Of course, the poultry and meat available for our ancestors were cage free, organic fed and free range. Even now, the country chicken you get in villages has relatively way lower fat content. Idk if you've seen the chicken breasts of generic walmart brand in the US but they look like they're fed on steroids. The breasts alone are the size of a whole chicken you get in India. The chicken here also doesn't inherently have flavor unlike our desi ones which is why I always marinate overnight for the flavor to seep in
I mostly get my chicken from the local Afghan or Indian store which kinda tastes better than american grocery chains though slightly price. When it comes to beef, I did try in a few pakistani restaurants but didn't really like beef in desi recipes...maybe I haven't been to the right restaurants. But I do like beef in western cuisines though
Woah, beef is like 1/3rd the cost of lamb/goat. It's pretty much the same in US where beef is kinda priced on par with chicken. In India, you can mostly find beef in Kerala, Goa and the North East while Buffalo meat is available in the hindi belt like UP/Bihar