The Diaspora Spice Co. CookbookSeasonal Home Cooking from South Asia's Best Spice Farms
From Diaspora Spice Co., the progressive spice company rooted in flavor and equity, comes a cookbook celebrating beautiful, simple, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms.
Diaspora Spice Co. sources the most flavorful, fresh spices in the world from 150 regenerative farms across South Asia—from elders, indigenous communities, young changemakers, and brilliant multi-generational farming families across India and Sri Lanka who are leading the way in sustainable and climate change–resistant agriculture. Filled with culinary storytelling, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights these farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography, plus 85 recipes for simple, seasonal, and powerfully delicious meals.
CEO and founder Sana Javeri Kadri and recipe writer Asha Loupy realized that eating with the people who grow our spices unveils a whole new dimension in our cooking. For instance, the Mir family, who works all year to grow and harvest their saffron, shared not only their technique for blooming the vibrant spice and how to make sure every thread is fully utilized, but their unforgettably delicious dishes. Adapted for a global pantry, these recipes share the warmth of true South Asian home cooking at its truest and tastiest, starting with chutneys & pickles, snacks, and veggies, traveling through to mains from the sea and from the land, rice and breads, and ending with drinks and desserts.
Sana and Asha also note which recipes are the most beginner friendly, freezer friendly, good for a dinner party menu (like a Diwali feast!), and which lend themselves to be pantry building blocks, all for a super easy-to-navigate cookbook.
- Burst Tomato Chutney
- Perfect Pakora
- Spiced Maple-Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Sambol
- Aloo Masala
- Jammy Egg Curry
- Coconut Lamb Biryani
- Fennel Tom Collins
- Turmeric-Banana Snacking Cake
- Apricot-Saffron Frangipane Galette
This incredibly fresh, beautifully photographed, powerful collection is a celebration of these farming families, their precious harvests, and how they season recipes with big flavor.
Sana Javeri Kadri is the founder and CEO of Diaspora Co., a farm-to-table spice company that puts equity, transparency, and high-quality products at its forefront. Sana founded the company in 2017 with just a turmeric blend; now her company sources 30 single origin spices from across 150 farms across India and Sri Lanka. A third-generation native of Mumbai, she now lives in Oakland, California.
Diaspora Co.’s single-origin spices… represent a new beginning, a reinvention of a spice route that rewards farmers directly for scrupulous farming, and rewards consumers with [spices] that redefine the categories themselves. – Vogue, on Diaspora Co.
This black pepper is an epiphany… [Diaspora Co.’s turmeric] is amazing stuff, with a mustardy aroma that has far more flavor presence than any turmeric I’ve cooked with. – Los Angeles Times, on Diaspora Co.
“Through the spirited mission of Diaspora Spice Co., Sana Javeri Kadri is redefining the spice trade with a sharp focus on quality and taste, and the utmost respect for the farmer. In this beautiful, expansive book, Sana and Asha invite us into a world where spices tell a larger story—of the people who steward the land and the traditions they nurture. Each recipe is a vital chronicle of culture that offers a delicious education on where our food comes from. This cookbook is full of everything I want to eat!” – ALICE WATERS
“Evocative and full of heart, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbookbursts with color, flavor, and life. Through every page, it pulls us into the vibrant worlds of the farmers of India and Sri Lanka—the hands and hearts behind the spices that make our food sing. It’s a journey of soil and sun, of stories and seasons, weaving together the people, places, and flavors that bring so much joy to our kitchens.” – NIK SHARMA, James Beard finalist, author and photographer of The Flavor Equation, and editor at America’s Test Kitchen
This book is a treasure trove of information on spices and their rich history. . . Home cooks will be captivated by the vibrant narrative and irresistible recipes. . . Years of travel and exploration have culminated in a collection that weaves thousands of years of history and culture into an expression of foodways and traditions—delicious to taste and fascinating to learn about.- Sarah Tansley, Library Journal
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