In India, we almost never mix meat with vegetables except for onions, tomatoes and maybe, capsicum. So I was a bit taken aback while watching Food Safari's episode on Egyptian food. There was a dish containing lamb and okra. What's more surprising is that the lady cooking it added whole okra without cutting off its ends.Wow! Had never seen anything like it before.

I felt the same when I saw Vicky add chopped mushrooms to red poha in yesterday's episode of 'Vicky Goes Veg' (NDTV Good Times).

Who knows? Such combinations might taste good but I for sure am not very keen on trying them out for myself.