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The Indian Canon

Three hundred and sixteen entries

Contents
I
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
opening II
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
opening III
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
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The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
106 V
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
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The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee, ceremonial drinks.
opening VII
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten — the order, the rituals, the hospitality.
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The Thread
Where this book connects to others — migration, trade, diaspora.
opening IX
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources an entry is anchored to.
opening X
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
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Indian · V The Canonical Dishes

Street Food Chaat

Four entries

Chaat is not a single dish but a technique canon, built on the layering of textures, temperatures, and flavours. The entries here move from the foundational assembly logic of the chaat form to the canonical street preparations that embody it — a spiced vegetable mash cooked on the iron tawa, the hollow semolina sphere filled and consumed in a single bite, the fritter softened in yoghurt, and the composed layered assemblies of dahi puri and bhel puri.

Dahi Puri / Bhel Puri — Chaat Assembly Technique (दही पूरी / भेल पूरी)Pav Bhaji — Mumbai Street Technique (पाव भाजी)Panipuri / Golgappa — Shell and Water Technique (पानी पूरी / गोलगप्पे)Dahi Vada — Fried Lentil Dumpling in Yoghurt (दही वड़ा)
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Indian · V The Canonical Dishes

Street Food Chaat

‹ V The Canonical Dishes

Chaat is not a single dish but a technique canon, built on the layering of textures, temperatures, and flavours. The entries here move from the foundational assembly logic of the chaat form to the canonical street preparations that embody it — a spiced vegetable mash cooked on the iron tawa, the hollow semolina sphere filled and consumed in a single bite, the fritter softened in yoghurt, and the composed layered assemblies of dahi puri and bhel puri.

4 entries
Dahi Puri / Bhel Puri — Chaat Assembly Technique (दही पूरी / भेल पूरी)Pav Bhaji — Mumbai Street Technique (पाव भाजी)Panipuri / Golgappa — Shell and Water Technique (पानी पूरी / गोलगप्पे)Dahi Vada — Fried Lentil Dumpling in Yoghurt (दही वड़ा)

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