मटण थाळी
The best mutton thali in Aurangabad — a full Maharashtrian plate, not just a bowl of curry. Rassa, sukka, bhakri, rice and solkadhi, the way it's eaten at home.
A mutton thali is not one dish — it is a whole meal arranged on a single plate, the way a Maharashtrian family eats on a Sunday afternoon. At the centre is the mutton: a fiery, aromatic rassa (thin spiced curry) built on our house kala masala, alongside a drier mutton sukka that clings to the bone. Around them sit the things that make the meal whole — soft bhakri and chapati to scoop with, steaming rice, a bowl of dal, and a glass of cooling pink solkadhi to settle the heat.
It is balanced by design. The rassa is hot and deep; the solkadhi is cool and sour; the bhakri is earthy; the sukka is intense. Eaten together, in the right order, a mutton thali is one of the most complete and satisfying meals in all of Maharashtrian cooking — and exactly what people in Aurangabad search for when they want a proper non-veg lunch, not a snack.
Tender mutton in a thin, fiery Maharashtrian curry built on house kala masala — the soul of the thali.
A drier, deeply spiced mutton preparation that clings to the bone, for the bites you eat slowly.
Hot jowar/bajra bhakri and soft chapati to scoop up every drop of rassa.
Steamed rice with a comforting bowl of dal to balance the heat of the mutton.
Cool pink kokum-and-coconut drink that cleanses the palate between fiery bites.
The little extras — crisp papad, fresh salad and a small sweet to finish the meal.
Thali contents vary slightly by day and season — ask our team what's fresh today.
We cook the mutton for our thali with the same patience as our famous handis — slow flame, whole spices, and our own kala masala ground in-house. Nothing is rushed and nothing comes from a packet. The result is a rassa with real depth and mutton that gives way at the bone, served as part of a full plate so you leave genuinely fed.
If you have searched for the best mutton thali in Aurangabad and been handed a thin curry and two rotis, this is the answer to that. It is everyday Maharashtrian eating done properly — chulivarche jevan on a single plate.
झणझणीत मटण रस्सा, सुकं मटण, गरम भाकरी आणि थंडगार सोलकढी — एका थाळीत खऱ्या अर्थाने भरलेलं महाराष्ट्रीय जेवण.
"Fiery mutton rassa, dry mutton, hot bhakri and chilled solkadhi — a truly complete Maharashtrian meal on one plate."
Jalna Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad). Open every day 11 AM – 11:30 PM.
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Hotel Chul's mutton thali is a complete Maharashtrian plate: spicy mutton rassa (curry), dry mutton sukka, hot bhakri and chapati, steamed rice, dal, cooling solkadhi, papad, salad and a sweet. It is built to be a full, satisfying meal — from ₹450.
The mutton thali at Hotel Chul, Jalna Road, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) starts from ₹450. It is one of the best-value full mutton meals in the city — a complete plate, not just a curry.
The mutton in our thali is cooked Maharashtrian-style in a rich kala-masala gravy with the same care as our handi dishes — slow-cooked over flame so the meat stays tender and the rassa is deep and aromatic.
Hotel Chul on Jalna Road, near Cambridge School, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), is open every day from 11 AM to 11:30 PM. Walk in, call +91 7038 87 67 67, or order on Zomato for an authentic Maharashtrian mutton thali.