So Who Loves Hare Krsna Cooking?

so come on...i wanna see a show of hands
dem krsnas sure know how to feed a man (or woman for that matter)
peace and love

 

Hare Krishna cooking!!! Dammit they usurp my religion, the bastardize the philosophy and now theyve stolen my food!

I can outcook the HKs anyday and Ive only been doing it 6 months or so.

 

ok well i just think they make some DAMN fine food

at least in their restaurant here in Dublin they do.... i recomend Govindas to any vegetarian looking for decent food, its a real treat .
And as for indian cooking being better....i dunno.... i really enjoy the food at govindas....and when i went to the indian sub-continent....despite being in the habit of eating EXTREMEMLY spicy food over here....the food over there was STILL hot enough to give me a dose of the runs, which combined with the quality drinking water in india, led to a prolonged dose of the shitz for 4 weeks.... that was a fun time i tellz ya
peace and love

 

Im sorry, but that is just not at all true. As someone who knows sanskrit, was born Hindu, and has spent all my life studying the religion and its philosophy, I can tell how he has warped it completely. If you read Narada Bhakti Sutra, then you will find what true devotion is. Even texts such as the Gita and Bhagavatam are badly translated and his commentaries often go against the grain of the text and the vedic statements. His "teachings" were horrible misrepresentation of achintya bhedabheda, which was what Chaitanya Mahabrabhu taught. Unfortunately Sri Chaitanya's name and his teachings have been completely usurped by ISKON (whose lineage from Sri Chaitanya is very disputable anyway) and they have twisted it into a very different meaning.

Not to mention prabhupada was often openly racist and extremely chauvinistic. And dont even get me started on the child abuse, murder and other scandals.

 

Blah...I don't know a thing about food from ISKCON or what have you...but I love Indian food! Yum! I love chana masala and mataar paneer. And some kind of something that's eggplant! Yay! heheheh...

 

And Hinduism is WAY older than that...def. the oldest living religion... And did I mention sooooooo beautiful?

 

All I know is the gathering this year got me totally hooked on Krishna food...

I recently bought the Lord Krishna Cookbook...I'm learning some AWESOME recipes...check it out.

 

hey there, drumminmama, where can i get a copy???
i was given 'the higher taste' by some Krsna folk who live in southern MS, but the book doesn't have as many recipes as i'd like. LOTS of other good info, though....thanks in advance for ANY info you can provide

 

You guys could probably get all of those recipes online, there are a bazillion Indian cooking sites out there, bawarchi.com for example.

 

good idea, thanks Bhaskar!

 

Ive used Julie Sahni's books. Very very good!

 

Tarla Dalal is my absolute favourite for north Indian food. You might also want to try some south indian cuisine. What most people here think of as Indian food is really only typical north Indian/punjabi food. The south has its own distinctive set of tastes and flavors. I don't know of any books available here, since i havent used em, but I will post some recipes.

 

Awesome! Ever made utappam?