Who Invented
Butter Chicken:
Daryaganj Or
Moti Mahal?
The battle for the culinary crown over the invention of butter chicken and dal makhani has landed in the Delhi High Court
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Moti Mahal and Daryaganj restaurants are in a legal tussle over the tagline “Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani”
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Moti Mahal has sued Daryaganj owners, alleging they are misleading the public by suggesting a link between the two establishments
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The suit contends that Daryaganj is falsely creating an association with Moti Mahal, whose first branch was established in Daryaganj
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Both restaurant chains have, for years, claimed that they invented butter chicken and dal makhani
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Moti Mahal claims their founder Kundal Lal Gujral came up with the recipe as he was concerned over his unsold tandoori chicken drying out
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However, Daryaganj claims that Kundal Lal Jaggi came up with the dishes, and has refuted the lawsuit by Moti Mahal as “baseless”
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