The Yellow Chilli by Sanjeev Kapoor
The Yellow Chilli is a restaurant by the renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor, and the dishes here are his signature ones, so they have a bit of a twist to them, and are a little different than the ones you'll have in most Indian restaurants. I was invited to this restaurant nestled in JLT, to try out their lovely food.
We ordered some soups to start with, and as we waited, they got us some papads to munch on.
I ordered for the prawn pepper rasam. This was something I had for the first time and I really loved it since it tasted just as the name suggested. There was rasam, with pepper (which was a lot), and there was prawn. Since we were sitting outside, and the weather was cold, it complemented it very well. Also, since I love spicy food I enjoyed it, but I'm pretty sure it would be too spicy for most people.
My friend ordered the vegetarian makai shorba. This is as soup containing corn. It was totally different from the sweet corn soups, or most of the corn soups I've had. At first, it I didn't like it all that much, but after a couple of spoons, it tasted really good.
For the starters, we asked for a mix veg platter so that we could have more variety. It had the following items:
Shabnam ke moti: This is mushroom stuffed with cheese, and cooked in a tandoor. Now I'm not much of a mushroom fan, but I was thoroughly enjoying this dish. It was really flavorful and we could taste the cheese in each bite.
Hare masale ka bhoona paneer: This was cottage cheese marinated in mint and coriander. It was soft, and the taste wasn't bad. It felt a little bland.
Chana jor garam tikki: Chana jor garam is a famous snack in India that is crispy and made from black gram. This dish had a patty made from potato and cottage cheese, and was covered with chana jor garam. It was something innovative, and I really liked this one as I was munching into the crispiness of the patty.
Aloo Nazakat: This is potato stuffed with sweet corn, nuts, and cottage cheese again. It was a bit on the sweeter side, and had a nice flavour to it.
Harippa Paneer Tikka: This was cottage cheese marinated in tomato, onion, and spices. This was better than the other paneer starter, and tasted alright.
Cheesy sticks: This wasn't part of the platter, but we ordered it separately. These tasted quite good by itself, but weren't all that cheesy. If you want something with a little bit of cheese, you can definitely try it out, but if you're looking for something which would have goey stretchy cheese, this is not the one.
I also had the tandoori chakori machhi which is a fish tikka in green marination. This was well cooked, and the flavour was good too but something felt amiss.
For mains we had the Anglo Indian bahar. It had thick cut mixed vegetables made with burnt garlic and tomato paste, over spinach saag. The flavour was quite good, but I was expecting more from a restaurant by India's master-chef.
We had this along with tandoori roti which was really soft. It was made only from wheat which was the good part, and we loved this one.
The mutton keema kulcha was also pretty good.
For dessert, they had a lot of tempting items, and after much pondering I chose the Zauk-e-Shahi and a ras malai.
The Zauk-e-Shahi consists of gulab jamuns served with rabri and sweetened bread. This was really indulgent. The gulab jamuns, the rabri, as well as the bread. It was really sweet and I just couldn't stop at one bite. I would definitely recommend trying this one out.
The ras malai was also really delicious. The paneer balls were soft, and the milk was thick and had some mixed nuts in it. This definitely elevated our experience here.
They have seating inside as well as outside. The inside isn't very big, but cozy and neat. The sofas though are a bit low to eat comfortably; the chairs are much better.
This place also accepts Zomato Gold on food! If you aren't a Zomato Gold member yet, use my code - UDITSS - to sign up and get a 25% off !
We ordered some soups to start with, and as we waited, they got us some papads to munch on.
I ordered for the prawn pepper rasam. This was something I had for the first time and I really loved it since it tasted just as the name suggested. There was rasam, with pepper (which was a lot), and there was prawn. Since we were sitting outside, and the weather was cold, it complemented it very well. Also, since I love spicy food I enjoyed it, but I'm pretty sure it would be too spicy for most people.
My friend ordered the vegetarian makai shorba. This is as soup containing corn. It was totally different from the sweet corn soups, or most of the corn soups I've had. At first, it I didn't like it all that much, but after a couple of spoons, it tasted really good.
For the starters, we asked for a mix veg platter so that we could have more variety. It had the following items:
Shabnam ke moti: This is mushroom stuffed with cheese, and cooked in a tandoor. Now I'm not much of a mushroom fan, but I was thoroughly enjoying this dish. It was really flavorful and we could taste the cheese in each bite.
Hare masale ka bhoona paneer: This was cottage cheese marinated in mint and coriander. It was soft, and the taste wasn't bad. It felt a little bland.
Chana jor garam tikki: Chana jor garam is a famous snack in India that is crispy and made from black gram. This dish had a patty made from potato and cottage cheese, and was covered with chana jor garam. It was something innovative, and I really liked this one as I was munching into the crispiness of the patty.
Aloo Nazakat: This is potato stuffed with sweet corn, nuts, and cottage cheese again. It was a bit on the sweeter side, and had a nice flavour to it.
Harippa Paneer Tikka: This was cottage cheese marinated in tomato, onion, and spices. This was better than the other paneer starter, and tasted alright.
Cheesy sticks: This wasn't part of the platter, but we ordered it separately. These tasted quite good by itself, but weren't all that cheesy. If you want something with a little bit of cheese, you can definitely try it out, but if you're looking for something which would have goey stretchy cheese, this is not the one.
I also had the tandoori chakori machhi which is a fish tikka in green marination. This was well cooked, and the flavour was good too but something felt amiss.
For mains we had the Anglo Indian bahar. It had thick cut mixed vegetables made with burnt garlic and tomato paste, over spinach saag. The flavour was quite good, but I was expecting more from a restaurant by India's master-chef.
We had this along with tandoori roti which was really soft. It was made only from wheat which was the good part, and we loved this one.
The mutton keema kulcha was also pretty good.
For dessert, they had a lot of tempting items, and after much pondering I chose the Zauk-e-Shahi and a ras malai.
The Zauk-e-Shahi consists of gulab jamuns served with rabri and sweetened bread. This was really indulgent. The gulab jamuns, the rabri, as well as the bread. It was really sweet and I just couldn't stop at one bite. I would definitely recommend trying this one out.
The ras malai was also really delicious. The paneer balls were soft, and the milk was thick and had some mixed nuts in it. This definitely elevated our experience here.
They have seating inside as well as outside. The inside isn't very big, but cozy and neat. The sofas though are a bit low to eat comfortably; the chairs are much better.
This place also accepts Zomato Gold on food! If you aren't a Zomato Gold member yet, use my code - UDITSS - to sign up and get a 25% off !
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