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// INDIAN RATIONS

10 recipes released to the public. The rest of the archive is not on the internet.

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Rosogolla is Bengal's defining sweet: fresh cow's-milk curd, chhena, kneaded to a completely smooth paste, rolled…

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Threat 2 Light resistance

Undhiyu is Gujarat's great winter one-pot: whole seasonal vegetables and fried fenugreek dumplings packed in layers…

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Threat 4 Taking fire

Vindalho is what Goan Catholic cooks made of the Portuguese carne de vinha d'alhos: pork cured for a day or more in…

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Beef ularthiyathu is Kerala's great dry-roasted beef: cubes of chuck pressure-tenderised in a coriander-and-pepper…

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Threat 2 Light resistance

Maah di dal is the everyday black dal of Punjabi homes and gurdwara langars: whole black urad soaked overnight…

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Shorshe ilish is hilsa cut into bone-in steaks and steamed in a sealed vessel under a raw paste of yellow and black…

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Rogan josh is Kashmir's defining braise: bone-in lamb or goat cooked slowly in whisked yogurt and mustard oil taken…

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Sarson da saag is the winter dish of rural Punjab: mustard greens braised down with bathua and spinach, ginger…

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Masala dosai is a wild-fermented rice-and-urad-dal crepe spread paper-thin on a hot griddle until it is lacy and…

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Kacchi biryani is the Hyderabadi original: raw goat, marinated in thick yogurt and raw papaya, sealed under…