Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
SPICE BLEND + LIVE MASTERCLASS

Alak's Butter Chicken Experience

Everyone's favorite indulgence
limited spots
  • ships by Dec 7th
Inspired by memories, travels, and experiments, Alak's pantry gems are an invitation to cook with curiosity, play with tradition, and gather to share something wonderful.

Legend has it that butter chicken began with a rather practical problem: what do you do with leftover tandoori chicken? Give it a second life in a luscious, buttery tomato sauce, of course!

The precise origins are still debated, but we love the spirit of that story. A little resourcefulness, a willingness to experiment, and suddenly, something extraordinary is born.

With Alak’s Butter Chicken Experience, we’re celebrating that same spirit of culinary invention. Come discover what makes this beloved dish so irresistible, learn to build its flavors, and find your own way to make the magic happen at home.

INCLUDED IN THE EXPERIENCE
1. Alak’s Butter Chicken Masala
Vibrant Kashmiri chilies, fragrant fennel, cinnamon, cardamom, and a generous helping of kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) come together in a beautifully aromatic blend.

And don’t let the name limit you! This masala is just as happy finding its way into a paneer curry, roasted vegetables, or whatever else your imagination cooks up.

2. A Live Cooking Masterclass with Alak
Join Alak as she shares her approach to butter chicken, from coaxing flavor out of everyday ingredients to finding that lovely balance of tang, warmth, and richness.

We’ll explore the little decisions that make a big difference, the shortcuts worth taking, and the freedom to experiment beyond the classic recipe. Bring your questions, your appetite, and perhaps a few ideas of your own!

The goal? To make this restaurant favorite feel right at home in your kitchen, ready to cook, adapt, and share whenever the mood strikes.

INGREDIENTS
Kashmiri & Byadigi chilies, fennel seeds, red chili powder, cinnamon, star anise, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, kasuri methi, turmeric.

 

Made during our kitchen’s final production run, in very limited quantities.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Alak's Butter Chicken Experience
Regular price$50.00
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Made for the love of gathering

Good things are meant to be shared.

Open Alak’s pantry, and you’ll find more than ingredients.

There are flavors from her childhood in South India, discoveries from her travels and life in Europe, memories of home-cooked meals, and little experiments that taught her to trust her own taste and feed friends and family.

All of these have found their way into our last holiday offfering - Alak’s Pantry Gems: three special spice blends for two crowd-pleasing classics, biryani and butter chicken, and a Chettinad-inspired Sunday roast.

But the stories don’t end in her pantry. They’re meant to find their way into yours, and onto tables filled with good food and even better company.

After all, a gathering begins long before anyone sits down to eat. It begins with the pleasure of making something wonderful for others.

And to make that experience even more special, we’re pairing two of these blends with cooking sessions hosted by Alak, where we can learn, experiment, and share a little more together.

These were made during our kitchen’s final production run.
Available in very limited quantities.

Biryani: One Dish, A Thousand Stories

What does an exiled king have to do with potato in your biryani? And why does everyone seem to have such strong opinions about how it should be made?

Follow the fascinating journey of a dish that’s traveled across empires, regions, and generations, gathering new flavors and fierce loyalties along the way.

A chef peeking over a copper pot of biryani
A bowl of butter chicken with naan and tomatoes

Butter Chicken: Of Happy Accidents and Fenugreek

Did one of the world’s best-loved curries really begin as a clever way to rescue leftover chicken? And what does fenugreek have to do with maple syrup?

From disputed origin stories to the surprising science of flavor, there’s much more to butter chicken than its luscious tomato gravy.

Sunday Roast: Who Says a Roast Always Needs an Oven?

What does a British Sunday roast have in common with a family lunch in Kerala? More than you might expect!

Discover how Sunday meals became cherished rituals across cultures, why a Kerala roast might never see an oven, and how Chettinad spices found their way into Alak’s version.

A Sunday roast chicken on a platter with roasted vegetables