✍ Long reads on Indian cooking

The Kitchen Table

Deep dives into Indian cooking science, technique, history and culture. Written for people who want to understand, not just follow instructions.

📅 Published at least twice a month

What you will find here

A reference library for Indian cooking — not just recipes

✓ Indian food history — 15 chapters

✓ Ingredient encyclopaedia

✓ Cooking science — the why

✓ Regional food traditions

✓ Restaurant secrets explained

✓ Failure clinic — fix what went wrong

✓ Practical home cooking advice

✓ Overseas ingredient adaption

Latest post

Issue 001 · June 2026

📅 June 2026 ✍ Rajesh Vasa ⏱ 7 min read 🏷 Founder Story

Why this website exists

A demanding job, a kitchen as therapy, years of failed curries, and a realisation that the entire internet was teaching Indian cooking the wrong way. The story behind this site — the gap, the journey, and where it is all going.

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Up next

Coming this month

Two posts a month, minimum. Here is what is being worked on.

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Why restaurant curry tastes different from homemade — and how to close the gap The base gravy system, the tandoor, the equipment differences — and what home cooks can actually do about each one.
03

Cooking Indian food in Australia — the ingredient translation problem The tomatoes are different. The chillies are different. The basmati at Woolworths is not the same rice. A practical guide to adapting.
04

Jain cooking — the science and logic of cooking without onion and garlic Not a restriction. A different flavour architecture. Written from personal experience and knowledge.
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The onion problem — why twenty minutes matters and ten does not A deep dive into what actually happens inside an onion as it cooks, and why the time cannot be shortened without changing the dish.

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Two thoughtful articles every month.No spam. No recipes copied from elsewhere.

Two thoughtful articles every month.
No spam. No recipes copied from elsewhere.