Butter Chicken
The BIR icon: tandoori-grilled chicken finished in a velvety tomato-onion sauce enriched with double cream, butter and a…
Indian
Discover · tomato + make-ahead + complex + onion + quick
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Ingredients
Chana Chaat
Cooked chickpeas (tinned for speed, OR overnight-soaked and home-cooked for the best texture) toss with diced red onion…
Sides
Chicken Jalfrezi
BIR chicken jalfrezi is the restaurant stir-fry, quick-cooked peppers, chillies and onions with tender tandoori chicken…
Indian
Chicken Methi Curry
BIR chicken methi is the fenugreek-forward curry of the British restaurant menu, fresh fenugreek leaves wilting into a…
Indian
Fattoush
A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp
Sides
Go Bo Hoi an
Go Bo Hoi An is a piquant Vietnamese beef salad featuring thinly sliced seared beef tossed with crisp vegetables, fresh…
Vietnamese
Lamb Achari
BIR lamb achari is the restaurant take on the Punjabi achari tradition, a curry seasoned with the spices that go into…
Indian
Lamb Karahi
Cooked in a karahi (two-handled wok-like pan) over high heat: lamb chunks simmer with tomatoes, fresh ginger matchsticks…
Indian
Panzanella
Tuscan summer salad invented to use up the day-old bread, and one of the cleverest ways to eat tomatoes when they're at their peak
Sides
Restaurant-Style Chicken Chilli Masala
Chicken chilli masala is a relatively modern entry on the British restaurant menu, sitting somewhere between a jalfrezi…
Indian
Restaurant-Style Chicken Jalfrezi
The jalfrezi is one of the defining BIR curries, found on every restaurant menu in the country and arguably the most…
Indian
Restaurant-Style Lamb Achari
"Achari" means "of pickle", the dish is built around Indian-style pickles (achaar) as a flavouring agent rather than a condiment
Indian
Restaurant-Style Lavastorm Curry
Lavastorm belongs to the rarefied corner of the BIR menu shared with phaal, naga, and the various house-named "hottest…
Indian
Restaurant-Style Naga Bhuna Masala
Bhuna and naga sit on opposite ends of the BIR temperament chart
Indian
Restaurant-Style Ragù
Ragù is the great Italian meat sauce, deeply browned beef (or beef-and-pork mix) slow-simmered with soffritto, wine and…
Italian
Restaurant-Style Rogan Josh
Rogan josh ("oily red") comes from Kashmir, where the original is a slow-cooked Wazwan dish of lamb in a deeply spiced…
Indian