Netflix's Dining With The The Kapoors Shows They’re Just Like Us

Cooking dinner when I am home is something I quite enjoy. Apparently, standing in the kitchen is something my family enjoys when I am making food. And it's not just us, Ranbir Kapoor and Navya Nanda also can't help but hover in the kitchen when Armaan Jain is making lunch for a family union. On a recent home visit, I took the command for making a thukpa and momo dinner on a cold Delhi night for my family. Soon, my little brother was grating the cabbage, my mother was finely cutting the vegetables, and my father was keeping the kitchen clean while we worked. It truly took all of us working together and fighting a lot while doing it to make a dinner that we enjoyed. And watching the new Netflix special, Dining With The Kapoors, reminded me of just that. There is fun, banter, fights, and all those things that make a family bond strong.

The Premise

Dining With The Kapoors arrives on Netflix as an intimate, one-hour documentary that gathers one of Hindi cinema’s most storied families around a single dining table. Conceptualised by Armaan Jain and directed by Smriti Mundhra, this special draws together Randhir Kapoor, Rima Jain, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Navya Nanda, Neetu Kapoor, Agastya Nanda, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Aadar Jain, and more members of the extended clan, all in one room for a celebratory lunch in the honour of Late Raj Kapoor’s 100th birth anniversary. It’s nostalgic, chaotic in the way only large families can be, and filled with stories that tumble out effortlessly when food is involved. Streaming exclusively on Netflix, the film offers a candid look into legacy, memory, and the flavours that shaped generations of Kapoors.

The Kapoor Style Course

The First Course – Mac & Cheese

For this lunch, Armaan Jain, who runs his own cloud kitchen known as Junglee Kitchen, tried to do something different. He plated the food, which, for the Kapoors, is not a usual thing. A Kapoor gathering apparently begins not with kebabs or kormas but with a bubbling tray of baked mac and cheese.

The Second Course 

Fish Curry And Rice With A Ghee Dripper

Served with an unapologetic drip of ghee, this is comfort on a plate and one of the family’s recurring favourites at lunch. Armaan makes sure that everyone in the room has put the ghee on top of their dishes, reminding Kareena of her Dadi telling everyone to do the same.

The Rest Of The Course

From heirloom recipes to indulgent staples, the meal rounds out into a full-blown Kapoor banquet: Junglee Mutton, Truffle Dal, Mutton Yakhni Pulao, Chicken Curry, Paneer Makhan, Paya, Dahi Pakoda Kadhi, Chilke Waale Aaloo, Malabari Paratha, Lacha Paratha, Brun pav, and Steamed Rice. It’s the kind of spread that mirrors their legacy, layered, abundant, and proudly rooted in tradition.

Food Memory

The Toffee Queue

Ranbir and Riddhima fondly remember how they used to line up in front of their Dada ji to get a caramel toffee from his hidden storage. He would make them salute him, give him a fond kiss and then hug him for the toffee. It is a loving memory that is cherished by the kids of the Kapoor family of their dear Raj Kapoor.

Truffle Dal

A dish that appears more than once during the meal, the truffle dal is one of Armaan’s famous creations. Over the dining table, the guests can be seen asking for seconds.

Aadar Jain’s Childhood

For Aadar Jain, fish curry and rice recall evenings spent with his nani while watching Kaun Banega Crorepati, a ritual of simplicity and warmth. She would give him 10 rupees for every answer he got right, and funnily enough, by the end of it, he would only manage to get 30 rupees.

Ranbir’s First Food Memory

Ranbir’s earliest food memory is his dadi’s version of baked mac and cheese, which they used to call ‘bake’ finished with a temper of ghee, as only a Kapoor household would do.

Karisma’s Cookbook

Karisma remembers the cookbook gifted to her by her dadaji, a sentimental archive that was a way of him guiding his granddaughter, reminding her that family recipes are family history in their purest form.

Kareena’s Paya & Kadak Pav

Kareena speaks lovingly of paya paired with kadak pav, remembering the cackle of the brun pav, a combination that defines her idea of comfort and home.

The Silver Katori

Then comes the silver katori, a seemingly simple vessel that had ghee in it so that everyone could add it to their food. Be it sabji, dal or rotis, the Kapoor family lives on asli ghee.

In the end, Dining With The Kapoors is not just a reminder that every family, even one with a cinematic legacy spanning generations, is held together by food, memory, and the stories that live between courses. Over laughter, gentle teasing, and shared plates, the Kapoors reveal themselves as endearingly familiar. The recipes may be rich, the legacy iconic, but at its heart, this is a portrait of a family bonded by the same rituals we all return to: a good meal, a safe table, and conversations that linger long after the last bite.