow was born.
In fact, many Hindus do eat eat beef, though most of them are vegans!
The myth of the cows urine belongs to the spate of stories that that news story unleashed!
Hope this clarified the matter.
Simon Templar
2007-02-20 16:11:28 · answer #3 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all you're absolutely right however just as alcohol is evaporated off in cooking (so it's ok for tee totallers, cow's urine undergoes a similar metamorphasis. Firstly it's distilled then the rsidue is put through a very sophisicated process that causes the resultant liquid to solidify. It then becomes a powder and sold as MSG.....
Believe that and you'll believe there is urine in Indian cuisine...
2007-02-20 20:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by John C 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like one of those "urban myths." Either that or it was a rumor started by someone prejudiced against foreigners, or against Indians in particular. If--and that's a mighty big if--they use cow urine in their home cooking, it's exceedingly unlikely any chef cooking in a restaurant in this country would dare do it.
2007-02-20 17:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by Charles d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, to my knowledge, they do not do this and I have never heard of this. They consider the cow sacred in India. I am a lover of Indian food as well.
2007-02-20 15:38:59 · answer #6 · answered by rachee_gal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love indian food but I never heard that one before. Maybe I should check my food more often!
2007-02-20 15:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by jessica david 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there is no cow urine in Indian food. those are just rumours.
2007-02-20 16:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jay T 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you could have cow urine if you specifically ordered it, but I doubt it.
2007-02-20 22:19:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i highly doubt it, b/c some of hte peple that cook in teh resturants are prolly hindu so that wuld be vioalting their religon, which i doubt they wuld do. but a local healthy measure check by the epa wudlnt' be a bad idea
2007-02-20 15:39:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