Rashida

Rita you are the best of bestest the hard work of putting these books tog taking the time to share with us God bless
Didn’t know where to post it so all could see
Rashida Gadiwalla us

Webmaster

Thank you Rashida. So glad this book is being downloaded into homes and read. Our food and history should be celebrated.

This is indeed a good place to post your comments and feedback. I am trying to encourage use of this website and am delighted to hear from people.

Rita

Bhonu Prakash: Zoroastrians & Food in Historical Perspective – Daniel Sheffield, Princeton University – Indian Parsi Cuisine, Arts & Heritage

[…] The First Parsi Cookbook VivivdhVani by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia  published in Bombay, 1903. (download here) […]

Papri and Daran for Malido – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Papdi to eat with Malido from the famous Vividh Vani cookbook […]

Ambakalyo – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Vividh Vani Cookbook recommends you peel and clean the onions/shallots. Next fry the Onions or Shallots in pure ghee […]

Dinyar M. Dalal

Does anyone know more about Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia? I have a feeling that she could be related to our family through marriage. My grandmother’s married name was Meherbai Cowasjee Dalal.
I will appreciate any information.
Thank you.
Dinyar M. Dalal

Vividh Vani Recipe: Toad in a hole – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Inspired by recipe from an ancient cooking book “Vividh Vani” (click for a free download… […]

Rita

Dinyar, I hope one of our members will respond. I will certainly get back to you if anyone does.
Have you posted this inquiry on facebook and other social media?

Fried Goat or Lamb Chops from the Cookbook Vividh Vani – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Here it the translated recipe from the Vividh Vani […]

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[…] I have translated this from the Vividh Vani Cookbook […]

Bombay Bakery’s Coffee Cake – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] led me to research Persian and Parsi cookbooks. I came across the name of an exotic one named Vividh Vani, (click here) published in the year 1903, before the opening of the Bombay Bakery. Dan Sheffield, a lecturer at […]

Parsi Dahitra – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Recipe  (from Vividh Vani) […]

The humble ‘mawa’ cake story – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Khulāsat al-Maʼkūlāt va’l-Mashrubat (The Essence of Edibles And Potables), and Parsi cookbook Vividh Vani, published in 1903. He says of Vividh Vani, “By this time Bombay Parsi cuisine had already been […]

Quick and Easy Parsi Malido Video and Recipe – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Papri / Daran recipe for Malido adapted from the Vividh Vani cookbook. […]

Eggless Bhakra Gluten free and Vegan – Vegetarians rejoice! – ParsiCuisine.com

[…] Vividh Vani which inspires me to get old recipes did not have an eggless bhakra recipe. […]

Meher Mirza

From where can I buy Vividh Vani cookbook. I am interested.

Parsi Cuisine

Meher, you can buy the Vividh Vani cookbook from Amazon.com (USA or UK).

Vividh Vani. (Volume 1 and 2): In Gujarati Language.
Author: Meherbai Jamshedji Nusserwanji Wadia Collection of 2180 Recipes
Published by ParsiCuisine.com
Vividh Vani was registered in 1867 by Ms Jehangir Behramji Marzban Co.
Last version in Gujarati language was printed in 1926 by Jame Jamshed Printing Works, in Bombay, India.

Direct link to purchase is https://amzn.to/2u4JHuI

Rita