Green Chilli

Hammersmith has become a recent hotbed of casual dining restaurants, bars and pubs, and Green Chilli, a recently opened Indian restaurant, aims to bring authentic home-style Punjabi cooking to the area's thriving King Street.

Their talented chefs have worked in five star hotels in both India and Dubai, and the food that they turn out is definitely not your run-of-the mill ordinary Indian cuisine.

Starters engage the palate with an array of interesting items - kurkure mushroom features deep-fried fresh button mushrooms with a stuffing of fruit jam, vegetable pickle and cottage cheese while charcoal cooked garlic chicken, served on the bone for that extra juicy taste in a deliciously thick sauce.

Seafood has not been forgotten, with lemon flavoured jhinga naryeli, king prawns in a light marinade of coconut milk and cardamom, and lobster kalimirch, made with lime, turmeric, fennel, onion, black pepper and curry leaves, offers a superbly flavoured and creamy dish served on naan bread.

Mains are equally interesting, kori gassi chicken is a highly flavoursome choice, cooked with a host of robust spices such as cumin, lovage seeds and peppercorns, finished off with tamarind pulp, and masala mutton chops are no less impressive; jumbo prawn pepper masala is a strikingly vibrant dish of stir-fried jumbo prawns with curry leaves, roasted moong lentils and crushed black peppercorns topped with grated coconut.

Well-judged sides and highly competent rice and breads make up the sundries. The owners have created a calm and unpretentious decor of light hues and high-backed leather seating, making Green Chilli an airy and inviting restaurant.