India, Aug. 30 -- In India, we do not consider eggs as vegetarian," the words spoken by a much-respected food writer threw Chef Ibrahim Yaman a little off kilter, but just for a moment before he laughed and shifted the bowl containing a solo egg towards the back of his work station. There were small bowls containing a lot of greens, a white powder, egg and black pepper laid out in front of him

We were attending a masterclass on Turkish cuisine which was hosted by Pullman New Delhi Aerocity in association with Swissotel The Bosphorus from which chefs Ibrahim and Abdullah Olgun from Swissotel Istanbul, had been especially flown in by the Turkish Airlines.

The chefs were all set to demonstrate one vegetarian and a non vegetarian dish to a ...