Indian food-- Best in the world

[nitesh]

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First of all I am not a Hindu. But I have a question

IS not allow to cut a cow = muslim oppression?

 

[booo]

^^ why dont we discuss about food instead of hindu-muslim here
thanks,

 

[duhastmish]

^^ why dont we discuss about food instead of hindu-muslim here
thanks,

May be they are on calorie conscious diet and don't wanna talk of good food ... he he

one of my Pakistani friend once introduced me to this exotic Karachi halwa man it was bloody full of calories but did it taste good........ Masha Allah out of this world.

 

[haviZsultan]

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First of all I am not a Hindu. But I have a question

IS not allow to cut a cow = muslim oppression?

No i dont think its oppression but we are talking about something bigger and generally what it leads to... the law makes it basically more difficult for the muslims to celebrate bakreed. Especially since RSS thugs have been given the task to enforce this sort of ban. Muslims are afraid of these terror groups and dont understand why its hard for others to deal with them.

Anyway as far as i am concerned I went crazy without beef for 1n month actually when i was back there. Hum log chinese gayey the in lucknow. Restaurant was Babiau i think or Babian... i aint sure... anyway i expected shezaun beef which was obviously not there because this seems to be one thing with the restaurants! Frankly i've been too seasoned with beef so maybe i cant comprehend how the muslims there live without it.

It is a nuisance i would say. U say u're secular meaning religion has nothing to do with state. Then slaughter of cows is banned in all but 2 states when muslims represent 13.4% of the population and u know in bakreed they slaughter cows! Though special arangements are made for that it is still a nuisance specially with all those slaughterhouses operating anyway making the law more or less useless right? As in any case its being done anyway all the same soooo whats the point....

This is a nice article about it from your viewpoint I would guess:

Is Nothing Sacred?

Mahatma Gandhi believed that a nation could be judged by the way it treats its animals. If that yardstick were applied to his own country today, India would be in the doghouse. Hindus venerate many of God's creatures, and the cow is considered especially sacred. But the international animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has exposed horrendous cruelty to India's cows as they are transported, illegally, to slaughter houses. Many arrive dead or badly injured after long and torturous journeys in trains and trucks or on foot. "It is Dante's Inferno for cows and bullocks," says PETA president Ingrid Newkirk.

India's livestock population, estimated at more than 500 million, is the world's largest. More than half are cows, buffalo and bulls. Once they become unproductive, many of the animals are sold by their owners, mostly subsistence farmers, and marched off to slaughter houses. Cow slaughter is permitted in just two provinces, the communist-ruled states of West Bengal in the east and Kerala in the south. Although it is illegal to transport the animals for slaughter across state borders, traders bribe officials to look the other way as they pack the cows into rail cars or trucks headed for West Bengal or Kerala. The animals frequently gore one another or break their pelvises when forced to jump from the trucks. Some suffocate inside boxcars. Thousands of others are surreptitiously herded overland--often without food or water. If they collapse from exhaustion, herders break their tails or throw chili pepper and tobacco in their eyes to make them walk again.

The campaign against the practice is attracting support from a number of animal-activist celebrities. Paul McCartney, Brigitte Bardot, Steven Seagal and Nina Hagen took part in an international day of protest two weeks ago in their home countries. "My heart breaks for the misery endured by all the mother cows and their calves ... who have become throw-aways in today's India," McCartney declared. The $1.6 billion Indian leather export industry is feeling the pinch. Gap and its subsidiaries Banana Republic and Old Navy have banned the use of Indian leather in their garments. The British shoe company Clark's announced last week that it will review the purchase of products made from Indian leather. PETA's hit list also includes Florsheim, Nordstrom, Casual Corner and other retail chains. "It's a wake-up call to India's leather industry," says PETA's Indian campaign coordinator Jason Baker. "If it doesn't do something soon to stop the cruelty against cows, there will be no leather industry left."

