Who invented butter chicken? Indian judge to rule on dispute over global favourite


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Jan 2024

A freshly prepared butter chicken dish is placed on a table inside the Moti Mahal Delux restaurant in New Delhi, India, January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Butter chicken - one of India's best-known dishes globally - is delicious and apparently also contentious, with two Indian restaurant chains doing battle in court over claims to its origins.

The lawsuit - which has become a hot topic in India - was brought by the family behind Moti Mahal, a famed Delhi restaurant brand that has counted late U.S. President Richard Nixon and India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru among its guests.

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