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The best butter chicken in Delhi

Tandoori chicken simmered in a silky tomato, butter and cream sauce scented with fenugreek. The dish to eat here, and the three places that do it best. Recipe at chefamazing.com/food-travel/dish/delhi.

3 places in Delhi · by Chef Amazing · updated October 23, 2026
Photo: Wikimedia Commons: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0

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    Moti Mahal

    North Indian tandoori · Daryaganj, Old Delhi

    Get: Butter chicken with butter naan and dal makhani

    The original, where the dish was created after Partition.

    Also on the list: New and hot in Delhi.

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    Gulati

    Pandara Road Market

    Get: Butter chicken and the mutton seekh kebab

    A Delhi family favorite for rich Punjabi cooking since 1959.

    6, Pandara Road Market, New Delhi-110003 · Map · Add to Chef Amazing
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    Daryaganj

    Several branches (including Connaught Place)

    Get: The butter chicken, made to the founders' family recipe

    Opened by descendants of the men who invented the dish.

    Shop No. 11, Regal Building, Sansad Marg, Hanuman Road Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India · Map · Add to Chef Amazing

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