Processed Jhatka Meat in India
Today, especially in the western world, many people are still unaware of the type of meat they are eating. Have you ever heard an individual asking about where can he/she get the best processed Jhatka meat in India? Many of them, right? At the same time, those people are giving merely a blank stare at you following the question we just mentioned. Accordingly, the article further tends to explore more about jhatka meat, and how is it different than very commonly used halal meat! What is a jhatka meat? The meat that is freely available in Indian traditional market is either jhatka or halal type. The principle behind the jhatka meat that categorizes it from the halal version is that in the former type the animal is being killed with a single strike of knife by blowing to the head; in order to give him a minimum pain. On the contrary the halal meat is exactly opposite to jhatka, wherein the animal is being killed by slitting his throat slowly and gradually, giving it a very slow and painful death. In the halal meat the process is achieved through the recitation of a prayer. However, traditionally in many western countries animals, those were used by meat industry were killed instantaneously through blowing their heads; interpreting as jhatka meat. According to the Hindu as well as Sikh philosophies any ritual that is seldom associated with certain spiritualism has not been supported much; as according to their thought process, the animal is being given much less realization of pain through the process of jhatka. For that matter, jhatka meat is widely being sold in areas that are predominant with Hindu and Sikh communities. As a matter of fact, since not many Hindus and Sikh communities are aware about the jhatka meat, the process is never acknowledged as the mainstream as compared to the halal version. What is a halal meat? The halal meat is the most common in many of the Arabic countries and being generally preferred by the Muslim communities. Accordingly, the animal is being killed slowly and painfully, by reciting the holy verse from Quran. The process is accomplished through complete drainage of animal blood. Expert take over Halal and Jhatka The health experts are considering halal type of meat to be healthier because the process involves drainage of all the blood from an animal body through pumping of the heart that is active few minutes post slitting. The process is thus, associated with removal of maximum toxicity from the body. Whereas, in case of jhatka meat the animal is killed instantly and hence there are chances of blood clotting inside