India's leather barons are worried that the protests will cripple exports to the West. Nearly 4,000 tanneries and leather-goods factories depend on the export trade. The industry employs around 1.7 million people, nearly a third of whom are women. "The campaign is going to affect us, no doubt about it," says Mohammed Hashim, chairman of the Council for Leather Exports. He feels his tribe is unfairly targeted. "We're only scavengers," he says. "We take skins sold by slaughter houses." Moreover, he adds, 90% of the hides council members use are from buffalo, goats or sheep. His organization has appealed to exporters to use only leather from animals that have been killed humanely.

The government, though, shows no sign of moving against the illegal transport and slaughter. Before PETA's campaign, Indian animal-rights groups had been trying for years to stop the brutal cattle trail. It's a multimillion-dollar business, and the kickbacks to politicians and officials are thought to be huge. (The cow "death trains" are operated by the state-owned railway.) Banning cow slaughter in West Bengal and Kerala probably wouldn't help, as it would surely lead to an increase in the number of illegal, backstreet slaughter houses. New Delhi may simply find it easier to respond to other demands by animal lovers, like creating a national authority for protecting cows or introducing tougher penalties for cruelty to animals (under existing law, the fine is only about $1).

A simpler solution would be to lift the ban on cow slaughter throughout India, to deter the deadly, illegal herdings across state lines. "Villagers can't afford to keep unproductive cows. They're not saints," says Bangalore animal-welfare worker Suparna Baksi-Ganguly. "Slaughter has to be made more accessible--suppressing it causes greater misery to the animals." But such a step would provoke the ire of cow lovers, and no political party is likely to risk that. So in a land that venerates them, cows will continue to pay a high price for their

 

[haviZsultan]

May be they are on calorie conscious diet and don't wanna talk of good food ... he he

one of my Pakistani friend once introduced me to this exotic Karachi halwa man it was bloody full of calories but did it taste good........ Masha Allah out of this world.

Where was this? Where did u try it?

Bundoo khan ke kabab is good. damn.... i miss home.

 

[nitesh]

dimension you have written such incoherent statement that I don't know what to respond.

 

[Awesome]

Asim I didn't got where r u going with this?

... nowhere?

 

[haviZsultan]

dimension you have written such incoherent statement that I don't know what to respond.

U shud study more.

 

[Awesome]

Of course! They're awesome! If you're a fan of Cholay (haha?) You should go to "Shahi Murgh Cholay" in Walton, Lahore. They've been there for ages and are BEST when it comes to murgh cholay.

(Can't help it, I'm a genuine lahori! It's my sworn duty to report these places to our fellow Pakistani's)

Bass thats it, I'm making Chikkar Cholay today! Aur kal Murgh Cholay.

 

[Awesome]

Where was this? Where did u try it?

Bundoo khan ke kabab is good. damn.... i miss home.

Bundu Khan I've heard has become very mediocre. I wanted to go there, since you know its Bundu Khan but no one was willing to go there as there are better alternatives.

Ok how about Quetta Sajji? Or even Tandu Adam Sajji in Karachi?

 

[duhastmish]

Where was this? Where did u try it?

Bundoo khan ke kabab is good. damn.... i miss home.

sir

i tried halwa in karachi itself, and yeh bundu khan ke kebab, i tried them and some other joint near goal masjid. silver spoon, food culture is just amazing in pakistan, but i tell you india is not that far behind either. i feel hungry. lol

 

[Neo]

Ok how about Quetta Sajji? Or even Tandu Adam Sajji in Karachi?

Quetta Sujhi...my favorite, yummie!

There's a nice place at Univeristy Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal near Usmania where they serve good Sajhi. Walk another few blocks towards Civic Center and try Kastoori's lassi or plain hot milk with cardamom.
I don't have the stomach anymore for the combination...

 

[Awesome]

I recently had Phajjay k paye...

I've mostly had baray k paye, but Phajja makes it with Goat instead of cow. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. Man they were amazing, I ate two and a half rotis with it.

 

[Awesome]

I recently had Phajjay k paye...

I've mostly had baray k paye, but Phajja makes it with Goat instead of cow. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. Man they were amazing, I ate two and a half rotis with it.

 

[Flintlock]

Maharashtrian Pohe for breakfast...drool