Kundan Lal Gujral awarded for inventing Tandoori chicken by civil aviation minister (IATO Function)
IATO AWARDEE KUNDAN LAL GUJRAL
We are proud of our founder Mr Kundan LalGujral who established Motimahal in 1920 in Peshawar (undivided India ) and introduced Tandoori chicken and butter chicken to the world .
Today on world tourism day we remember his contribution to the Indian Culinary and his contribution in tourism . He placed India on the World culinary map .
Motimahal is the story of the man and a recipe that revolutionised India cooking .Recipe was Tandoori chicken and the man was Kundan Lal Gujral .
Kundan was not yet ready to rest on his laurels but ventured again to introduce Butter chicken and Dal Makhani .Not only this , he innovated fried chicken and made a secret blend to make crispy Chicken Pakora .
On the release function in 2005 ,of the first official cook book of Motimahal auhored by Monish Gujral as a tribute to his legendary Grand Fahter`s illustrious Culinary Journey. Mr Arun Jaitly , then the Minister of Commerce and Industry & Law and Justice said theMotimahal`s chicken Pakora was much better than the KFC fried chicken
We salute the father of Tandoori cuisine Mr Kundan Lal Gujral on the WORLD TOURISM DAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2020
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