Butter Chicken Was an Accident. Here’s the Story of How India’s Most Famous Dish Was Born.
Butter chicken (murgh makhani) wasn't invented by a royal chef or passed down through centuries of tradition. It was created in the early 1950s at Moti Mahal restaurant in Old Delhi — born from resourcefulness, a refugee family, and the oldest problem in the restaurant business: leftover food. Here's the true origin story of India's most famous dish.