The famous ‘Bukhara’restaurant stands as an authority on the North-West Frontier cuisine, recreating the rich Bukhara-style cooking with every dish.

Dal Bukhara is a fine example of that style. It involves stirring a combination of black lentils, tomatoes, ginger and garlic over slow coal fires for 18 hours at a stretch. Take a deep whiff and you can almost see the rugged foothills of the North-West Frontier.

Place one glorious morsel in your mouth and you’ll realize why everyone from socialites to Presidents, abandon tea parties and matters of state, to feast on this very special fare.