LFC Kitchen | September 2025
Piyali: Can anyone share a good recipe for Parsi Chicken Farcha?
Elizabeth: (below) ‘Jamva Chaloji’ by Katy Dalal.
Rhea: So happy to see this shared. The author is my mom-in-law!
Elizabeth: My favourite book, Rhea! I have both volumes, ‘Jamva Chaloji’ I and II, and her book ‘Delicious Encounters’.
Piyali: That’s so amazing!! Some recipes from our elders are always a blessing. I hope I will do justice to it. I will share once I make it.
Mehula: I love this book, and have made so many recipes from this!
Rhea: So lovely to see so many fans of her books. She would have been so thrilled to see her work appreciated so many years after she wrote the books.
Elizabeth: Me too! I make her dhansakh masala regularly. And have made so many other recipes. A must-have cookbook.
Purba: Is this still available?
Elizabeth: I’m not sure. I bought it ages ago. Check Crossword stores also. Rhea Dalal, can you help?
Piyali: Yes, even I would love to look at this cookbook.
Rhea: Unfortunately, her books are very hard to find now; they’re mostly unavailable. I occasionally check on Amazon and other booksellers, but it’s very rare that they are available at any normal price. I had ordered a couple of months ago, but the books never came, and the money was refunded after a couple of months.
Elizabeth: It’s such a classic, ‘Jamva Chaloji’. I hope they decide to reprint it.
Piyali: We need to ensure her recipes are not lost or forgotten.
Discover how Indian women’s cookbooks became stages for authority, identity, and culinary politics in the essay ‘The Dispute Over Guava Jelly: What Indian Women’s Cookbooks Tell Us About Their Lives’ on The Locavore. Read it here.