Review: Moti Mahal
Mimi ON Jan 31, 2011 AT 3:56 pm
Moti Mahal
By John Gregory Smith
I love Indian food. It’s a real passion of mine and I am always delighted to find a new Indian restaurant that does justice to such an exquisite cuisine . I was recently at Moti Mahal in Covent Garden, an offshoot of the famous Delhi restaurant, which served beautifully cooked, modern North Indian food that delivered on all accounts.
We kicked off dinner with a selection of crudités served with ‘gunpowder.’ This ‘explosive’ (sorry) mix of dry spices livened up the fresh vegetables and was served in all the coolest restaurants I went to last year in Delhi. I was extremely happy that things got off to such a great start.
For our starters we had Bhalla Papadi Chat, a classic Indian snack that was a blend of crunchy fried pieces of pastry, chick peas, pomegranate seeds, sour tamarind chutney, cooling mint chutney and plain yogurt. It was crunchy, refreshing, sweet and sour all at once and really got my taste buds excited. Next was Murgh Nazakat, which was a selection of 3 different types of tandoori chicken, each more beautifully tender than the previous one and served in a very fancy copper pot.
Moti Mahal dishes
Being so pleased with the starters I decided to let the chef pick the rest of our dinner. What a feast we had! A selection of curries, grilled lamb, vegetables and a basket of amazing freshly made Indian breads.
We had a few Punjabi classics; a creamy butter chicken and a silky smooth Dal Makhani, which had lovely thin strips of fresh ginger that cut through the richness of the Dal that tasted like it had been sent down from heaven itself. Next we had thin strips of butterflied leg of lamb that had been seasoned with cinnamon, bay leaves and green chillies. The hot pieces of lamb were served with juicy wedges of lemon and a rich strained yogurt that was the perfect cooling accompaniment. For our vegetables we had Saag Aloo, dry fried new potatoes with garlic and spinach, which had little halves of cherry tomatoes that were a delicious juicy surprise.
Indian desserts are not my favourite as they tend to be made with so much sugar that you can feel your poor teeth aching with each mouthful. The Kulfi selection was another great suggestion by the kitchen; the perfect palette cleanser that was subtly sweet and delicately flavoured.
I really enjoyed Moti Mahal and though that the food was extremely well prepared and beautifully spiced. North Indian food, and especially Punjabi food, can be a bit lardy and rich. However, at Moti Mahal this was not the case and all the food tasted wonderful.
Mothi Mahal is currently running an express lunch menu: Mon-Fri from 12-15:00, which includes 2 courses and a mocktail of the day for only £15.
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I know why you are aniskg, you are aniskg on the basis of that novela (Opera) you are watching in brazil. actually, what you are seeing there now, about the culture of India, is totally based on 1970 s of Indian culture.and they have stressed on the negative traits only. we have a very beautiful and vast culture here. that novel is made up with some spices and exaggeration to make it popular.in present times, the caste discrimination is merely bothered here. and there is nothing like this that the parents choose bride for there son, though parents are concerned for marriage, but there is nothing like that THE GROOM SEE THE BRIDE AFTER MARRIAGE.there are lots of love marriages happening.. and in arrange marriages, Groom and bride should agree to marriage..I know all this because I have many brazilian friends on orkut. and they ask me this same question many times
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