In 1947, two men, both named Kundan, fled Peshawar during the bloody partition that carved Pakistan out of British India.
They landed in Delhi and soon became partners in a restaurant called Moti Mahal serving food from the Punjab region.
Where they diverge is on the question of which of the men should go down in culinary history.
The two families both say that it was their own Kundan who invented butter chicken — the creamy, heavenly marriage of tandoori chicken and tomato gravy beloved everywhere north Indian food is served.
And one of them has gone to court to try to prove it.
Organizations:
Moti
Locations:
Peshawar, Pakistan, British India, Delhi, Punjab