[www.rawfoodrecipes.com]

the rice made out of green squash and spices looked kinda interesting

Why is Indian food so sweet?
Indian sweets may not be good for you.

common senseraw

<<Why is Indian food so sweet?
Indian sweets may not be good for you>>



just focus on the squash rice
recipe ( if u care to)

and ignore the rest

its okee dokee

I was questioning the Indian food in general.
Too many sweets.
Maybe responsible for the increase in type 2 diabetes in veg & non-veg eaters alike in India.

its just a recipe page
actually, prior to seeing this page
i didn't even know that indian cuisine had any sweets
just sheer ignorance
maybe if a lot of things are represented on one page
u think that is the vast percentage of their food
but i didn't even know that sweets existed in their diet
yeah, pretty silly of me
but that was just my general impression
that they were mostly about vegetables and spices

at least for vegetarian indians

CommonSenseRaw Wrote:
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> I was questioning the Indian food in general.
> Too many sweets.
> Maybe responsible for the increase in type 2
> diabetes in veg & non-veg eaters alike in India.


It is because according to Yogic philosphy, sugar is sattvic or in the mode of goodness. Are you referring specifically to Hare Krishnas? I find that they dump sugar in many things. But when I have eaten at Indian restaurants, it's not like that.

I have always loved Indian food but it's always seemed crazy to me going from the very hot and spicy courses into the insanely,(IMO), sweet deserts.

I always could understand the very spicy - tropical areas are just teeming with so many life forms that probably everyone there would be dead without plenty of spices to keep down the inevitable parasite loads. Parasites hate spices.

But then what's with all the very condensed dairy based sweets? Well, it took me until very recently to understand the probable true horror of that aspect's reason.

Parasites love condensed dairy products and sweets and are probably having to fight for their lives with every ragingly hot meal their hosts consume. At that point, while the nice spicy meal is digesting, the gasping for their very lives parasites most likely commence to influencing their hosts' brains into craving the sugars that they, not their hosts, need to survive.

No, this is not just woo woo. I'm quite possibly right on my Indian desert theory - though I never would have believed it before I read this book...

[www.amazon.com]

well if u are from India
that doesn't automatically mean u eat lots of sweets
i would imagine that's like saying
or thinking
if u are from america
u eat lots of hamburgers french fries and chocolate ice cream sundaes

i think no matter what cultural food
each person will make their own mind about it
and aren't sweets a "dessert"?
and desserts are mostly not eaten as a main meal
hence, simply an aside?

SueZ Wrote:
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> I have always loved Indian food but it's always
> seemed crazy to me going from the very hot and
> spicy courses into the insanely,(IMO), sweet
> deserts.
>
> I always could understand the very spicy -
> tropical areas are just teeming with so many life
> forms that probably everyone there would be dead
> without plenty of spices to keep down the
> inevitable parasite loads. Parasites hate spices.
>
> But then what's with all the very condensed
> dairy based sweets? Well, it took me until very
> recently to understand the probable true horror of
> that aspect's reason.
>
> Parasites love condensed dairy products and
> sweets and are probably having to fight for their
> lives with every ragingly hot meal their hosts
> consume. At that point, while the nice spicy meal
> is digesting, the gasping for their very lives
> parasites most likely commence to influencing
> their hosts' brains into craving the sugars that
> they, not their hosts, need to survive.
>
> No, this is not just woo woo. I'm quite
> possibly right on my Indian desert theory - though
> I never would have believed it before I read this
> book...
>
>
> [www.amazon.com]
> us-Creatures/dp/074320011X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=U
> TF8&qid=1397077957&sr=1-1&keywords=parasite+rex

While there are deserts in India I doubt even parasites are crazy about eating them. I meant to say desserts.

la_veronique Wrote:
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> well if u are from India
> that doesn't automatically mean u eat lots of
> sweets

No, but even so, India tops the world in sugar consumption. They, (or rather their parasites maybe), consume around 22 million tons of sugar a year.



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la_veronique Wrote:
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> [www.rawfoodrecipes.com]
> ian-india.html
>
> the rice made out of green squash and spices
> looked kinda interesting


As I went back through these recipes this morning I see they have added a new one, "Ayurvedic Spring Detox Tea", which is extremely close to Tavis' tonic #2 - sans the boiling and sugar.

