I didn’t mean to imply that dense plant based proteins were less available. I was suggesting that millions of people struggle with food insecurity in general and therefore have a protein deficiency. To put it better, it is likely they cannot even afford enough chickpeas and lentils to maintain healthy protein levels.
Legumes and lentils are the costliest part of the daily rations of most poor Indian households. They’re easily thrice the price per kilogram of rice/wheat/potatoes.
Most poor households will only have a thin soup of lentils, barely 10-15 grams of dry weight, with a couple hundred grams of cheap carbs.
Even if they can now afford to, they don’t consume them on nearly the same scale due to habit.
Chickpeas and lentils are incredibly protein dense if India has a protein deficiency issue it is likely due to poverty
What makes you think protein-rich plant food is somehow unbalanced with any of the other plant foods due to economics?
It’s not like legumes in India are ten times the price of anything else. Lentils and peas are an agricultural backbone and everywhere.
I didn’t mean to imply that dense plant based proteins were less available. I was suggesting that millions of people struggle with food insecurity in general and therefore have a protein deficiency. To put it better, it is likely they cannot even afford enough chickpeas and lentils to maintain healthy protein levels.
Legumes and lentils are the costliest part of the daily rations of most poor Indian households. They’re easily thrice the price per kilogram of rice/wheat/potatoes.
Most poor households will only have a thin soup of lentils, barely 10-15 grams of dry weight, with a couple hundred grams of cheap carbs.
Even if they can now afford to, they don’t consume them on nearly the same scale due to habit.