Moti Mahal Restaurant

"Among Calgary’s prolific East Indian food community, the longstanding Moti Mahal is especially beloved for its generous portions of shahi paneer (house-made cheese and tomatoes in a fenugreek-infused cream sauce), lamb bhoona (braised lamb and caramelized onions in a ginger and turmeric curry sauce), and chicken mumtaz (curried chicken meat slow-cooked with a mix of jaggery, dried chiles, apricots, and lemon). Moti Mahal has some fun on the cocktail side of things, too, spicing up a Caesar with house vindaloo sauce or infusing chai spices into bourbon for an Indian take on an Old Fashioned. [$$-$$$]" - Dan Clapson