Chicken Tikka Masala
Charred yogurt-marinated chicken folded into a silky, gently spiced tomato-cream sauce โ the most ordered curry inโฆ
Spice blooming, slow onions and endless regional variety. 16 tested Indian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
Charred yogurt-marinated chicken folded into a silky, gently spiced tomato-cream sauce โ the most ordered curry inโฆ
Delhi's murgh makhani: tandoori chicken finished in a sauce of tomatoes, butter and cream, balanced with a whisperโฆ
Hyderabadi dum biryani, where marinated chicken and part-cooked rice are layered raw and sealed to steam in theirโฆ
Properly made samosas have a blistered, flaky shell that stays crisp for hours โ the result of a stiff doughโฆ
Blistered, chewy naan cooked in a screaming-hot cast-iron pan and brushed with garlic butter. Yogurt in the dough isโฆ
Cubes of golden-fried paneer suspended in a vividly green spinach gravy. The trick to that colour is blanching andโฆ
A double marinade โ first in lemon and salt, then in spiced yogurt โ gets flavour deep into the meat before it hitsโฆ
Ripe mango blended with thick yogurt, a little cardamom and just enough ice to chill without watering it down. Threeโฆ
A punchy North Indian chickpea curry, sour with amchur and tamarind and darkened by a long-fried onion baseโฆ
Yellow lentils simmered soft, then finished with a tadka โ whole spices bloomed in ghee and poured over at the lastโฆ
A paper-thin, tangy fermented crรชpe wrapped around spiced potato, with coconut chutney and sambar alongside. Southโฆ
Milk-solid dumplings fried to a deep bronze and steeped in cardamom-rose syrup until they double in size and turn toโฆ
A dry curry of potato and cauliflower, roasted rather than stewed so the edges caramelise and the florets stayโฆ
The Kashmiri classic: lamb braised in a brick-red gravy coloured by Kashmiri chillies and perfumed with fennelโฆ
Onion, potato and spinach bound in a spiced gram flour batter and fried into craggy, shatteringly crisp clustersโฆ
The Goan original, descended from a Portuguese pork dish preserved in wine and garlic. Vinegar, not just chilli, isโฆ