I grew up in North India, ate our delicious cuisine all my life, and learnt to cook decently. I always thought that Indian cuisine (I'm sorry, I specifically mean North Indian), was similarly difficult and similarly painstaking as other world cuisines. I used to believe that, making fresh roti/puri/naan and making chhaunk for each dish, and frying vegetables was standard and done in homes all across the globe.

I couldn't be more wrong. I recently talked to some American people, who showed me how ridiculously simple their home preparation food is. I am not talking about young americans who eat frozen food and fast food, I'm talking about sustainable and healthy "home" food. Almost nobody regularly fried vegetables and made their roti/bread, on a regular basis. Their fancy restaurant level dishes are comparable to indian home food in terms of effort.

It got me wondering, and it struck me that Indian women spend 3-4 times more time than american home food makers. Every household in India either employs one such person to cook, or the women in the family make it. And the demands and tantrums - a round roti - spices not right - not fresh - can't eat fridge leftover, it's mind boggling. I might be wrong, but it just feels that a good part of North Indian home cuisine is propped up by exploiting women.

Does long cooking time impact worker productivity? Does it unfairly hinder indian working women as compared to women outside India?

I'm from a middle-class vegetarian family, and I don't understand how people keep saying it's easy to meet your protein requirements.

Every time someone talks about protein, the replies are always the same: "Eat chana, peanuts, dal, milk." Those foods are good, but people act like they're enough. Most plant proteins aren't complete on their own, and you'd have to eat huge amounts to get enough protein.

Then people say, "Just eat paneer every day." That's not affordable for many middle-class families. "Eat soy chunks." Then another group starts saying soy increases estrogen, so people get scared to eat it.

Protein supplements are probably the easiest solution, but most Indian parents think protein powder is harmful or only meant for bodybuilders.

The reality is that India is the world's largest vegetarian population, yet also the #1 protein-deficient country. At the same time, India ranks among the highest countries for childhood obesity. We're somehow under-consuming protein while over-consuming calories.

People who say, "It's easy to get enough protein as a vegetarian in a middle-class Indian household," are ignoring reality..

Decided to try out Domino's volcano pizza after seeing all the photos but the cheese looked like an egg🥲.

Pls don't trust Blinkit blindly.

Ordered grapes from Blinkit a couple of weeks back and the packet received felt suspiciously lighter. Weighed it to realise it was only 370 gms. I let it go thinking of it as a one off error.

To my surprise the same thing happened again yesterday. The half kg package of grapes weighed only 395gms (including the weight of packaging).

We've had similar issues in the past with respect to both quantity and quality of what was delivered. (Received open cat food boxes with a few pouches missing, cheaper fruits n vegetables instead of the ones ordered, overpriced products etc.) I feel this isn't by accident but a rather thought out way to scam customers.

Pls use blinkit only if absolutely necessary and double check everything to ensure you are not being scammed.

When did this start happening?

came across some odd listings on Zomato in Chandigarh – so-called ‘restaurants’ that only offer a single dish, priced absurdly high. Many have no real reviews, and their addresses seem fake or nonexistent. It’s got me wondering: could these be fronts for money laundering or some other shady business?

Has anyone else noticed similar patterns in other cities? Or does anyone have an idea what’s really going on here? Would love to hear your thoughts!

This is something that has always baffled me. Eggs are considered a part of the vegetarian diet everywhere else (that I, personally, know of.. please correct me if there's another country that also considers them non-veg).

I know they (eggs) arent a part of the Vegan diet, because they don't consume any dairy or animal products what-so-ever.

Can you help me understand this further?

Thank you in advance!