Butter Chicken, Old Delhi 6

Imagine dipping a crispy hot naan into this lush, smooth, buttery curry. Magnificently charred yet soft chicken pieces are drenched in the thick sauce. The fragrance of cardamom and fenugreek fills the air.

Although the history of the famous butter chicken, or murgh makhani, is obscure and disputed, we Dilliwalas, “residents of Delhi”, are happy to shout from the rooftops that it was invented in Old Delhi, in an area called Daryaganj. Butter chicken was first made in a restaurant ca