Recipes from the royal kitchens

Char-grilled cottage cheese in smoked yoghurt & Kashmiri chilli marinade

Medium

Creamy saffron-marinated chicken, charred on the coals

Mild

Melt-in-mouth Awadhi kebabs with 18 spices, on ulte tawe ka paratha

Medium

Spinach, peas and ajwain patties, crisp outside, soft within

Mild

A royal spread for two — malai tikka, angara paneer, seekh & tangdi

Medium

Silken hung-curd discs, saffron dusted, served with mint chutney

Five curries, dal makhani, paneer lababdar, 4 breads, rice, raita, sweet & more

Mild

Butter chicken, mutton rogan josh, chicken tikka, dal makhani, biryani, 4 breads & sweet

Medium

Our grandest spread: 12 preparations, live bread station, dessert trolley moment

Medium

Steamed rice, sambar, rasam, kootu, ghee roast, curd & seasonal payasam

Mild

Black lentils simmered for two days over a slow fire, finished with cream & butter

Mild

Smoked tandoori chicken folded into a silky tomato-butter gravy

Mild

Kashmiri-style slow lamb, deep red with ratan jot, no shortcuts

Medium

Cottage cheese tossed with roasted kadai masala, peppers & onions

Medium

Mughlai tomato-almond gravy, finished with kasuri methi & malai

Mild

Button mushrooms & peas in a royal cashew-onion gravy

Mild

Basmati, saffron and 24-hour marinated chicken, sealed & slow-cooked

Medium

Garden vegetables layered with saffron rice & mint, served with raita

Mild

Aged mutton, kacchi-style dum, star anise & caraway — the old way

Medium

Fragrant basmati with toasted cumin & ghee

From our clay tandoor, brushed with white butter

With roasted garlic & coriander

Whole-wheat, blistered in the tandoor

The Awadhi classic — flaky, layered, made on an inverted griddle

Warm khoya dumplings with saffron syrup, pistachio & silver leaf

Crisped bread in saffron rabri, rose petals & nuts

Fresh chhena discs soaked in cardamom-saffron milk

Phyllo, dark couverture & pistachio — our East-meets-West signature

Green tea, saffron, almonds & a whisper of honey

Slow-steeped, served in the traditional dabarah-tumbler

Strong, spicy, unapologetic — the house pour

Thick churned curd, rose syrup & crushed pistachio

Espresso, cocoa & steamed milk with a gold-dusted top