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Who invented butter chicken? Indian restaurant chains get into a spicy legal drama with rival claims

For their part, the people behind Daryaganj insist it was Moti Mahal’s other co-founder, Kundan Lal Jaggi, who invented both dishes back in 1947. Jaggi’s grandson Raghav Jaggi has been …

Battling over butter chicken: why is beloved Indian dish at the centre of a legal fight?

by Walter Watson

Butter chicken – a beloved dish in India and beyond – is at the centre of a trademark lawsuit before the Delhi High Court over who, exactly, invented the dish. …

Indian judge to rule on who invented butter chicken: ‘you cannot take away somebody’s legacy’

by Walter Watson

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. …