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Indian cuisine refers to the enormously diverse regional cooking traditions found across the Indian subcontinent. Rather than a single national style, it is better understood as a...
The defining feature of Indian cooking is its masterful use of spices. A masala is simply a spice mixture, either freshly ground or a dry blend. The most famous blend is garam masa...
Every Indian kitchen revolves around a set of core staples. Ghee, or clarified butter, is the traditional cooking fat prized for its nutty flavor and high smoke point; it is made b...
South Indian cuisine has its own remarkable set of dishes, many built on the same rice-and-lentil foundation but transformed by fermentation and the bold use of tamarind and curry...
Most Indian main dishes are built around a few master sauces. The most important is the onion-tomato gravy: onions are slowly caramelized, often for 15 to 30 minutes, until deeply...
Indian meals are defined as much by their accompaniments as by their main dishes. Raita is a yogurt-based side, the most common being cucumber raita: yogurt mixed with grated cucum...
Indian cooking relies on a few signature tools. The tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven that reaches extremely high temperatures, used for naan and tandoori meats. The tava is a hea...