Photo #1, Caption: Cover photo with Vegetables and Idli-Vada-Sambar-Chutney (Created in Canva).
World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month - Part -1.
Veg Food - Idli, its recipe & Benefits - Part -2
Hi dear LG friends,
October 1st is “World Vegetarian Day” - an annual day to promote the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle and its positive impact on our health and our valuable environment.
Photo #2, Caption: A plate with two Homemade Idlis, Sambar and Chutney - served - ready to eat - yummy?
October is “Vegetarian Awareness Month” and through various initiatives and events, we spread the importance of vegetarianism - to encourage the public to explore plant-based diets for healthier and more sustainable dietary choices. Currently, with the grains fed to livestock for meat production, 1.3 billion people could be fed - did you know this?
Photo #3, Caption: Homemade Idli arranged on a plate
Where are we heading to?
Serious “Global Climate Change” hazards? Can Vegetarians help with this?
Answer: Yes, very much.
Plant-based foods use less energy, land, water and other resources than animal-based foods and are more environment friendly. Organically grown crops produce less greenhouse emissions and absorb more carbon from the air, reducing the carbon footprint. Expecting the population to be 9.7 billion by 2050, we’ll need resources from three earths to meet our needs, if we don’t change our lifestyle.
Photo #4, Caption: A single Idli (approximately 12 cm diameter) in a side plate - freshly cooked att home.
**Fun-Facts - [**compiled from Texas Tech University doc and the Vegetarian Society (UK) doc]:
- Plant-based proteins produce 70 times less greenhouse gas emissions and use 150 times less land than an equivalent amount of meat.
- Eating a veggie diet means 2.5 times less carbon emissions than a meat diet.
Photo #5, Caption: Another healthy combination - Idli with Coconut Chutney & Fruits - of course, coffee or tea follows.
Who are vegetarians?
Broadly, vegetarians are those who consume non-animal products - it can be vegetables (cooked or fresh), grains, nuts, fruits and animal byproducts, like eggs and dairy, etc. There are also pure vegetarians who will not use even eggs (but use milk & products).
In this series of posts, I would like to bring some of the famous and not-so-famous pure veg-food items (from India), along with their recipes & expected benefits.
Photo #6, Caption: A bowl of Sambar prepared for Idli.
Here, I am selecting “Idli” - a pure vegetarian breakfast/Dinner food which is extremely popular in South India and Sri Lanka. Idli is a savoury rice cake which is a steam-cooked, healthy food. Though there are different versions of Idlis (and brothers & sisters in other states of India), we are discussing the classic Idli and its benefits. Even the WHO has accepted Idli as one of the most healthy foods. And for your information, Indians contribute to 70 percent of the world’s vegetarian population.
In Part -2, we will discuss further details of the Idli, like the recipe (with hints for making soft idlis at home), its health benefits, some of the variants, some more photos, etc. (within a week)
These posts are, in support of the earlier post by our team member, @AnubhaBangia - Here.
Which is your favourite veg food? Have a photo - kindly publish it, please.
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It’s great to see you exploring and enjoying a vibrant and diverse range of plant-based foods. Keep up the amazing food journey! 
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