It is the festival of Bakra Eid and amidst all the shopping and celebrations, everyone is craving some good old mutton biryani.

While people are busy making elaborate arrangements for their grand festival feast, questions regarding which meat to buy usually pop up - jhatka or halal?

So, we did a little digging around to find out which meat is more nutritious and which is easier to cook.

Jhatka Meat

The term ‘jhatka’ in Hindi means ‘swift’. This method of slaughtering animals for consumption involves severing its head in one powerful blow. The animal is killed instantly and relatively painlessly.

What does science say?

Halal Meat

The Arabic term ‘halal’ means ‘permissible’ or ‘allowed’.

Animals are slaughtered with a deep cut across their neck. The cut severs the windpipe, jugular vein and carotid artery of the animal in one stroke. In this method, the animal dies slowly, since more time is given for the blood to drain out completely.

What does science say?

Which Is Easier to Cook?

Halal meat is widely available and preferred across the world due to various reasons.

Chef Saby of Lavaash restaurant, who has worked across several countries, says that most of the restaurants and five-star hotels across the world prefers to use halal meat.

So, Is Halal Meat More Nutritious?

Well, not exactly!

Speaking to FIT, Rupali Dutta, Nutritionist said:

While both are considered the only ‘right’ way to slaughter animals in their respective cultures, many people we spoke to could not detect a difference in meat slaughtered either way! So the choice is entirely yours.

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