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At the Butcherie this morning I noticed that there are now three brands of kosher Indian meals (the shelf-stable kind in pouches): Tasty Bite has been joined by Kohinoor and Kitchens of India (which also has non-kosher products). I know a lot of Indian food is easily made kosher, but I'm a bit surprised that there are multiple Indian firms interested in kosher certification (both the new ones have the hechsher of Kosher Inspection Service of India).

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Kosher foods

[(Anonymous)]

Trader Joes brand also has one or two of their meals are kosher. The Indian has a large group that is vegetarian. I heard a statistics that only 30% of the kosher market is actually orthodox jews the rest are other people. :-)

Re: Kosher foods

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yup, Trader Joe's carries some of the Tasty Bite meals (and they're cheaper than the Butcherie, not surprisingly). Though last time I was in, they seem to have started carrying more of the non-certified meals of some other brand.

Huh. I know that there are lots of Indians who are vegetarians; I'm surprised they'd care about kosher certification (if they're not Jewish), since they're both labeled vegetarian.

Re: Kosher foods

[(Anonymous)]

I think TJ had another kosher brand too, labeled as a house brand.

Re: Kosher foods

[magid.livejournal.com]

Obviously, I haven't been looking closely enough!

Re: Kosher foods

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised about the 30%- I'm assuming that many Muslims would by kosher meat- since it's also hallal, and vegans buy pareve labeled stuff, but only 30% are Jews??

Re: Kosher foods

[magid.livejournal.com]

I can believe that in the US, only 30% of certified kosher food is bought by Jews. I think it's because most things that are hechshered are "regular" items (canned tuna, pasta, etc) available all around the country, not specialty items like cheese, meat, or imported Israeli foods. There are also people with food restrictions who look for hechsherim: those allergic to dairy know that something marked pareve is fine, etc.

The surprising part to me is that Indian companies would find it worth their while. I mean, I assume that they have a domestic market already, and the majority of the USian market doesn't keep kosher... Maybe the rabbi running the certification is very proactive in finding clients...

Opensource Indian Cuisine Project

[(Anonymous)]

Hello Magid!

I noticed your blog! Excellent work! I could really use your help! I am working on an opensource project that covers all the cuisines in the world. I am currently working on the Indian Cuisine section. The problem is, I have to write about Indian Cuisine from the outside perspective, since I am American and only eat Indian Cuisine here at the local Indian Resturant! LOL.

I would love for someone who actually knows something about Indian Cuisine to help me make it the most authentic and accurate as psossible!

Let me know what you think so far:

http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Indian_Cuisine (http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Indian_Cuisine)

So far... am I even close? I would love to give you full creative control over this section if interested. You could be my Indian Cuisine Admin... lol, if you feel like it.

The web site uses wiki technology (like Wikipedia) where anyone can edit it and make changes live on the site.

Please take a look at it and let me know what you think and if this project interests you any.

Robert Eaton
www.cookbookwiki.com
wikimanager@yahoo.com

Re: Opensource Indian Cuisine Project

[magid.livejournal.com]

Robert,

I have little to no expertise in Indian cuisine, since I keep kosher and there are no local Indian restaurants that are kosher, however much I wish there were one. I regret that I can't help you there. As for the rest of your project, I'll be interested to check out the wiki once it's not in the throes of preparation for Passover.