Sizzling Chicken Tawa Recipe

[tikkatom]

Hi all,

One of my favorite curries is a "Sizzling Chicken Tawa" which I've only ever seen in one restaurant.  I can only describe it as a very tomatoey Madras with an aniseed tang.  Is this a well known curry or specific to my local BIR?  Its described as "A combination of aromatic herbs & spices cooked with onions, tomatoes and fresh coriander served on a sizzling iron griddle (tawa) to give its own distinctive flavour"  Any ideas how I would recreate something like this? 

[jb]

Two of my local restaurants offer a tawa on their menu.Although they do them differently,they're both listed as 'spicy curries cooked with whole spices and serves sizzling on a tawa'.I'm afraid I don't have a recipe,although it's a dish I would like to be able to replicate.There's a a couple of tawa recipes on Youtube and other sites,but none are really BIR I'm afraid.

[Garp]

Probably just a normal curry placed onto a heated iron griddle for effect bringing it to the table?

My darling wife loves the Sizzling Garlic Chicken served in the same way from our local Chinese restaurant.

Why not try madrasandy's madras, cook it out a little so it's Danny Dyer, then serve on a sizzling plate which can be purchased on many sites

[commis]

Hi
Try watching "How to make Tawa Chicken" posted by Nabia Aman on YouTube. Indian house wives recipe so no holding your hand in the cooking process. In the usual way she speaks in several languages all at once but with a few listens you can catch the spice amounts. The rest is down to observation and careful listening. This should give you a good start.
Regards

[Madrasandy]

Great idea Garp 

[tikkatom]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.  Ive just checked the YouTube videos and they look nothing like what I've had in my local, so I guess its a made up curry!  I'll try the madras recipe and customize it a little

I'm hosting a curry night this Saturday, going to do a Ceylon, Bhuna and CTM so might not get a chance to try this Tawa for another week 

[JerryM]

Sounds top notch BIR

Is it just the chicken on the iron and the curry served in dish.

For my own benefit is the iron griddle called a tarva. My tava is steel which I use for naan and can't see it working like cast iron.

I believe the cast iron ingredients are pre fried and lemon juice sprinkled onto them once on the pre heated iron.

Spectacular dish

[littlechilie]

Probably just a normal curry placed onto a heated iron griddle for effect bringing it to the table?

My darling wife loves the Sizzling Garlic Chicken served in the same way from our local Chinese restaurant.

Why not try madrasandy's madras, cook it out a little so it's Danny Dyer, then serve on a sizzling plate which can be purchased on many sites

Don't forget to add your fennel seed to the dish suggested above for your aniseed twang.

[tikkatom]

Don't forget to add your fennel seed to the dish suggested above for your aniseed twang.

Thanks for the tip! Never used fennel seeds, would I fry them whole in oil at the start?  How much would I need roughly for a 2 person curry?

[tikkatom]

Sounds top notch BIR
Is it just the chicken on the iron and the curry served in dish.

The way my local does it, its a thin curry sauce, chicken and fried peppers/onions/tomatoes all served on the sizzling tawa.  The tawa is quite deep almost like a wok to keep it all on.