Last night I popped in to order a TA and asked Bubba one of the waiters, if he could suggest something that's not on the menu. He's quite good at this and I have enjoyed many a suggestion from him in the past. After explaining that I was looking for a lighter portion rather than a main, rice, bread etc., he suggested the following: Chicken Tikka Pakora starter and Brinjal Aloo Bhaji side.
It suddenly dawned on me that I have never had a pakora and certainly not come across tikka pakora before. In my mind I had pictured small diced up chicken tikka in a batter and deep fried. Concerned as to whether it would survive the journey home Bubba said "don't worry I get Chef to make it extra crispy". "Why not!" I said, and off he went to give Chef the order. I gave thinking as to what going to come out of the kitchen in fear of it being overly deep fried.
On my return home and plating up I was surprised to see normal sized pieces of Chicken Tikka deep fried in a commercial bread crumb (the sort you might find on a fish finger). I didn't know what to make of it and continued to spoon out (rather turn foil dish upside down over plate and dollop) the brinjal aloo bhaji on the plate. Off I went to the living room, plate and glass of beer in hand.
What can I say, the Chicken Tikka Pakora was fantastic. The chicken was really moist and the bread crumb a delight, it was certainly alot different to what I had envisaged. The flavour was also extremely good aided by the sensation of the crumb. In my mind, I have concluded that this was made simply from raw marinated chicken tikka which was then rolled in the a breadcrumb which may or may not have seasoned or spiced and then deep fried.
So my question is, has anyone else ever experienced something similar to this?
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