Cuisine

Punjabi

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਕਵਾਨ

Wheat, dairy, tandoor smoke and gravies that comfort on purpose.

Punjab's farming wealth and tandoor cooking travelled through partition, dhabas and Delhi restaurants. Butter chicken is a Delhi restaurant child of Punjabi tandoori chicken.

Ghee, yoghurt, tomato-onion gravies, breads, and tandoor char.

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Punjab

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Butter chicken

मुरग़ मखनी

Delhi restaurant gravy: tandoori-style chicken in a tomato-butter sauce. Famous, modern, and not a stand-in for 'Indian food'.

2 hr 5 minMedium🌶️

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