Topic: chicken tikka masala

[ghanna]

Hi,all
This is what i done
Marinated the chicken in the marinade that he gave me ,  took the chicken away and boiled the marinade , it was full of that awful odour.
Now i know that yogurt is a great odour eater .
The kitchen staff information was 100% right.
Thanks
ghanna

[ghanna]

Hi,All
When i want to make chicken tikka masala i buy the tikka from the restaurant ready made and then go home and make the sauce.
Any one got any idea of how to cook the chicken  at home without the tandoor, i tried it once on a very high heat oven but it was not as juicy as the restaurant one.
 I want to try the marinade that i have been given .It include something called papaya in its ingredients, they told me it tenderize the chicken  and make the flesh very tender, they use it when they cook lamb in the restaurants.
Thanks
ghanna

[merrybaker]

Any one got any idea of how to cook the chicken? at home without the tandoor,

Ghanna, for what it's worth, the chef at the CTM class I attended said you could just put the UN-cooked, but marinated, chicken chunks into the sauce and simmer until cooked through and tender.? I don't have to tell you that would be an entirely different flavor, but the thought of some of the marinade mixing into the sauce sounds interesting.
-Mary

[ghanna]

Dear Mary
The sauce that they use for the chicken tikka masala consist of ( onion,garlic,ginger tomatoes , tomato paste , spices ,water, YOGURT , CREAM? ?, almond or cashwnut paste and coconut )
Please don't? put any of the marinade into? the? sauce because it is full of that awful chicken odour and bacteria as well
This is what the kitchen staff told me .
Mary you can put fresh yogurt in the sauce .
Please read my post above about marinading the chicken the restaurant style.
Thanks
ghanna

[ghanna]

Hi , All
Does any one used any meat tenderizer powder in the marinade for tandoori chicken  before.?
Thanks
ghanna

[london_lhr]

Hello ghanna,

See reply no. 41 on: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=176.30

Cheers,
Barry.

[ghanna]

Thanks , BARRY
ghanna

[Mark J]

Hi , All
Does any one used any meat tenderizer powder in the marinade for tandoori chicken? before.?
Thanks
ghanna

I tend to use a recipe similar to bruce edwards.

To my mind chicken tikka is easy to make as long as you do the following:

Whatever recipe you are using make sure it contains well known meat tenderisers: Yoghurt, lemon juice, garlic and ginger paste and salt

Marinade for 2-3 days

[ghanna]

Hi ,Mark J
Thank you.
Chicken tandoori which i had today was so so tender and juicy, i saw it cooked infront of my eyes, it did not take long time to cook but really  it was meltingly tender .
I have been told that it is a combination of two things....meat tenderizer ,and the heat of the tandoor.
I have been using yogurt , lemon juice  and tamarind extract in my marinade before but believe me  i  never achieved that tenderness or even come close to it.
I can get exactly the same taste of chicken tandoori at home  i.e i know what is the spices.but not the texture.
thanks
ghanna

[ghanna]

Hi, Barry
Do you mean i can use the KACHRI  powder  in the chicken tandoori marinade.
Thanks
ghanna