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Master Chef Vikas Khanna conceived a seven-course, 26 dish, menu for Prime Minister Narendra Modi' Fortune 500 dinner in New York. His recipes, exclusively on Rediff.com
Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.
Bring out your earthenware and clay pots, don your apron and get cooking!
In the second part of a series, we bring you recipes from chef Vikas Khanna's latest book.
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