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Dishoom Recipes
From breakfast at Kyani and Co. to street food at Mohammed Ali Road – the myriad of places to eat and drink in Bombay inspire Dishoom’s recipes. These are places for which we have reverence, and places that give us comfort. It brings us nothing but joy to be sharing these recipes with you.
Snacks
Sumayya Usmani’s Peshawari Chicken Karahi
Choicest chicken and tangy tomatoes sing with blistered green chillies, fragrant black pepper and a flourish of fresh ginger. Most gratifying.
Total:40 hour
Snacks
Chef Salim’s pakora with chai
Very moreish crisp and crunchy spiced snacks for daubing with chutney and pairing with steaming ‘chai-walla’ chai.
Total:1 hour
Snacks
Sumayya Usmani’s Peshawari Chicken Karahi
Choicest chicken and tangy tomatoes sing with blistered green chillies, fragrant black pepper and a flourish of fresh ginger. Most gratifying.
Total:40 minutes
Small plates
Firangi’s Panchpuran Lamb Risotto
Rich and warming saag gosht, brightened with seasonal cavolo nero, and slipped into humble risotto. Befitting of celebrations.
Total:2 hours 40 minutes
Mains
Savannah’s Roti Rolls with Egg and Cabbage
A core breakfast staple from Savannah's upbringing – makes two rotis per person, each containing a quilt of seasoned egg omelette, with nicely spiced cabbage tucked inside. Most simple, comforting and readily adaptable. Enjoy morning, noon and night, whenever hunger strikes.
Total:30 mins
Mains
Sindhu Vee’s daal with raw mango
Simple, filling arhar daal is given a twist with gloriously green raw mango. Tart and ticklish on the tongue and deeply delicious in the belly.
Total:55 mins
Mains
Cockney Sikh’s Langar-walle Aloo Rotis
Hearty, humble potatoes are mashed and spiced to perfection, kneaded into a pillowy dough, then cooked atop a hot tawa until they sizzle and steam.
Total:35 minutes
Tipples
Permit Room Mango Lassi Punch
Like the popular fruity-yoghurty Indian drink, with boozier consequences.
Total:1 hour 30 minutes
Mains
Chef Arun’s Family Fish Curry
Juicy kingfish steaks are marinated until ruby red, then cooked oh-so tenderly in a sauce rich with spices and tangy with tamarind.
Total:2 hours
Snacks
Permit Room Spicy Chicken Puff
A satisfyingly spicy Irani bakery favourite.
Total:55 minutes
Snacks
White Chocolate, Rose & Pistachio Dates
Ayesha Erkin shares yet another first-class date recipe to savour during Ramadan and after.
Total:45 minutes
Pudding
Falooda
Sweet, extravagant and fun; a glass full of malai kulfi, vermicelli, rose syrup and sweet basil seeds.
Total:35 minutes
Small plates
Tandoori Chaat
Pineapple, sweet potato and padrón peppers are charred, limed, dusted and sparked to life.
Total:55 minutes
Snacks
Jeera Biscuits
Optimum mid-morning sustenance. Delectable snacking is an easy mix, shape and bake away. Slightly sweet, slightly savoury.
Total:1 hour + cooling
Mains
Chilli Broccoli Salad
A light, bright, café staple
Total:20 minutes
Small plates
Chilli Chicken
An Indo-Chinese favourite
Total:35 minutes
Mains
Chicken Berry Britannia Biryani
A best quality recipe to recreate
Total:1 hour 30 minutes
Breakfast
Bacon Naan Roll
Featuring recipes for fresh Naan and Tomato-Chilli Jam.
Mains
Haleem
The origins of Haleem are deeply rooted in history
Total:3.5 hours
Mains
Paneer Mango Salad
Showcasing the King of Fruits for the brief but glorious mango season
Total:15 minutes
Mains
Lamb Raan
An ideal centrepiece recipe for dinner parties and family celebrations.
Total:4.5 hours
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A selection of cooking essentials to master Dishoom recipes in your own kitchen
