Majlis is a newly opened restaurant in Bangalore which serves Arabian food and Mughal influenced dishes from Lucknow and Rampur. Here's a photo tour...
The place is neat and beautifully decorated....
I really liked the reclaimed wood furniture...
The menu is a combination of many interesting Arabian and Awadhi dishes...
The menu at Majlis has been specially designed by the celebrity chef brothers - chef Ashfaque Quereshi and Chef Irfan Quereshi. I was lucky enough to meet and interact with them...
They are the sons of the 87 year old masterchef Imtiaz Quereshi. The Quereshis are descendants of the family of legendary chefs to the Mughal emperors of India. The new generation of Quereshis have been keeping alive the age old recipes quite remarkably with their numerous restaurants around the world...
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Don't forget to watch the 3 part video series of Gordon Ramsay's encounter with Chef Imtiaz Quereshi, at the end of this post.
Over to my lunch. We started with the Rooh Afza. For the uninitiated, Rooh Afza is a syrup which smells of roses and many other things and is often mixed with water or milk. Here it was mixed with milk and it had the fabulous basil seeds floating on top...
Mezzeh platter...
Baba Ganoush - Dip of roasted eggplant...
Classic Hummus - Silky puree of chickpeas with tahina sauce and olive oil...
Pita...
Hummus Beiruti - spiked with Garlic and parsley...
Fattoush - a Lebanese salad with cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, olive oil and vinegar topped with crispy slices of pita bread. This remains one of my favorites...
Dahi Ke Kabab - Hung curd spiced and rolled in soft bread and deep fried...
Cheese Sambousek...
Rajma Galouti Kabab. Although they were not bad, they did not tempt me as much as the other things...
Murgh Malai Kabab - The divinely soft pieces of chicken coated with cream and mild spices just melts in your mouth...
Fresh lime soda...
For the main course there was Murgh Bemisal...
I paired it with khameeri naan which was soft, fluffy, warm and inviting...
Mutton Rogan Josh was spectacular...
The Dal Tadka served here was excellent...
Zar-e-bariyan biryani...
Goan Fish Curry. This is one dish I wasn't looking forward to but I was pleasantly surprised by its inclusion in an Indo-Arabic menu...
The coconut based curry tastes best with rice...
I am glad I saved room for dessert. Phirnee, a rice and milk pudding was perfectly set. The flavors of saffron and cardomom with a sprinkling of chopped almonds and pistachios made the spoonfuls of creamy phirnee quite addictive...
Leaving you with three videos of MasterChef Imtiaz Quereshi making the exotic Goat Biryani with Gordon Ramsay...
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
