New menus and popups to try out in Bengaluru this February

Flavours from Awadh, a chef spotlighting Bohri cuisine, and a bread programme. February marks an interesting start for Bengaluru’s culinary world, and here are the highlights 

Bohri cuisine @ Monkey Bar

Flavour Riot, Monkey Bar’s quarterly chef-led collaboration series will bring flavours of Bohri cuisine to the city. Organised in partnership with The Bombay Chapter 003, the two-day popup  will ‘bring the food traditions of Bhendi Bazaar through a focused, flavour-forward menu rooted in heritage, slow cooking and layered spice’.

Signature dishes include Bohri chicken farcha, egg-crusted and fried till crisp; mutton baida roti, tawa-cooked with spiced mince and egg; and a smoked mutton raan, slow-cooked for hours and finished with charcoal smoke. Other classics include Bombay-style dum biryani, classic nihari with sheermal; and chicken kaari chawal. Vegetarian offerings include Russian cutlets coated in Bombay sev; mushroom galouti kebabs, dal chawal palidu. Desserts feature caramel custard and pineapple halwa.

January 31 to February 1 at Monkey Bar, Museum Road

Fried chicken with salted egg curry that features a savoury tartar sauce at Kopitiam Lah | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Malay flavours @ Kopitiam Lah