Malaika Arora Embraces A Plant-Based Diet

Another influential Bollywood celebrity has gone green – Malaika Arora! The star shared the news on Instagram as part of the #whatsinyourdabba challenge.

In a video message, she shared that she’s now vegan and gave her followers a glimpse of her lunch. A plate of zoodles (spiralized zucchini noodles) with red pepper sauce and what looked like roasted red carrots. She added that all ingredients used were locally grown and organic.

 

 

 

 

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And my quest for vegan, healthy recipes continues ... Thank u @twinklerkhanna @tweakindia for nominating me . So here’s #whatsinyourdabba my style ..... Zucchini noodles with red bell pepper sauce - skin the zucchini, scrape of thin strips lengthwise. In a pan heat 2 tbsp olive oil, add 2 cloves crushed garlic, oregano, chopped red bell peppers and sauté till soft. Add the zucchini, salt to taste and sauté for a min. Remove and serve with a lime wedge..... I nominate @theshilpashetty @sophiechoudry @arjunkapoor coz I wanna peek into #whatsinyourdabba(p.s all ingredients r locally grown n organic )

A post shared by Malaika Arora (@malaikaaroraofficial) on Jan 11, 2020 at 1:33am PST

Malaika has always been known for her healthy eating habits and fitness regime, so perhaps adopting a vegan diet was a natural next step for her. Malaika has been involved in animal activism for a while though – in the mid-2000s she was the face of one of PETA India’s compassion campaigns. The campaign had Malaika dressed in a white outfit to depict a white macaw to draw attention to the plight of circus birds.

In the past couple of years, quite a few Bollywood celebrities have adopted vegan diets, from Richa Chadha and Shahid Kapoor (while he was shooting for Padmavat) to Shraddha Kapoor and now Malaika. Let’s hope they can influence their followers to do the same!

While Malaika has said that she follows a vegan diet, we are still unsure whether that carries over into other aspects of her life like her clothing and accessories. But we do believe this is a great start!

_{*Feature image courtesy The Pioneer}

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