Chook Chook is an Indian restaurant at 137 Lower Richmond Road in Putney. Its railway kitchen theme draws on dishes found across the regions connected by India’s celebrated train journeys, bringing street food, clay oven cooking and comforting curries into a colourful dining room. The menu works for a quick meal, an evening with friends or a large shared table.
The chaat section includes papdi with chickpeas, potato, yoghurt and chutneys, samosa chaat, beetroot dahi puri and crisp spinach with black chickpeas. Clay oven starters range from yoghurt marinated chicken tikka and lamb chops to tandoori salmon and mustard scented king prawns. A mixed meat platter lets the table compare chicken, wings, lamb and fish.
Curries cover Old Delhi butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, karahi chicken and the rustic chicken and potato curry associated with Indian railway dining. Lamb appears in house karahi curry, keema with peas, spicy Chettinad style gravy and a slowly braised Madras shank. Malabar fish curry combines coconut, tamarind and spice, while prawns can be cooked in karahi masala.
Vegetarian choices include black lentils, dal tarka, paneer butter masala, okra, spinach with potato, chickpeas and a coconut based vegetable curry. Chicken or vegetable biryani, steamed rice and pilau rice provide substantial accompaniments, joined by freshly baked naan and other breads. This broad range gives Chook Chook a balance of familiar favourites and less common regional flavours.
Address: 137 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EZ, United Kingdom