?> {"id":2702,"date":"2010-03-27T22:36:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T02:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2010-03-27T22:36:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T02:36:34","slug":"meatless-fridays-%e2%80%93-minar-and-kim%e2%80%99s-aunt-kitchen-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2010\/03\/meatless-fridays-%e2%80%93-minar-and-kim%e2%80%99s-aunt-kitchen-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"Meatless Fridays \u2013 Minar and Kim\u2019s Aunt Kitchen Cart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although I haven\u2019t given up anything in particular for Lent, I have been good about abstaining from meat on Fridays. Surprisingly it\u2019s quite tough for me not to eat meat, especially when I see other people eating it, and also because I\u2019m not the biggest fan of fish at this moment. I do, however, love fried foods, including fried fish. On my favorite blog, Midtown Lunch<\/a>, I read about a streetcart that serves a cheap, filling, and tasty fried fish sandwich, and knew that I had to try it out.<\/p>\n Minar<\/strong><\/p>\n My first attempt was on a snowy Friday, which turned out to be a mistake as the cart was nowhere to be found. Neither was my back-up cart, Moshe\u2019s Falafel. Instead, Josh and I headed to Minar where I had my first completely vegetarian Indian meal. While he went for the meat lunch special and filled up on keema and coriander chicken, I had to go for the veg lunch special and navigated through the meatless offerings with some help from the woman behind the counter.<\/p>\n I ended up with a container of rice topped with lentils, saag paneer, and a potato pea curry. The saag paneer was the only dish I\u2019ve tried before, and it was as good as always. It\u2019s a thick spinach curry mixed with pieces of Indian cheese that has the same texture as firm tofu. It\u2019s kind of like a spiced (but not spicy) cream spinach and is very flavorful and filling. The lentils were also hearty, but a bit bland. They were cooked in a very light sauce and didn\u2019t have much seasoning. I did welcome the protein though. My least favorite was the potato pea curry, because I only got like three pieces of potato, and the rest was peas in a super watery gravy that didn\u2019t have much flavor.<\/p>\n