Hoppers: The Cookbook from the Cult London Restaurant: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration from Sri Lankan Homes, Streets and Beyond (Hardie Grant, 1)

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Co-founder and Creative Director of Hoppers, Karan Gokani grew up in Mumbai and came to England in 2005 to study law at Cambridge. It will want to make you cook, it will want to make you eat, it will fill your heart with warmth and it will want to make you get on the next flight to Sri Lanka. While the exact history is somewhat ambiguous, the story goes that British settlers struggled with the pronunciation of appams and began referring to them as ‘hoppers’, a word that eventually stuck. Hoppers’ restaurants celebrate the diversity of Sri Lankan and South Indian cuisine, with each location taking inspiration from different cultural aspects of this tropical region. Bought this for my partner who years ago visited Sri Lanka, he is always talking about the food and the great time spent staying with families rather than hotels.

A glorious celebration of Sri Lankan food adorned with stunning photography, Hoppers takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the island’s rich culinary traditions, serving up a host of exciting recipes developed at the renowned eponymous restaurant. The book celebrates both home cooking and the food served at roadside shacks, kitchens and stalls across Sri Lanka. Karan is a supremely talented chef - his beautifully curated selection of recipes will enliven your senses and transport you on a journey to Sri Lanka.

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. Abundant photography presents not only the finished dishes but images of cooks, market vendors, and farmers. To me it’s much more than a cookbook, it’s the story of Hoppers told through imagery, recipes and personal memories.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Hoppers has been hailed as one of the first restaurants to make Sri Lankan food accessible in central London. In 2015, JKS Restaurants and Karan opened Hoppers, a Sri Lankan and south Indian restaurant on Frith Street, Soho. The buriani (or biryani in India) is one of those great dishes that’s both the ultimate one-pot comfort meal and a stunning centrepiece to any dinner party.Hoppers: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration From Sri Lankan Homes, Streets and Beyond by Karen Gokani | 9781787138704. A beautifully crafted collection of heartfelt, wonderful recipesfrom one of the most exciting chefs and restaurants of the past few years. Always looking for the next excuse to visit Sri Lanka, Karan’s obsession with the tiny island country began in 2009 where he met his first Sri Lankan friends at university.