Jake Dryan
The Regional Cooking of India
The Regional Cooking of India
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Explore the incredible variety of Indian food
Get over 130 vegetarian recipes from 23 Indian states, organised clearly so you can cook your way through the cuisine.
Indian food is far bigger than the same few curries, naan and biryani most people already know.
Every state has its own dishes, ingredients, techniques and flavour combinations. This book brings them together in one organised regional collection.
Inside the cookbook
- Over 130 vegetarian regional recipes
- Recipes from 23 different Indian states
- Recipes organised by state with a linked table of contents
- Photos with every recipe
- Clear ingredients and cooking methods
- 20 key lessons to improve your Indian home cooking
- The Regional Ingredient Map mini ebook included free
Cook through India, state by state
- Tamil Nadu
- Kerala
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana
- Maharashtra
- Gujarat
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Odisha
- West Bengal
- And many more
More than a collection of recipes
The cookbook also includes 20 of the most important lessons I learned while cooking through the cuisine.
- How to temper spices properly
- How to build flavour step by step
- How to balance sourness, salt, heat and richness
- How to choose the right rice, flour and ingredients
- The small details that help regional recipes come out as they should
Traditional recipes, organised clearly
This is not a book of fusion twists or reinventions.
The recipes are traditional and time-tested, gathered through years of cooking, research and conversations with Indian friends, colleagues, home cooks and mentors.
My role has been to curate and organise the recipes, cook every dish myself, develop clear methods for home cooks, and add the lessons and insights that helped me understand each recipe more deeply.
Who this is for
- People who love Indian food but keep cooking the same few dishes
- People who want to explore regional Indian home cooking
- People who want traditional recipes rather than westernised versions
- People who want a large vegetarian Indian recipe library
- People who want the recipes organised clearly by state
- People who want more context and guidance than a typical recipe gives
- People who want to understand the regional variety of Indian cuisine
Why I made this
Early on in my career as a professional chef, I knew I wanted to teach cooking and build a business around my passion for it. That is a big part of why I started sharing food online.
I have always loved cooking different cuisines from around the world, but over the years Indian home cooking became the cuisine I studied most deeply. A lot of that started through the Indian friends, colleagues and families who introduced me to the food they actually cooked and ate at home.
That curiosity eventually led to my Indian State Series, where I dedicated time to researching and cooking dishes from across India, state by state.
The deeper I went, the clearer it became that Indian food cannot be understood as one single cuisine. Every region has its own ingredients, cooking methods, staple dishes, traditions and ideas about what makes a complete meal.
I am not claiming ownership over Indian cuisine, and I am not trying to be a spokesperson for it.
My role remains that of a serious student, chef and teacher. I have worked to research the dishes carefully, cook every recipe myself, understand the important details, and present them in a way that is practical and clear for home cooks.
I have not invented the recipes in this book. My contribution is in curating and organising them, refining clear methods through my own cooking, and adding the lessons and observations that helped me understand why the dishes work.
That means this is not simply a collection of recipes copied into one place.
It is a structured journey through regional Indian food, built from more than 130 dishes I have personally cooked, photographed and learned from.
My aim is to help more people move beyond the small selection of Indian dishes they already know, understand the immense regional variety of the cuisine, and cook these dishes with more confidence, accuracy and respect.
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