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    Hi, does anyone know if poppadoms are vegan? Going for a posh indian meal tonight (Mother India in Glasgow - vegan friendly, well 3 choices on their A La Carte menu) and want to maximise food intake! lol

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    Default Re: Poppadoms...are they vegan?

    Poppadoms are most definitely vegan One of my favuorite foods. Check that they don't cook them in (non-vegetable) ghee first though. They probably do them in vegetable oil.

    Lime pickle's vegan too

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    Thanks for that! Will definitely ask how they are cooked. I had a look at the link on your post and there are some really nice recipes there. Really fancy making the chestnut roast.

    Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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    Thanks! You too. (I'm going for the chestnut roast for christmas dinner )
    Hope you have a good time and that you get to eat lots of poppadoms!

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    Default Re: Poppadoms...are they vegan?

    Quote pookah
    Hi, does anyone know if poppadoms are vegan? Going for a posh indian meal tonight (Mother India in Glasgow - vegan friendly, well 3 choices on their A La Carte menu) and want to maximise food intake! lol
    Only 3 dishes ? They surely must have a good selection of vegetable curries? potato, chick pea, bindhi, aubergine, spinach etc..

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    Freshly made Poppadums still hot and mango chutney - mmmmmm!!

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    Poppadoms with onion salad and mint and cucumber raita (yoghurt shit ).
    Think I'll have to take my own vegan raita next time I go for a curry.

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    Default Re: Poppadoms...are they vegan?

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    Poppadoms are most definitely vegan
    Sharwoods popadoms used to contain shellac as an unlisted ingrediant.

    I don't think you can take granted that anything is vegan which you don't categorically know has been prepared in an exact way with an exact set of ingrediants. Popadoms should be vegan if you use the traditional recipe, but like all things they arn't always - for reasons of things like cheapness to create, preservatives etc. I'd tread with caution personally.
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    i love poppadums.theyre usually vegan but i agree,,,dnt assume

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    I ALWAYS read ingredients even on things I buy regularly; I'm not recommending a care-free approach to poppadoms (!)... but I would eat them in a restaurant if I knew what they'd been cooked in, and I'd like to think it's safe to assume that a posh Indian restaurant will use proper traditional poppadoms.

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    Sharwoods popadoms used to contain shellac as an unlisted ingrediant.
    Why would you want shiny poppadoms?! Especially with shellac - yuck. And how come they don't have to list it on the ingredients?

    Quote VeganJohn
    Freshly made Poppadums still hot and mango chutney - mmmmmm!!
    No no no Vegan John, Lime pickle is far superior

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    Default Re: Poppadoms...are they vegan?

    query: what are poppadoms?
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    A very thin flatbread made with lentil flour, often crisped by deep-frying or grilling. Served as a starter/side dish in indians restaraunts.

    Gorgeous with mango chutney

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    Is anything that has SHARED a deep-fat frier vegan? Regardless of what they might tell you, friers get shared with many menu items (sometimes even that WELL-done steak). As long as my food doesn't taste of fish, I have decided to grudgingly accept it.
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    Quote pat sommer
    Is anything that has SHARED a deep-fat frier vegan? Regardless of what they might tell you, friers get shared with many menu items (sometimes even that WELL-done steak). As long as my food doesn't taste of fish, I have decided to grudgingly accept it.
    Personally i wouldn't count something that has been cooked in the same oil as something non vegan as vegan still.
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    Quote Mr Flibble
    Personally i wouldn't count something that has been cooked in the same oil as something non vegan as vegan still.
    That's because it WOULDN'T be vegan

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    Quote Mr Flibble
    Sharwoods popadoms used to contain shellac as an unlisted ingrediant.

    I don't think you can take granted that anything is vegan which you don't categorically know has been prepared in an exact way with an exact set of ingrediants. Popadoms should be vegan if you use the traditional recipe, but like all things they arn't always - for reasons of things like cheapness to create, preservatives etc. I'd tread with caution personally.
    If you go to a good asian grocers you will see a wide range of poppadoms and usually they are very cheap. Many are made by artisan workshops in india. They will have the ingredients listed. I have never seen any non vegan ingredients. Sharwoods ready popped popadoms are a rip off, in my opinion! In the restaurant you can ask about ingredients. Indian restaurant proprietors usually understand dietary "restictions."
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    Default Re: Poppadoms...are they vegan?

    Quote Skajen
    A very thin flatbread made with lentil flour, often crisped by deep-frying or grilling. Served as a starter/side dish in indians restaraunts.

    Gorgeous with mango chutney
    I think its gram flour actually - made out of chick peas (garbanzos).

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    Chickpea or lentil flour is used and I've always seen it as :"Pappadams" or "Pappadoms" in Indian places.

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    "Pappadams" or "Pappadoms" are Vegan ofcourse. They are also called as " Papad" in all over India except South India.

    Papad can be roasted in oven/microwave/gas burner or one can fry in Vegetable oil. You can top it with corriander leaves and onion...red chilly powder too....mmmmm

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    "Pappadams" or "Pappadoms" are Vegan ofcourse. They are also called as " Papad" in all over India except South India.

    Papad can be roasted in oven/microwave/gas burner or one can fry in Vegetable oil. You can top it with corriander leaves and onion...red chilly powder too....mmmmm

    Manish Jain
    Yes, I do them in the microwave. You can wipe a little vegetable oil on them and lay them on a peice of kitchen roll. Then zap them for about 30 seconds until they puff up. Our indian grocers stocks a wide variety, plain, with pepper in, with chili in, etc.
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