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Moti Mahal is a restaurant chain founded in Delhi, India. [2] Founded after the partition of India in 1947, [3] [4] the Moti Mahal in Delhi was founded by Kundan Lal Gujral, Kundan Lal Jaggi and Thakur Das Magu as one of the first restaurants to introduce Punjabi cuisine and North Indian cuisine to the rest of the world such as tandoori chicken, paneer makhani, dal makhani, and butter chicken.
The curry was developed at the Moti Mahal restaurant in the Daryaganj neighbourhood of Old Delhi in the 1950s, after the Partition of India [7] by Kundan Lal Jaggi and Kundan Lal Gujral, [8] who were both Punjabi refugees from Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India.
Kundan Lal Jaggi (10 September 1924 – 4 March 2018) was an Indian chef and restaurateur based in New Delhi.Kundan Lal Jaggi is the inventor of butter chicken, dal makhani, paneer makhani and the founder of the Moti Mahal restaurant along with his partners Kundan Lal Gujral and Thakur Das Magu in 1947 in Daryaganj, Delhi.
Currently, Kundan Lal Gujral's grandson, Monish Gujral has instituted Moti Mahal Delux Management Services in 2003 by expanding the business into franchises across India. Today, it has grown from a small restaurant in Old Delhi to a modern eating chain with more than 150 franchises in India and worldwide. [35] [36] [37]
Tandoori chicken was popularized in post-independence India by Moti Mahal, Daryaganj in Delhi [28] [29] when it was served to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. [30] There, tandoori chicken became a standard offering at official banquets. [30] In the United States, tandoori chicken began appearing on menus by the 1960s.
Paneer makhani (also called paneer butter masala) is an Indian dish of paneer, originating in New Delhi, in which the gravy is prepared usually with butter (makhan), tomatoes and cashews. [7] Spices such as red chili powder and garam masala are also used to prepare this gravy.
Monish Gujral [12] [13] [14] was born in a famous Hindu Punjabi family. The family has been credited with placing India on the world culinary map. His legendary Grandfather Kundan Lal Gujral was an Indian Chef and restaurateur and who establish the Moti Mahal chain of restaurant.
Daryaganj also has what was once the only restaurant of Old Delhi, the Moti Mahal founded by Kundan Lal Jaggi, Thakur Das Mago and Kundan Lal Gujral, [18] most known for the invention of butter chicken and modern dal makhani. [19] Another notable modern restaurant is Chor Bizarre near Delite cinema, which serves Kashmiri cuisine.