Is this a curry?

I lounge around in the sunshine (when available) all day and don't work anymore, but don't have to eat Zebras or Wilderbeasts.

 

No doubt. But the question remains, when you're a veggie, how do you ensure you get enough protein?

That's something I'm genuinely interested in too. Because I'd like to reduce my intake of meat, but need around 100 grammes of protein per day in order to maintain my muscles and connective tissues despite training quite intensively. Trouble is important overweight and want to lose weight, but as veg has a high carb to protein ratio, it's night on impossible to get 100 g of protein from veg without eating enough carbs to pile on the pounds. Of course if I were a wilderbeast I'd be burning all those carbs just by lugging all my weight around and occasionally legging it from lions.

 

Nice meat alternatives I use are paneer (indian cheese), marinated tofu (couldron variety is lovely), eggs, lentils. My husband loves meat but has really cut down by eating my veggie meals too-actually chosing them over meat options.

 

I wish I could cope with quorn-it doesn't like me lol

 

Have you thought about keeping a couple of back garden hens? The mini men would get quite a buzz out of discovering the eggs, you would get free protein and (double bonus!) they could free range and keep on top of your gardening for you.

 

My grandparents lived out in India and my dad was born out there. He told me the main reason for using so many spices was for exactly the reasons you mention! bearing in mind that fridges weren't available and it's a hot climate in many areas, need I say more. He only ever drank black tea when eating curry and maintained it's not a great idea to drink alcohol including beer with the likes of a Phall curry. Indian "beer" was invented for the European market I believe. Back then Bananas were extensively used in curries in the area where my relatives lived, but they weren't like the Bananas we get here. The bananas we get are according to my father are more like Plantains while the ones he ate in India were about the size of your thumb and had big black seeds in them and were very sweet.
The old b..... could still manage a fierce curry well into his 80s so must have a cast iron lining to his stomach!