What about the high level of oxalates in spinach, the over-consumption of which can result in kidney stones[1]?
[1] https://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxalates-in-spinach-and-kid...
Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry
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#142After checking the website, why ‘never frozen’? This is perishable and flash freezing and thawing isn’t a bad idea at all. $12 is too expensive as many here have opined. Having said that, you can’t make a profit..never mind break even at that price point on a never-frozen, always fresh, delivered to doorstep stand alone perishable $12/order item. I have done this model with ghee before. And it’s was only one ingriden…
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#143Okay, my favorite Indian dish is shrimp saag. Please add a shrimp option.
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#144If I were to do 3 meals a day (1500 calories is low but let's say I snack inbetween meals) and $13 per meal on average, this will cost me $39/day, $273/wk, $1092/m. Maybe that's unfair. Maybe I use this to supplement one meal a day and cook the rest. That's $364/m to supplement lunch and I'd still probably have to cook some rice to go along with that. I just checked my local Indian restaurants on Postmates in San Fra…
"can't I figure out what the macros are by asking the chef for an ingredient list?"
It's possible but the burden of doing so means most people would abandon it after a few days.
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#145What about the high level of oxalates in spinach, the over-consumption of which can result in kidney stones[1]? [1] https://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxalates-in-spinach-and-kid...
There is a fair amount of debate about this, with a number of high-quality studies such as (https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/18/7/2198) coming to the conclusion that the additional risk is minimal even with low calcium consumption.
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#146How good is Seitan! My partner is vegan, and it’s been awesome to experiment with
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
chipotle for indian / vegan/ vegetarian food is the holy grail
Would love a low-down / interview from a founder of one of these chains (there's also Curry Up now in the bay area) on the economics of making an indian fast-food joint. It might be a one-sentence article saying "demand", but I am sure there is a lot to unpack.
I've always thought that tandoori chicken was an unexplored opportunity. Think a similar model to the orignal Boston Chicken (now Boston Market), or El Pollo Loco on the west coast of the U.S.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
With Pashi, you get to choose the macronutrient ratio, which is not something restaurants expose or that frozen variants allow to customize.
Ok. If that is enough of a value prop, are we going to see startups offering KungPao as a service, Udon as a Service, Sushi as a service and so on - it doesn't compute. I really wish you success, since I'm sure/hoping you have other things on your roadmap, but am not convinced this is a sustainable business model at the moment.
Oh, you haven't heard of Ramen Hero? [1] This is apparently a thing. At least ramen is a complete meal though. I eat lots of spinach (6 days a week) and like Indian food, but I would not consider this service because it is much too expensive for a side dish, and one that is widely available fresh and frozen (and in IMO is not made that much worse by freezing).
1: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1091208024/ramen-hero-t...
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely, these are the exact reasons I started this. We plan to expand to more dishes as we scale, but for now, if you're in the Bay Area, I hope we can at least help liberate you from the monotony of Chipotle.
chipotle for indian / vegan/ vegetarian food is the holy grail
They had one of these places in downtown Palo Alto (Town and Country shopping center). It lasted a year or two, despite being directly across from Palo Alto High School, which every day mobbed the shopping center with lunch traffic. I was surprised it went under so quickly. Apparently it is not quite the holy grail after all? I went there and liked it well enough!