I've put the recipe you pointed out and Russell James' Samosa recipe on my favorites list to try. Thanks for posting these!

hi suez

have fun with it

SueZ Wrote:
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> la_veronique Wrote:
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> >
> [www.rawfoodrecipes.com]
>
> > ian-india.html
> >
> > the rice made out of green squash and spices
> > looked kinda interesting
>
>
> As I went back through these recipes this
> morning I see they have added a new one,
> "Ayurvedic Spring Detox Tea", which is extremely
> close to Tavis' tonic #2 - sans the boiling and
> sugar.
>
> I've put the recipe you pointed out and Russell
> James' Samosa recipe on my favorites list to try.
> Thanks for posting these!

Interesting but not raw.
Are there any Indian raw recipe?



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RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> Interesting but not raw.
> Are there any Indian raw recipe?

Translate and improvise or find a good raw food recipe book that you can consult if you haven't had enough experience to figure out the ropes for yourself yet.

For instance - when a recipe calls for miso use salt and when a recipe calls for maple sugar use stevia if you want to wear the absolutely positively religiously strict 100% raw medal.

Interesting...

It is not enough "to wear the absolutely positively religiously strict 100% raw medal".

The raw food has to be mono eatable and high water content. So salt for miso would not qualify. The same for stevia.

No half way measure here, when there a chance to be perfect why not try?



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raw practicalist

i don't know
i know barely anything about indian foods
good luck finding a raw recipe suitable for you
thanks for asking
i just don't know
maybe ask someone who grew up with indian food
and has a passion for making it truly raw

Indians have a small beautiful body frame.

It must be in the food.

Maybe things are changing now with all of the sweets.

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> Interesting...
>
> It is not enough "to wear the absolutely
> positively religiously strict 100% raw medal".
>
> The raw food has to be mono eatable and high water
> content. So salt for miso would not qualify. The
> same for stevia.
>
> No half way measure here, when there a chance to
> be perfect why not try?

RawPracticalist, if that is what is "perfect" food in your mind who can help you find an Indian food, or any other recipe for humans? You don't need a recipe for a monomeals.



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RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> Indians have a small beautiful body frame.
>
> It must be in the food.

Do you imagine, in the midst of all your imaginings, that they are all eating mono meals?


> Maybe things are changing now with all of the
> sweets.


Actually the sweet consumption in India has been steadily coming down. You don't have to imagine. The information is readily and easily available to those with any real interest.

Things are getting worse in India....

Quote

India is, therefore, a very sweet nation — a nation that consumes sugar and oil in large quantities. No wonder we are the ‘diabetic capital’ of the world, with some 36 million diabetics of a total count of 145 million worldwide. We must be inching towards the status of ‘cholesterol capital’ of the world as well.

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s India the delight of sugar manufacturers? I have never seen so much sweet stuff marketed anywhere else. Am I right?

- Sophie McCullough, Mumbai

Sophie, you are absolutely correct. We are a sweet country — and a sweet people to boot!

[www.thehindubusinessline.com]

SueZ Wrote:
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> Actually the sweet consumption in India has been
> steadily coming down.


The consumption in India is coming down per person. National consumption in India is going up because of increasing population.



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That is great.
More commercials, more exposure to sweets, more tv as population gets more industrialized.
I guest people are becoming more health conscious.

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> That is great.
> More commercials, more exposure to sweets, more tv
> as population gets more industrialized.


You forgot to add more fruit monomeals.

Mimi Kirk has some great Indian recipes in her book. One calls for dehydrating cauliflower for 1 to 3 hours. It takes on a great texture. Spices are called for, but you can skip and use fresh herbs and also skip the salt and/or oil if you like.

Thanks for sharing. I will try dehydrating cauliflower.

I think you'll be pleased.

la_veronique Wrote:
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> [www.rawfoodrecipes.com]
> ian-india.html
>
> the rice made out of green squash and spices
> looked kinda interesting

Thanks for the link! Lots of deliciousness here.

david

dvdai

enjoy!

They are just too delicious.
They are not good for your long term health.
They create dependency on SAD looking foods.
They will not help your transition to a total commitment to raw food.
And most importantly they are not high water content raw foods

But enjoy on special rare occasions.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/2014 11:24AM by RawPracticalist.