Mumbai Food: Savour authentic Awadhi cuisine during Powai

POWAI seems to be basking in a slew of new launches, with spaces that have non-stop adult over a final 6 months. Joining this bunch, right on a margin of a New Year, is Ruha Kitchen and Bar, by Prabhakar and Ritesh Shetty, who also possess Hotel Capitol in Thane.

Spanning 3,500 sq ft, a grill hopes to be an all-day dining space, and will modify into a loll come nightfall. It will offer an array of cuisines, including continental and Asian favourites, as good as a immeasurable preference of residence cocktails. However, a concentration lies in Awadhi cuisine, with shorbas, kebabs, and biryanis anticipating a place on a menu.

The space has been designed by Nishant Desai, who is also a male behind a interiors of Opa and Kaitlyn’s Beer Garden in a city. “We’ve left for a Gothic haveli feel, though with complicated touches. Many of a elements — windows, doors, grilles — have been sourced from decayed houses in South India and Madhya Pradesh, and refurbished to give a space that old-world vibe,” says Desai.


The interiors underline pops of burgundy, cerulean blue, and champagne gold

We perused a endless Awadhi menu, and some dishes stood out. The initial is a Kakori Kabab (Rs 375), that is described as a melt-in-the-mouth tip recipe that has been handed down by generations to Chef Qureshi, who helms a kitchen. The Awadhi Jhinga (Rs 525), meanwhile, facilities jumbo-sized prawns flavoured with perfumed saffron and baked in a tandoor.

Among a mains, a Purane Choke ki Nahari (Rs 445) — slow-braised lamb with paya batch —caught a attention, as did a Paneer Bukhara Korma — lodge cheese in a pumpkin-and-tomato gravy with putli masala. These can be mopped adult with a Warqi Paratha (R95) or Taftaan (Rs 95).

OPENS ON Dec 26
TIME 12 pm to 1.30 am, daily
AT €ˆOpposite Hiranandani High School, subsequent to Powai Bus Depot, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai.
CALL 9167847527

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