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BUTTER CHICKEN & DAL MAKHANI
FROM DARYAGANJ IN SHARK TANK
n 1947 Kundan Lal Jaggi, an immigrant from Raghav Jaggi, and Raghav’s childhood friend,
Peshawar, journeyed to Delhi after India’s restaurateur Amit Bagga launched Daryaganj
IPartition and launched an iconic restaurant – By the Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal
with two other partners in the locality of Makhani as a homage to his bequest. They have
Daryaganj in New Delhi. At this restaurant the positively revitalised the secret recipes of 1947.
most iconic North Indian dishes like Butter Daryaganj amalgams old-style flavours and
Chicken and Dal Makhani were conceived by carefully guarded recipes with the most brilliant
him. and ingenious team to create a best-in-class
He invented Butter Chicken out of requirement dining experience evocative of a forgone era.
to serve a large group of guests and Dal Makhani
was invented on a prompting by a foodie guest. Must try: Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Chicken
In the year 2019, Kundan Lal Jaggi’s grandson Pakora, Mutton Pulao, Saag Paneer.
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