A Chef Tries to RECREATE Takeaway Restaurant Curry
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Date: 2020-08-17
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Iain
Chicken Tikka Masala POSSIBLY originated in a restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland.
This version recounts how a British Pakistani chef, Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal restaurant in the west end of Glasgow, invented chicken tikka masala by improvising a sauce made from yogurt, cream, and spices. In 2013, his son Asif Ali told the story of its invention in 1971 to the BBC's Hairy Bikers TV cookery programme:
On a typical dark, wet Glasgow night, a bus driver coming off shift came in and ordered a chicken curry. He sent it back to the waiter saying it's dry. At the time, Dad had an ulcer and was enjoying a plate of tomato soup. So he said why not put some tomato soup into the curry with some spices. They sent it back to the table and the bus driver absolutely loved it. He and his friends came back again and again and we put it on the menu.
maybe contact the Shish Mahal restaurant and the hairy bikers?
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Chicken Tikka Masala POSSIBLY originated in a restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland.
This version recounts how a British Pakistani chef, Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal restaurant in the west end of Glasgow, invented chicken tikka masala by improvising a sauce made from yogurt, cream, and spices. In 2013, his son Asif Ali told the story of its invention in 1971 to the BBC's Hairy Bikers TV cookery programme:
On a typical dark, wet Glasgow night, a bus driver coming off shift came in and ordered a chicken curry. He sent it back to the waiter saying it's dry. At the time, Dad had an ulcer and was enjoying a plate of tomato soup. So he said why not put some tomato soup into the curry with some spices. They sent it back to the table and the bus driver absolutely loved it. He and his friends came back again and again and we put it on the menu.
maybe contact the Shish Mahal restaurant and the hairy bikers?
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Michaela
A bit of unpopular opinion, but it's very difficult to mimic takeaway dishes at home only because most probably they add a lot of preservatives. James tried his very best to recreate the dishes and he doesn't have to be sad that the tikka masala is not good (though I think for next time he could have done Madhur Jaffrey's tikka masala and compare it to the takeaway one. I really liked that Currie recreated curries!
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A bit of unpopular opinion, but it's very difficult to mimic takeaway dishes at home only because most probably they add a lot of preservatives. James tried his very best to recreate the dishes and he doesn't have to be sad that the tikka masala is not good (though I think for next time he could have done Madhur Jaffrey's tikka masala and compare it to the takeaway one. I really liked that Currie recreated curries!
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pizzapanic1
Im surprised ur butter chickens there dont have charred chicken before adding it to the curry. The stuff here is like the leftover chicken tikka added to the curry
Edit: context is im from singapore and comparing the curries with the ones I get in little india
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Im surprised ur butter chickens there dont have charred chicken before adding it to the curry. The stuff here is like the leftover chicken tikka added to the curry
Edit: context is im from singapore and comparing the curries with the ones I get in little india
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Whitney
Indian here. I think the butter chicken James made is more or less spot on to how we make it back home. The takeway version here in the UK is sweet which is NOT how butter chicken should taste like. And the fact you didn't make it taste sweet makes me so happy!
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Indian here. I think the butter chicken James made is more or less spot on to how we make it back home. The takeway version here in the UK is sweet which is NOT how butter chicken should taste like. And the fact you didn't make it taste sweet makes me so happy!
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Dipanshu
James u did a good job.
Being an India i can tell you this that the curries which is served in Western World Indian Takeaways are a lot on sweet side but in India it isn't.
And that's the originality of it.
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James u did a good job.
Being an India i can tell you this that the curries which is served in Western World Indian Takeaways are a lot on sweet side but in India it isn't.
And that's the originality of it.
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Selina
Strange, in the UK I never came across butter chicken but its big over here in Canada and its so sweet. Wish they would use thighs too. Should look at The Curry Guy he recreates british indian restaurant curries.
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Strange, in the UK I never came across butter chicken but its big over here in Canada and its so sweet. Wish they would use thighs too. Should look at The Curry Guy he recreates british indian restaurant curries.
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PuppeRutsu
I love how James has this reasonable portions of curry plated and then Barry just piles up his plate with enough curry to feed his whole family and proceeds to eat it. A graphic chef vs normal representation.
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I love how James has this reasonable portions of curry plated and then Barry just piles up his plate with enough curry to feed his whole family and proceeds to eat it. A graphic chef vs normal representation.
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Kronboxx
Disappointed for the first time ever. Butter chicken does not have cashews. That chicken korma.
Fundamentally different. Seems like the 'taster' takeaway you got sent at the start was labelled wrong.
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Disappointed for the first time ever. Butter chicken does not have cashews. That chicken korma.
Fundamentally different. Seems like the 'taster' takeaway you got sent at the start was labelled wrong.
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non
as an indian, in my PROFESSIONAL INDIAN OPINION, the tikka masala james made looks much better than the takeaway it looks more like home cooking.
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as an indian, in my PROFESSIONAL INDIAN OPINION, the tikka masala james made looks much better than the takeaway it looks more like home cooking.
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Baked
What do you guys do with all the leftovers? honestly just curious, whether it's tossed or if you guys split it and take portions home?
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What do you guys do with all the leftovers? honestly just curious, whether it's tossed or if you guys split it and take portions home?
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