Pretty much how fast food outlets in India work - the kitchens are divided into vegetarian and non-vegetarian sections, with separate utensils, fryers - everything. You can walk into a KFC in India and get vegetarian options that were cooked in an entirely vegetarian section.
India is the first country in the world where McDonald's
does not offer any beef or pork items. McDonald's has
developed a menu especially for India with vegetarian
selections to suit the Indian palate, and has also re-
engineered its operations to address the special
requirements of vegetarians. Special care is taken to
ensure that all vegetable products are prepared
separately, using dedicated equipment and utensils.
When I visited a few McDonald’s in south India they didn’t serve chicken or beef, just paneer. At the time I assumed paneer just meant chicken. I soon was sad to learn I was mistaken.
Indian food is amazing, specially if you're vegetarian.
If someone would ask me to choose a menu for 5 days out of a week, for breakfast, lunch and dinner between a 5* Michelin chef or yellow lentil curry with 2 rotis and a coconut sembal, I would go with the curry. Any day.
When you look at vegetarian cuisine outside of india, with very few exceptions in terms of restaurants and few exceptions in terms of dishes, it looks like unimaginative dimwits took to the pans.
As an Indian and a vegetarian, I agree with both those assertions. Indian cuisine(s.. there are many regional cuisines) is full of naturally delicious vegetarian (and even vegan) dishes. But that also includes a lot of starchy and fried foods. But there's such an abundant diversity available that you can prepare lots of healthy, delicious menus with different set of constraints (high protein, low carb, low fat, high fat/protein etc.)
I don't think I've ever been in an Indian restaurant that has pork or beef on the menu, but that's in my corner of the US. Pretty much universally, they have chicken, lamb, goat, seafood, and vegetarian versions.
For anyone that gets a chance to visit India, the McMaharaja is genuinely worth a try. I found it quite far from anything you could easily find in North American fast food.
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