Ananda Dhaba

Veg Jalfrezi and plain rice at Ananda Dhaba in Dharamshala

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Some of the curries and dishes can be made vegan such as channa masala. Reported fully vegetarian October 2023. Open Mon-Sun 8:00am-11:00pm. No idea

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Jogiwara Rd, McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India, 176219
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3 Reviews

First Review by WillConstable

AnnyHH

Points +113

Vegan

29 May 2024

Authentic, delicious Indian food - Edit

After days of momos & other Tibetan dishes, we needed a good curry and naan again and we found it at Ananda Dhaba. Service was good, the curry was delicious!
I am not giving 5 stars because I was not sure if they really understood what cooking without milk-products, especially ghee, means.

Pros: Yummy!

Huraiquire

Points +9617

Vegan

02 Oct 2023

Nice service - Edit

I ordered veg jelfrezi with rice (delicious!) and specified no chilli. Apparently that means no green chili, but they still add red chili powder. Food was simply beautiful and tasty, but I could only eat a few bites, and ended up sending it back. Fortunately, they were quite understanding and I didn’t have to pay. I think this is pretty good service. We ended up leaving still hungry, but I’m glad there was no dispute. Next time, I’ll remember to say no red chili powder as well. 👌

Also, this place is fully vegetarian. Not sure why it’s listed as serving meat.

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-02

Menu cover page at Ananda Dhaba in Dharamshala

theNumberOfTheBeast

03 Oct 2023

Hmmm, maybe because dairy is a product of the meat industry, it's the same violent result as serving corpses, all "lacto-vegetarian" places should be marked with tombstones to honor the victims of matricide, sex-slavery and infanticide. 🪦🐄🪦🐄🪦🐄🪦

Huraiquire

03 Oct 2023

Thank you for sharing. While that may be, knowledge around factory farm practices are not well known here, as were in the mountains and many people here are Tibetan refugees. They don’t treat animals in those ways, so they have not heard of the atrocities and needed to live with animals to survive, since not a lot of veggies or fruits grew in their areas. I hear and feel your anger and call for justice, and feel intolerance does not in turn produce or encourage tolerance and acceptance. People have been very open and even learned and thanked me for sharing insight at tables where I could gently share why I’m vegan, but if I had refused to eat there or been unkind, I think I would not help any person or animal. Everyone has their path and their way of activism. I support all forms. My way is compassion. I too as a chef for some years contributed to animal cruelty and ate animals before. I think judgement and shame do not heal those wounds; for I certainly would not have become the animal ally I am today of someone was aggressive to me about it. This is also the base of Buddhism- compassion and kindness transform. How fitting, for this is the home of the Dali Lama. Many come here open to learn kindness and compassion. They are already leaning in to listen. We need not yell here. A whisper is almost more powerful. That’s my tool anyways. Thanks for sharing yours.

theNumberOfTheBeast

04 Oct 2023

Judgement is the single most powerful intellectual exercise of intuition, wisdom and executive function in possession for pro-social behavior modification, and is the compassionate path as it makes no distortions of reality. If condoning violence is complicit support for it, then the Dali Lama who consumes industrial dairy while knowing better is no closer to understanding Buddha's wisdom then those who murder bovine babies for money. Your mileage may vary, obviously, but using practical language and honest descriptions which reject euphemisms and excuses for non-human animal exploitation is in my estimation the kindest non-violent practice since not dismissing the fog of human supremacy which nearly every human on Earth is consumed by only perpetuates a blockade to Buddha's teachings of non-harm to the self and the continuum of the one consciousness of the Universe. Not sitting with bloodmouths as they feast on death sends a clear message of solidarity with the suffering and provides a very poignant and remarkable opportunity to both stand in conviction and purposefully support and reward vegan businesses while offering those who are truly open and not just placating vegans with platitudes and false empty shared concern to join you for vegan meals in vegan settings, as quietly as you wish. If my words come off as shouting, that volume is only in your own mind, as mine is calm and serene and pacified by the truth that no mother shall be exploited for her child's milk, regardless of her birth shape. 💚💚💚

Huraiquire

04 Oct 2023

Interesting perspective. I will process your words more. I do of course understand and support people who take the pledge not to sit at the table along with other forms. I also agree that there does seem to be an inconsistency to the Buddist value of “cause no harm” and the diet, although I can’t say I know what the Dali Lama eats himself. I’m not very knowledgeable about that. Thank you for sharing. ☺️😌

theNumberOfTheBeast

04 Oct 2023

It's widely reported the Dalai Lama eats meat and dairy as do many Tibetan Rinpoche's in a profound hypocrisy and violation of five of the eightfold paths to enlightenment. Most unfortunately, a person in this position must also assume the karma of the consequences these failures will produce in others who follow their auspicious leadership. I've been doing the liberation pledge since long before I knew about the liberation pledge, only because it causes me great stress and discomfort to witness the composure and indifference of those ordering and consuming the results of extreme violence against the most vulnerable members of Gaia's community while I attempt to relax. Meals are meant to be a time of peace. I have plenty of other forums for conversations that don't risk my consumption of death products, finance businesses who murder, and require me to suppress my revulsion to gross exploitation while trying to digest questionable food which is likely not vegan to begin with. Typically the choice not to patronize these businesses begins with me imagining the ghosts of victims watching me make the decision to cross the threshold to where the crimes that lead to their deaths are celebrated or casually ignored. I hear them cheering in my mind when I refuse to enter. It's the very least I can do. I'm glad you are receptive. As a buddhist and a vegan it pains me to know that human supremacy is not prohibitive of both practices but I choose to dispense with this cognitive fallacy anyway, because it resonates with both modern ethology and my own sensitivity to other living persons, humans or otherwise. If only we could all treat animal slaves as victims of genocide as respectfully as we invoke the plight of human refugees and never use one bad condition to excuse another, the world would more quickly move towards healing from the ravages of industrial capitalist militant exploitation civilizations.