Walk into any Indian bookshop and you will find shelves groaning under glossy cookbooks. They promise secret family recipes, ancient techniques and lost flavours. Yet, the truth is far more humbling.

KHAMGAON, India – Pork rinds. Dried squirrel. Spicy fish eggs. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada is part anthology, part cookbook and part rebuke to readers, who may presume Indian food is largely ...

Kadhis made from yoghurt have many avatars all over India. It takes on countless forms. Creamy and thick in the north with the addition of besan and malai-wallah dahi. Coconut-rich in the south or the ...