Hoppers: The Cookbook: Recipes, Memories and Inspiration from Sri Lankan Homes, Streets and Beyond (Hardback) - Karan Gokani

The hotly anticipated first cookbook from the multi-award winning and acclaimed Hoppers restaurants in London

"A beautifully crafted collection of heartfelt, wonderful recipes from one of the most exciting chefs and restaurants of the past few years. Eclectic, interesting and above all else, super-tasty. A must-have for anybody who has an interest in the world of food." - Tom Kerridge

"How lucky are we to have Hoppers! First the restaurants, now the book, giving... a taste of the incredible riches of Sri Lanka. The recipes and the photos have such a transportive power. I love everything! But first on my list to try is the Hot Butter Squid, followed by an epic Buriani." - Yotam Ottolenghi

Welcome to Hoppers, where the flavours, colours, aromas and sights transport you to the tropical warmth of Sri Lanka.

Serving up the best of Sri Lankan cooking, Hoppers: The Cookbook showcases signature recipes from the cult London restaurants, while also going beyond their four walls to explore the dishes, places and people that inspired them.

The book celebrates both home cooking and the food served at roadside shacks, kitchens and stalls across Sri Lanka. From spicy devilled dishes to crab kari (curry), crunchy deep-fried mutton rolls, dosas and sambols, kalupol chicken and satisfyingly rich kothu roti, Karan Gokani explores the classics as well as new recipes developed at Hoppers restaurants.

Stunning location photography, glorious food, warmth, personality and generosity suffuse the pages of this cookbook - join the Hoppers family in a personal and vivid journey exploring and celebrating the food from this extraordinary island.

About the Author

With three restaurants in central London, delivery kitchens across the capital and a well-established retail brand Cash & Kari, Hoppers takes inspiration from the home cooking and roadside stalls and shacks of Sri Lanka and southern India. Co-founder and Creative Director of Hoppers, Karan Gokani grew up in Mumbai and came to England in 2005 to study law at Cambridge. In 2012 he left his career as a solicitor to move back to India and focus on food and cooking. He returned to England and opened the first Hoppers in 2015 with the Sethi siblings, founders of JKS Restaurants. The book is an ode to Sri Lanka, the warmth of its people, hospitality, love and, above all, a very personal and subjective story of the island's food through the Hoppers lens.