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Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant

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I did extra chicken as it had defrosted on the side and I was worried it would end up wasted, I adjusted the spices accordingly. The first time I made this dish I didn’t read the ingredients list properly and used salted butter in addition to the added salt so I had to cook an extra batch of plain split black lentils to save the dish.

This might sound a bit old-fashioned,” Thakrar said, “but there really is nothing quite like settling down with a weighty volume to immerse yourself in the stories contained in it, not to mention the joy of owning a well-loved, much-thumbed cookery book – annotated, corners folded on firm favourites, pages carrying the marks of many hours happily spent in the kitchen.

But after 12 hours of marinating and then grilling, the chicken had an odd soft texture and the marinade had its own texture that my daughter described as “fuzzy” and that I found reminiscent of uncooked flour. If you only have salted butter then reduce the amount of fine sea salt to 4g and taste before adding more. So, this is a recipe not in the book but one that was “tweeted” in May 2020 by Dishoom themselves with the tag “We’re simply thrilled to share the (extra-special, not-even-in the-book) recipe for Chef Naved’s Chilli Chicken, inspired by an Indo-Chinese favourite of Bombay’s Leopold Café” .

I know I’m going to cook from this book for years to come and revisit the evocative passages about Mumbai whenever my culinary wanderlust takes hold. Heat the oil in a large heavy bottomed pan – you really do need a wide pan for this for adding the chicken in and coating properly later – fry the garlic gently until golden brown then remove and set aside. Made without onion or garlic, it relies heavily on various spices for its signature depth of flavor. The lengthy cooking time certainly extracts a lot of caffeine from the tea - I was buzzing around the house for a while! Possibly my favorite rajma to date and even my legume ambivalent husband loved this, it has wonderful depth of flavor.

I ignored the cooking instruction "until nicely caramelized" having decided I was more concerned with not overcooking the lamb . Whilst it is amazing to create your favourite recipes from that great restaurant from the comfort of your own home, often they are impossible to be anything like the real thing due to many factors. Prepare all the ingredients first is my tip here as there is a lot of prep for the chopping of onions and garlic to do!

Premier distillery of India, Amrut, was founded in the year between Independence and Bombay's Prohibition. I’ve cooked a few different black daals and have always found that whole black lentils (urad daal) take ages to soften so I try to remember to pre-soak them the night before to give them a head start.We had it with homemade cheddar naan, but it would go great with just about anything: basmati rice, garlic naan, or even more chicken via Dishoom’s chicken biryani (biryani is like a mixed rice).

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