White House State Dinner For Indian Prime Minister Will Be All Vegetarian

by Michael Parrish DuDell November 24, 2009
Categories: Eats, Events.

Manmohan-Singh324 Tonight, President Obama will be holding the first official dinner for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and we’ve got some good news: the menu is totally vegetarian.

Chef Marcus Samuelsson along with White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford will be preparing the dinner, which will feature foods like Red Lentil Soup and Roasted Potato Dumplings.

Singh is considered to be an ”abstemious vegetarian,” and will certainly appreciate the efforts made to serve a plant-based meal.

[Update: We made a boo boo! Looks like this menu isn't as vegetarian as we thought. Somehow we missed that prawns were being served as an entree. Our bad! ]

First
Potato and Eggplant Salad
White House Arugula with Onion Seed Vinaigrette
2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Modus Operandi, Napa

Red Lentil Soup with Fresh Cheese
2006 Reisling, Brooks “Ara”, Wilamette Valley, Oregon

Entree
Roasted Potato Dumplings
with Tomato Chutney
Chick Peas and Okra

Green Curry Prawns
Caramelized Salsify
with smoked Collard Greens
and Coconut Aged Basmati
2007 Granache, Beckman Vineyards, Santa Ynez, CA

Dessert
Pumpkin Pie Tart
Pear Tatin
Whipped Cream and Caramel Sauce
Sparkling Chardonnay, Thibaut Janisso Brut, Monticello, Virginia

Petis Fours and Coffee
Cashew Brittle
Pecan Pralines
Passion Fruit and Vanilla Glaces
Chocolate-Dipped Fruit

Categories: Eats, Events.

Alan

Prawns?
Caleb

SOOOO..when did Prawns become vegetarian?

Scotty

Those might be faux prawns.LOl

Courtney

Prawns are most definitely not vegetarian.
Michael Parrish DuDell

YIKES!!! Of course prawns aren’t vegetarian. I missed that, kids! Sorry!
Kelly

Yeah, prawns definitely aren’t vegetarian. Guess that titled should read “Will Be Mostly Vegetarian”, heh.
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Kamal

Of course there had to be prawns or some other animal food. I have found that most Americans will almost die if they don’t have meat in their meals – even one meal. And for the few who can abstain almost always there has to be some meat substitute like mock chicken etc. Truely a country of meat addicts!

VeggieTart

Hey, I like my analogues, and there’s not a thing wrong with them.

I’m disappionted they served the prawns, but okay, it was MOSTLY vegetarian. Maybe one year it will be ALL vegetarian, and Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and all the other conservahaters can just go plotz.

Tirtha

What??? They’re serving DEAD prawns to the Indian Prime Minister? Do they think that Prawns have no-life or do we need more biologists in White House? Even a child can see that a Prawn is a living animal which is definitely not a meal. But its really appreciative that White House is considering Vegetarian options for their guest. But please remove the Prawn off the list since it is a living animal.

~Please Save the Planet. Be Veg, Go Green .
cukrdh

Ok,NOT vegetarian,but pescatarian/vegetarian main courses. Even this is a leap forward for the veg movement!
http://www.theindiaphile.com dawn

Ha ha. Prawns are about as veggie as a steak! Still, they made an effort. Sort of….