Topic: Chicken Tikka

[haldi]

I cooked 2 kg of chicken tikka yesterday
I want to see how well it freezes (and have some fresh too)
I added a load of coriander puree to the marinade
It didn't seem to affect the colour
Apparently, you could smell this cooking, half a road away!
Has anyone else tried freezing it?

[Cory Ander]

Hi Haldi,

I freeze (cooked) chicken tikka all the time.  It seems to me to freeze just fine.

Love your tandoor by the way!  Posh g*t!   ;D

Regards,

[curryqueen]

That looks great Haldi!  I freeze it too sometimes, doesn't make any difference.  CQ

[Curry King]

I really want my own tandoor, would you say you get your moneys worth haldi?

cK

[haldi]

Hi CK
        It was about ?400 and the price still hurts!
I've had it about 18 months now and used it about thirty times
It's no fun in summer (too hot)
It throws off heat for about six hours after cooking!
As long as I get ten years use, I won't feel cheated
It is far more than just cooking
Every time you use it, it's an event
I just wish I knew someone local, that was as enthusiastic as me
The asian people that know, think it's crazy
If you do get one, you might need some sort of heat/fume extraction
I stink the house out every time (smokey as well as spicy)
It sets the smoke alarm off!!
If you want to cook naans you need to pre heat it for an hour
For Tikka only a quarter of an hour pre heat
You can buy second hand tandoors
A lot of takeaways do
It's very heavy if you have to collect, and you must make sure that the inside clay is not cracked
A second hand tandoor would be a lot cheaper (about ?200) but larger than mine
The bigger the tandoor, the easier to make naans
But you need more gas
It's quite time consuming too
To cook and clean up, after 1kg of tikka, takes an hour an a half
If you wanted to do naans as well then that would be half a day gone

I don't regret buying it