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Ahana Dutt wants to show Sydneysiders there’s more to Indian cuisine than butter chicken. The former Raja and Firedoor chef is now heading up the kitchen at Plate it Forward social enterprise eatery Kolkata Social in Newtown.

Instead of naan, there’s radhabollobhi, a chewy fried flatbread with a lentil filling and crisp edges. In Kolkata, barramundi, known as bhetki or Asian seabass, is popular. Dutt has included a smoked version on her menu, fried in mustard oil and served with yoghurt, cardamom and green chillies. The Indian pound cake on the dessert menu is a Dutt family recipe, which she’s upgraded with saffron cream and seasonal fruit.