meat madras

[reloaded]

on my indian take away menu , it list chicken , prawn , lamb and meat dishes , what is the meat in the meat dish , i thought cows where sacred ?

[archbishop]

Lamb or goat.

[Richard Head]

Cows are sacred.....cats aren't.

[maxi29]

The vast majority of 'Indian' restaurants in Britain are in fact Bangladeshi. As such, they are run by Muslims: that's why you don't often see pork curry in such restaurants. To experience Indian restaurants you need to go to places like Leicester, Southall, Wembley or Tooting where there's a significant Indian population. You'll find that a lot (but not all) of true Indian restaurants are wholly vegetarian.

[Kay]

It IS actually beef but they cant advertise it so thats why they write "Meat dishes".when you look at a menu you'll see that they put chicken or lamb as these are not sacred but resturaunters <sp> must take into consideration that the cow is not sacred to everybody. My inlaws are Indian+ have friends who own a very good resturaunt in Cardiff. 

[Dark Angel]

Its probably mutton (goat), because Indian restaurants never serve beef or pork. The only type of flesh they serve to my knowledge is poultry and lamb.

[Lindy Loo]

Sorry Dark Angel, but mutton is ADULT SHEEP not goat as you suggested..  It's where the phrase 'Mutton dressed as lamb' comes from. Mind you there are plenty of old goats out there who wish they were KIDS again...me included!!

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/mutton

[Dark Angel]

Thanks Lindy Loo.

Actually I was never 100% sure before if mutton referred to goat or lamb, or both!

[originalspa]

'Meat is usually Lamb or Goat to the best of my knowledge!! Being indian myself , they would never serve Beef, knowing the outrage/lawsuits that could be caused! Hindu's and Sikh's wouldn't eat Beef. Having said that, when we were kids we did actually eat Pork. That was allowed but not Beef. It's only muslims who don't eat it and in 'proper' Indian Restaurants, everything on the menu varies anyway!

[sweetheart]

Hi reloaded. I think you're mistaken. Meat is sacred, only to a particular relgion and not country. India isn't a religion. It's a country, where you'll find Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus and even Bengladashis. So, you can find chicken, prawn and lamb on an Indian menu.