Jain (Satvika)
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The traditional Jain cuisine is completely vegetarian and also excludes onions and garlic like the shojin-ryori cuisine of Japan. This it is also called 'satvika' because onions and garlic are regarded to be tamasika.
The strict Jain cuisine also excludes potatoes and other root vegetables.
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