India has the world's largest number of vegetarians. Many communities in India have always been vegetarian. Many Indians who do not regularly follow a vegetarian diet may adopt one during religious festivals.
Also, many Indian vegetarians eschew eggs as well as meat. However, all consume dairy products.Veganism is generally not well known in India. Each of India's 29 states provides different, yet popular vegetarian cuisines.
There are many vegetarian cuisines across India. Some of them are:
The Indian vegetarian cuisine is very diverse and elaborated. Every Indian states has unique vegetarian dishes to offer. Most of the Indian sweet dishes are prepared without egg and basically from milk products and are therefore all vegetarian in nature.