A common cooking ingredient in Indian homes for frying is ghee, which is derived from butter. Because of its expense, usually even in high-end hotels it is not used for cooking, but vegetarian oil is used instead. Many of the followers of Hinduism consider being a vegetarian to be one of the most important (if not most important) aspects of being religious. Those who cannot eat where non-vegetarian food is served, have the option of Vegetarian Restaurants in Goa. Amidst the exotic sea food, fish, meat, there are many vegan friendly restaurants serving veggie good quality food keeping in mind this huge percentage. In Goa best of South Indian and North Indian vegetarian dishes can easily be found. These authentic dishes of south and north are purely vegetarian and sumptuous.