Hauz Khas · Since 2019
Regional Indian,cooked properly.
A 54-seat room, one clay oven and a dal that takes twenty-six hours. No buffet, no fusion, no small plates of things that should be curries.
7, Aurobindo Place Market, Hauz Khas · Valet after 7pm · Closed Mondays
“The best dal in south Delhi, and it is not close.”
“A kitchen that cooks like it has nothing to prove.”
“Come for the biryani, stay because they refuse to rush you.”
On the pass
The kitchen
Three rules we have never broken.
The dal takes 26 hours
It starts at 4pm the previous day. Black urad, a slow flame overnight, tomato in the morning, butter at the end. There is no shortcut and we have stopped looking for one.
One tandoor, no microwave
Everything from the clay oven is fired to order, which is why kebabs take eighteen minutes and why we ask you to pace your breads.
Small batches, real endings
Gravies are cooked through the day rather than held in bulk. If the meen curry is finished at 9pm, it is finished — the alternative is worse.
Chef Iqbal Ahmed trained in Lucknow and ran the tandoor at a Delhi institution for eleven years before moving south. He is usually at the pass between 8 and 10pm.
Reserve
Book a table
Weekends fill by Thursday. Send the request and we confirm on WhatsApp within the hour we are open.
- Parties of eight or more are handled on a call.
- The private room seats 14 and is booked separately.
- We hold tables for 15 minutes past the booking time.
Find us
Aurobindo Place, Hauz Khas
Kesari House7, Aurobindo Place Market, Hauz KhasNew Delhi 110016- Sunday
- 12:00 – 15:30 · 19:00 – 23:00
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 12:00 – 15:30 · 19:00 – 23:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 15:30 · 19:00 – 23:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 15:30 · 19:00 – 23:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 15:30 · 19:00 – 23:30
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 16:00 · 19:00 – 23:30
Order in
Available on Swiggy and Zomato between 12:30 and 22:30. Biryani travels best; breads do not.
Private dining
A 14-seat room with its own service. Minimum spend ₹18,000 on weekends.
Parking
Valet from 7pm. Market parking behind the block is usually free after 9pm.
Large orders
Office and house catering from 20 people. Two days’ notice for raan.