MEAT IN INDIA

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 41, 22 January 1943, Page 5

MEAT IN INDIA

SPECIAL RELIGIOUS REQUIRE-

MENTS

In the introduction of dehydrated meat rations the Indian Army authorities had to meet the special religious requirements, but those have been solved, says a recent report from Delhi. A Dogra battalion successfully dried meat and later prepared it for cooking and eating. As a result large quantity production of special dried meat rations was later in hand. Army dried meat, in the. case of Halal, is produced in Peshawar. Only goat meat is used, and it is, of course, prepared by Muslims. It is dried in special heated cylinders and then packed in cardboard cartons each containing lib. The cartons in turn are. packed in tins resembling the familiar ghi tin, suitably marked to show that the meat is for Mohammedan troops. First supplies were scheduled to go first to areas where live goats cannot be obtained. Jliatka meat is produced in Southern India. Its preparation is entirely in the hands of Hindus under Hindu supervision. If time permits, the meat can be shredded finely and then soaked in water. By this method, which restores the moisture, the meat is re.constructed and can be used in curries and. pulaos. If less time is available the meat can be eaten after it lias been roasted for about one. minute by placing it on the glowing embers of a fire and turning it so that both sides arc exposed to the heat.