Khaana

One country, a dozen kitchens

"Khaana" simply means food in Hindi and Urdu, but there is no single Indian cuisine. What lands on a plate in Amritsar shares almost nothing with what's served in Kochi, and a kitchen in Kolkata runs on entirely different logic than one in Ahmedabad. Climate, soil, trade routes, empires, and religion each left their mark on a different part of the subcontinent, and the result is a patchwork of genuinely distinct and delicious culinary traditions rather than one cuisine with regional variations.

Each page here traces one region's food back to its roots including the geography that shaped it, the historical influences that flavored it, and the dishes that define it today.