Vegetarian Star

Several Bollywood and Hollywood celebrities have collaborated to create a vegan cookbook filled with recipes and tips that is set for release in 2013.

The Bolly Holly Vegan Cookbook contains contributions from big names like Amrita Rao, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha and Neha Dhupia.

“It will be perfect for everyone – veteran vegans, curious newcomers and those who just want to try the occasional meatless meal – as well as both kitchen novices and culinary wizards,” said Poorva Joshipura, head of animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and vice president (International Operations), PETA Foundation UK.

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“I have been a non-vegetarian since birth, so it is not very easy. Hats off to vegetarian people… I am trying my level best to turn vegetarian. I eat whatever I want to in the right quantity and at the right time. If I have a craving for something, I make sure I indulge in it but not too much.”

—Zarine Khan, during an interview where the Bollywood actress and model revealed she’d like to go meatless.

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Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor has been crowned Asia’s Sexiest Vegetarian in a celebrity contest held by PETA Asia-Pacific.

The actor who even put his dog on a vegetarian diet beat out several celebrities including his ex-girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and actress Maggie Q.

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Kareena Kapoor is one of those hot Bollywood actresses that won’t eat anything on screen she wouldn’t off.

Kapoor plays a hairstylist in the film Short Term Shaadi, and she was all set to shoot a breakfast scene in a cafe in the United States when she discovered the producers wanted her to eat pancakes with eggs.

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Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has launched a range of Indian vegetarian entrees, Shilpa’s Gourmet Creations.

The line is said to reflect the eating plan of the UK Celebrity Big Brother star, focusing on delivering both health and taste.

“Vegetables are a vital source of vitamins and minerals, but vegetarian doesn’t have to mean bland and rubbery food,” Shetty said.

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Vidya Balan and MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor have been chosen as PETA India’s Sexiest Vegetarians in an online poll.

Bollywood star Balan said of the honor, “Adopting a vegetarian diet may seem like a small choice, but it has an enormous impact on the world around us. The ‘hottest vegetarian’ recognition is an honour, but if you ask me, everyone who goes vegetarian is ‘hot’, since they each make the world a better place every day.”

She has plenty of hot company in India, as some polls indicate the percentage of vegetarians in the country range from 20-42 percent.

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“This is something very personal. I changed because something inside me made me want to change. These are very personal choices, which can only be made by yourself; nobody else can force them on you. So I will never profess such a thing because it is an individual decision.”

—-Shahid Kapoor, on his decision to go vegetarian, as quoted by Indian Express.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

• Shahid Kapoor (29)

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