KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 -- Mumbai's Kailash Parbat, a vegetarian chain with 42 outlets in India and a global presence spanning New York, Amsterdam, Singapore and more, has opened its first restaurant in Malaysia.

The family-run business traces its roots back to the 1940s, when the Mulchandani brothers began selling chaat from a roadside stall in Karachi.

Following the partition of India, the brothers relocated to Bombay, where Kailash Parbat was established in 1952 - now run by the third generation of the Mulchandani family.

An iconic Indian street food, chaat refers to a family of savoury snacks that comes in numerous variations - typically featuring some combination of fried dough, potatoes or chickpeas, topped with chaat masala, a tan...