私が家でよく作るのは、生姜焼きや唐揚げ、鍋料理などです。どれも、とても簡単ですよ！どんな料理 _なのか_ を、少し説明しますね。
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What is the meaning of なのか in this sentences? Is it a grammar pattern?
In a sense, it's a "pattern", but it's something you can analyze logically.
Let's do so step by step:

  * (こんな)料理だ。  
It is (such-and-such) a cuisine.

  * どんな料理か？  
(converted to a question using どんな)  
What (kind of) cuisine is it?

  * どんな料理なのか？  
(with [explanatory- _no_](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-
grammar/question-markers/) for seeking clarification)  
What (kind of) cuisine is it?

  * どんな料理なのか  
(as a noun clause, aka [embedded
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/13038/5010))  
what (kind of) cuisine it is

  * どんな料理なのかを、少し説明しますね。  
(the embedded question is used as the object of 説明する)  
I'll briefly explain **what (kind of) cuisine it is**.
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