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If you’ve ever wandered down Park Street in Kolkata at dusk, you know the smell — smoky, creamy, unmistakably royal. That aroma is chicken chaap, the crown jewel of Kolkata’s Mughlai kitchen. This chicken chaap recipe (also called murgh chaap) recreates the famous Arsalan-style classic at home: chicken marinated in spiced yogurt, then slow-simmered in …

If you’ve ever wondered how dhabas and Indian restaurants get that intensely flavorful, cling-to-the-meat gravy with almost no sauce pooling at the bottom, the answer is this chicken bhuna masala recipe. “Bhuna” literally means “to fry or roast” — it’s the slow technique of frying onions, tomatoes, and spices in oil until they melt into …