Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant
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‘A love letter to Bombay told through food and stories, including their legendary black daal’ Yotam Ottolenghi
At long last, Dishoom share the secrets to their much sought-after Bombay comfort food: the Bacon Naan Roll, Black Daal, Okra Fries, Jackfruit Biryani, Chicken Ruby and Lamb Raan, along with Masala Chai, coolers and cocktails.
As you learn to cook the comforting Dishoom menu at home, you will also be taken on a day-long tour of south Bombay, peppered with much eating and drinking. You’ll discover the simple joy of early chai and omelette at Kyani and Co., of dawdling in Horniman Circle on a lazy morning, of eating your fill on Mohammed Ali Road, of strolling on the sands at Chowpatty at sunset or taking the air at Nariman Point at night.
This beautiful cookery book and its equally beautiful photography will transport you to Dishoom’s most treasured corners of an eccentric and charming Bombay. Read it, and you will find yourself replete with recipes and stories to share with all who come to your table.
’This book is a total delight. The photography, the recipes and above all, the stories. I’ve never read a book that has made me look so longingly at my suitcase’ Nigel Slater
An eccentric and charming cookbook from Dishoom, with over 100 recipes from the much-loved restaurants
Dishoom has seven hugely-successful restaurants – five in London, one in Edinburgh and one in Manchester. They serve around 48,000 guests a week and to date have provided over 2 million breakfasts to school children in the UK and over 3 million lunches to school children in India as part of their Magic Breakfast charity initiative.
A super-lead publication that will be supported by a major marketing and publicity campaign that will reflect and amplify Dishoom’s inimitable style that consumers have grown to love and champion.
This will be an exceptionally beautiful package, with stunning food and location photography as well as a fold-out map of Dishoom’s favourite places in the city. A future classic that will reach out far beyond the food buying market.
Dishoom are partnered with several charities including Magic Breakfast and The Akshaya Patra Foundation, donating a meal for every one sold in one of their restaurants.
A love letter to Bombay told through food and stories, including their legendary black daal
This book is a total delight. The photography, the recipes and above all, the stories. I’ve never read a book that has made me look so longingly at my suitcase
There are few cookbooks that immerse you in their subject so thoroughly and so lovingly as Dishoom. Part travel guide, part history, part food manual, this reads like a personal diary with a stonking recipe collection as a bonus. I could eat the Mattar Paneer every week and I probably will, with a Chilli Cheese Toast chaser
Like its carefully observed, pitch perfect restaurants, Dishoom’s cookbook is a feast for all the senses, and brings the restaurant’s delicious dishes into the home kitchen. Every page is begging to be pored over and cooked from, each picture leaping from the page with atmosphere and generosity. It’s a gorgeous thing
Shamil Thakrar’s intimate, rich and lyrical writing and stories, alongside striking photography, takes the reader on a ride from Koolar & Co café to Marine Drive
A tantalising foodie tour through the highways and byways of India’s largest metropolis
The results prove worth it every time, and the book is a pleasure to read
Over 100 comfort food recipes - inspired by Parsi, Muslim, Hindu and Christian traditions - take you from dawn till dusk, starting with breakfast and ending with dinner and a nightcap. Given the time, I’d cook every single one of them
Dishoom: From Bombay with Love is a delightful read. Even if you’re just after the secret of the bacon naan
These brilliant, easy-to-follow recipes are a virtual tour of the city’s best eating and drinking spots
The only cookbook my 21 year old son has shown interest in - ever
Bravo for the perfect cookbook: great recipes that really work, witty and friendly words, but also beautiful design and evocative, story-telling photography
This cookbook would be top of my Christmas list
A book for the masses
The cookbook we’ve been waiting for
A book for both the coffee table and the kitchen
As good as any travel book, if not better
It truly is a feast, not only for the stomach, but also the eyes
This splendid book is both a loving tribute to the city and a sumptuous guide to Dishoom specialties… An irresistible book for any lover of Indian food
The authors pay exuberant tribute to their bustling, overcrowded, magnificently architectured, poverty-stricken, food-loving native city
For step-by-step recipes and fabulous traveller’s tales, you’ll have to buy this book
- Title: Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant
- Authors: Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, Naved Nasir
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408890660, 9781408890677, 1408890674, 1408890666
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408890660
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T11:51:04Z
Dishoom serves a much-loved menu of Bombay comfort food and award-winning drinks in beautiful restaurants that each have a unique story. The first Dishoom opened in Covent Garden in 2010, and there are now five restaurants in London, one in Edinburgh, and one in Manchester. Dishoom breaks down barriers by bringing people together over food and drink: in its restaurants, at its events, and through charity (donating a meal for every meal, with 8 million meals donated so far).
Shamil and Kavi Thakrar are co-founders of Dishoom and Naved Nasir is Executive Chef. Shamil and Kavi grew up in London, but have spent many years becoming deeply acquainted with Bombay's flavours and quirks and falling in love with the city. Naved worked in various renowned restaurants in Bombay before moving to London to open Dishoom. This is their first cookbook.