Great first post, well done!

I have tried this recipe a few times now and its really the real deal. But surely this site is to find recipes that can be made without adding ready made marinades!!, ,
Perhaps the restaurants need to speed things up on a Friday/Saturday evenings, and using ready made marinades helps them??
have used C.A`s Tika masala mix and i found it really good,  So has anyone any suggestions on how to emulate Pataks marinades, I think i remember CA saying to add Tamarind to tika spice mix.
I will try this myself and  hopefuly post good results, or Pataks Pastes win.
Cheers
Chick

Absoloutley brill................nothing more to say ;D

hi phil
i you watch the Heston Blumenthal series "in search of perfection" he does chicken tikka masala and they do ask the same questions, as you know heston and his science! they took and mri scan of the marinaded chicken over a course of 15hrs? and you clearly see that the chicken with yoghurt, the marinaded penetrated further into the chicken. he also found to help with the moistness of the chicken he brined the chicken for a short time then wash thoroughly and dried before marinating the chicken.

good episode shame it was not BIR, although at the start of the program he did take his family to his favourite local BIR as research before going to india in search of the origins
regards
gary

Hi Hot,

Quoteshould i start again,

Absolutely not   I have often used lime juice in tikka, and have found it to be better in my opinion.

Ray