7 best vegan restaurants in Goa
Hindustan TimesGive peas a chance. Bean Me Up: Where: 1639/2 Devulvaddo, Ozran Beach Rd, Vagator Often tagged the OG of Goa’s great vegan revolution, Bean Me Up calls itself ‘a place for nomadic traveller’ that has an award-winning vegan restaurant, yoga at sundown, suites under a canopy of ancient mango & jackfruit trees, a boutique with clothing from organic and fair trade labels. Okapi Vegan Kitchen: Where: House #372, Pequeno Coimavaddo, Quitula, Aldona, Mapusa What started out as an experiment for personal vegan food reliance for Aarti Sinha, Okapi Vegan Kitchen is now sought after for its desserts, community dinners, farmer’s market and sustainability philosophy. Their Sumac Teriyaki Tofu is a simple nori roll with Manipuri Chak Hao black rice instead of the white sushi rice that offers no dietary fibre; their blueberry-infused granola is made in small batches using 15 different nuts, seeds, dried fruits and berries; there’s Avocado Millet Sprouts, a ‘nourishment’ salad bowl with the lemon tahini vinaigrette and sesame ginger sauce, Sabic, a chickpea flavoured flatbread. Founded by Ankit Bhartiya and Aparna Bhartiya, Gras has everything that a vegan kitchen needs - from Keema samosa made of plant-based protein to Turkish kebabs, handcrafted vegan ice cream to Mamra almond chocolate spread, to super smoothie mix, Daarzel dark chocolate, almond butter, oat-cashew milk and products of Saorsa plant-based creamery, among a million other things.