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Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by Finnucane »

sohamsankaran wrote: post #89
yumraj wrote: post #81

Is this just delivering a single Indian dish, in 3 variants, as a service (whatever that means in this context)? Currently available alternatives: 1) go to the nearest Indian restaurant and get it fresh when you need it. 2) use a food delivery service and get if from your favorite Indian restaurant 3) use a frozen variant found in many grocery stores. 4) cook yourself, which is not hard, but we can ignore it in this…

With Pashi, you get to choose the macronutrient ratio, which is not something restaurants expose or that frozen variants allow to customize.

But my local place will also offer naan and samosas.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by sachdevap »

walshemj wrote: post #96
itake wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$12 for 500 calories. That is barely enough calories for lunch.

That was my thought, Sagg Panner is normally a side dish

Saag paneer is not a side dish in India, or in any Indian restaurants I've been to in North America. Saag paneer served with rice or naan forms a meal just like butter chicken with naan. That Indian meals often have multiple entrees does not make saag paneer a side dish in any way.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by 2pointsomone »

bluebluetimes wrote: post #34
sohamsankaran wrote: post #26

Earlier 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

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.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by hirundo »

bluebluetimes wrote: post #34
sohamsankaran wrote: post #26

Earlier 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

To find that holy grail just replace -as-a-service with -do-it-yourself. The first time is hard. The eleventy-first time is like breathing. Plus a lot of satisfaction.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by pkd »

I hate to be pedantic about this but it bothers me that in the west, "saag" has been taken to only mean spinach. There are other leafy greens that saag can be made out of: mustard leaves, for example is a popular one. Fenugreek leaves is another one.

Anyway, good luck with the business, but it would be great if you promoted the more accurate definition of saag. "spinach _or_ other greens" instead of "spinach _and_ other greens".

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by 0x8BADF00D »

Finnucane wrote: post #111
sohamsankaran wrote: post #89

Earlier 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.

But my local place will also offer naan and samosas.

Dunno where you live, but my local places also offer complimentary food poisoning with every meal.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by brenschluss »

0x8BADF00D wrote: post #116
Finnucane wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But my local place will also offer naan and samosas.

Dunno where you live, but my local places also offer complimentary food poisoning with every meal.

Casual racism amirite?

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by yumraj »

sohamsankaran wrote: post #89
yumraj wrote: post #81

Is this just delivering a single Indian dish, in 3 variants, as a service (whatever that means in this context)? Currently available alternatives: 1) go to the nearest Indian restaurant and get it fresh when you need it. 2) use a food delivery service and get if from your favorite Indian restaurant 3) use a frozen variant found in many grocery stores. 4) cook yourself, which is not hard, but we can ignore it in this…

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.

Re: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry

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Post by kartayyar »

Okay I hate to be blunt about this: though this is super high calorie food.

All 3 variants listed are fabulously unhealthy coming in at 500 calories per serving.

If you want to pitch this as a tastier product and pursue that angle, that's one story but pitching this as "healthy" is quite flawed.

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