A voyage across culinary India - in Tokyo

Cuisine in India shape-shifts noticeably every 100 kilometers, materialized by a rich history of invasions and trade routes, and an unmatched diversity forged by linking several disparate kingdoms to form a nation.

It is a glossary of millions of dishes often in stark contrast to one another in flavor and texture, each tempered with crackling aromatics and crafted with competing herbs tamed into delicious cohesion. Contrary to popular belief, many dishes are sauce-less, and a dish called "curry" would leave 1.4 billion people scratching their heads.