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The Jain cuisine is completely lacto-vegetarian and excludes root and underground vegetables such as potato, garlic, onion, cauliflower, eggplant, mushroom, etc., to prevent injuring small insects and microorganisms. The diet also helps prevent the entire plant from being uprooted and killed. It is practiced by Jain ascetics and lay Jains. [1]
Jains not only abstain from consumption of meat, but also do not eat root vegetables (such as carrots, potatoes, radish, turnips, etc) as doing so kills the plant and they believe in ahimsa. In the hierarchy of living entities, overwintering plants such as onions are ranked higher than food crops such as wheat and rice.
Most Jains are lacto-vegetarians, but more devout Jains do not eat root vegetables, because they believe that root vegetables contain many more microorganisms as compared to other vegetables, and that, by eating them, violence against these microorganisms is inevitable.
You will not be bored or boring as a cook or an eater on this diet. Quick soups, simmering soups, you-can't-make-a-mistake soups. ... French onion is the most romantic soup of them all. Where to ...
Digambara monks do not wear any clothes and eat food only when it is not prepared for themselves. Ascetics of the Śvētāmbara tradition wear a small mask to avoid taking in tiny insects. The observation of three guptis or the controls of mind, speech and body and five samiti are designed to help the monks in observing the vow of Ahimsa ...
Rastafari generally follow a diet called "I-tal", which eschews the eating of food that has been artificially preserved, flavoured, or chemically altered in any way. Some Rastafari consider it to also forbid the eating of meat but the majority will not eat pork at the very least, considering it unclean.
Lunch options. Grilled Fish and Veggies. Enjoy 6 ounces of any preferred fish with 2 cups vegetables, grilled, roasted or sautéed in olive oil.
A number of Hindus, particularly those following the Vaishnava tradition, refrain from eating onions and garlic, either totally or during the Chaturmasya period (roughly July to November of the Gregorian calendar). [39] In Maharashtra, some Hindu families do not eat any eggplant preparations during this period either. [40]