The forerunners in Indian culinary circuit

I have been reading David Kamp’s The United States of Arugula about the people who changed the way in which America eats. HT Image Kamp picks such chefs and restaurateurs as the late Andre Soltner and Henri Soule who introduced French food to American tastes; Alice Waters and Jeremiah Tower who invented California cuisine; Wolfgang Puck, the first real show-biz celebrity chef, and such food writers as James Beard, Craig Claiborne, Julia Child and perhaps, Gael Greene. Kundanlal Gujral : Without wishing to get into the controversy about who really invented tandoori chicken and where and when, I have to say that Moti Mahal deserves the credit for popularising the dish and its variations. Without tandoori chicken there would be no butter chicken, no chicken tikka sandwich and no chicken tikka masala — the most famous Indian dishes in the world.