Topic: Chicken Shakuti with Taz Base

[Unclefrank]

Hi SL is this a Xacuti but spelt the way it sounds, will be making this for sure.
Cheers SL great looking dish and pictures.

[chewytikka]

Hi SL
I've noticed on your Taz method recipes, for the photographs you seem
to just cook the sauce, then arrange the Tikka or meat onto the sauce, like a decoration,
not a crit, just curious as to why you don't follow your own recipe and how you heat the Tikka or meat. Maybe the oven or micro,
It just seems a bit of an odd way to cook SL, but it does look good

I make Xacutti, but its a much more complex recipe.
My homemade Xacutti masala powder, utilises half my whole spice cupboard.
I use this instead of the usual mix powder, and toasted coconut flour, likewise toasted Khus Khus.
Never been able to find any commercial mixes up to now.

cheers Chewy

[Stephen Lindsay]

Hi SL is this a Xacuti but spelt the way it sounds, will be making this for sure.
Cheers SL great looking dish and pictures.

Hey UF, yes this is the Xacuti, alternatively also Chakuti I believe.

[Stephen Lindsay]

Hi SL
I've noticed on your Taz method recipes, for the photographs you seem
to just cook the sauce, then arrange the Tikka or meat onto the sauce, like a decoration,
not a crit, just curious as to why you don't follow your own recipe and how you heat the Tikka or meat. Maybe the oven or micro,
It just seems a bit of an odd way to cook SL, but it does look good

I make Xacutti, but its a much more complex recipe.
My homemade Xacutti masala powder, utilises half my whole spice cupboard.
I use this instead of the usual mix powder, and toasted coconut flour, likewise toasted Khus Khus.
Never been able to find any commercial mixes up to now.

cheers Chewy

Hi Chewy

I seemed to have caused a wee bit of confusion by the way I've posted my recipe - you're right I didn't follow the recipe but this was because I just happened to have some chicken tikka, which I cook on a maximum grill with the tikka sitting on foil.  I tend not to put the tikka into the sauce as I don't like to have it hidden or smothered in sauce and it makes for a better pic IMHO!

If you are of a mind to post your Xacuti/Shakuti/Chakuti I would love to see it. Just to go off topic fr a bit - I've been thinking for a while now that using the usual combination of spice mix/salt/chill/methi along with tomato and g/g pastes can somehow make things a bit samey and so I'm currently on the lookout for something different, or as you say, more complex.

[Unclefrank]

I also would be interested in your spice mix CT.

[Stephen Lindsay]

I also would be interested in your spice mix CT.

me too!  ;D