Hyderabadi Office Feast

Bone-in goat layered with saffron-scented basmati, fried onion and mint, then sealed and steamed on dum so the rice drinks up the meat stock.

Batter-fried paneer, crisp at the corners and stained red with chili, then rolled through a hot tempering of curry leaf, green chili and lemon.

Boneless chicken marinated in cream and yogurt with mild white spices, baked in the tandoor and basted with warm butter as it comes off the skewer.