Eating vegan in India

Theo and I had two delightful curry tofu roti rolls courtesy of SpiceJet. Here I am enjoying my second spicy roll on our flight to Delhi. We've been remarkably lucky with food thus far. Ami's family practices Jainism, a very vegan friendly religion, and we ate very well there. Everything that was served at her family's house and the wedding functions was vegetarian, and aside from avoiding some cheese, we could eat everything. Because of the number of Jains in Gujarat, the food in the whole state is vegetarian. I actually thought I may shed some pounds during the trip. Uhm... not gonna happen. The Modis and Shahs fed us too well.

Here in Delhi, we've enjoyed some delicious and amazingly cheap food from our hotel. More people eat meat here, but the menus at the restaurants are divided equally between veg and non-veg food. We both agreed that the aloo gobi was the best we've ever had. I'm afraid I'll never enjoy the Indian food in Champaign the same way again. Unlike Chinese and Japanese food, you'll find pretty much the same items on the menus here as in Indian restaurants in the States, but you'll also find a wider variety of menu items with more complex flavors. We're looking for a nice restaurant tonight for a New Years Eve dinner. In this town, we know we'll eat well.