Topic: Chicken Tikka Masala - The Authentic Real Deal.

[Peripatetic Phil]

not sure of anywhere else other than the 3 ghurka shops in ashford, kent

Having spent the train journey home yesterday evening reading my wife's MBA notes on the Ocado success story, I have visions of Gary & I (as the two nearest CR0 members to Ashford) setting up Gurkhado to ship goodies from the three Gurkha shops around the U.K  ;D

** Phil.

[parker21]

hi phil the royal mail delivery office you had to walk past on your journey to the shop in the high st that's where i work mate. you sholud try to visit on either a tuesday or saturday as the street market is on the veg do an enormous bunch to coriander for 65p and the bunch i bought lasted about 10 days still ended up throwing out loads though.

regards
gary

we will have to get together soon mate as your only 10miles away. ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

we will have to get together soon mate as your only 10miles away. ;D

Excellent idea : maybe we do a Biddenden restaurant one week and a Marden one the next 

Will make a note of market days : it sounds a darn sight cheaper than the Marden farm shop !

** Phil.

[Geezah]

Made this for the second time and it went down tooo well ;-)

I did make a few changes based upon comments from my first attempt.
No honey added.
1/2 the amount of ground almonds
1/2 the amount of Coconut block.

and chicken cooked to THIS recipe.

[Ramirez]

What have people used for the food colouring? I have this, but 0.5 tsp seems an awful lot.

[Peripatetic Phil]

What have people used for the food colouring? I have this, but 0.5 tsp seems an awful lot.

The food colouring looks like the real thing, but 0,5tsp is going to be massive overkill, IMHO.  I would recommend scaling it down and using your eye to judge when to stop.
** Phil.

[Unclefrank]

Made this for the second time and it went down tooo well ;-)

I did make a few changes based upon comments from my first attempt.
No honey added.
1/2 the amount of ground almonds
1/2 the amount of Coconut block.

and chicken cooked to THIS recipe.

Hi Geezah why did you make these changes to the original recipe. No honey what did you use instead?

Thanks

[chewytikka]

What have people used for the food colouring? I have this, but 0.5 tsp seems an awful lot.

HI Ramirez
If you think 0.5 tsp is a lot, just have a look at how much Dipuraja uses in his videos.Crikey.
If you worried about food colouring powders, try liquid cake colouring, which is supposed to be more natural.

Either natural or synthetic, all food colouring has to be tested and declared safe.
And its a fact of life, that its added to most of the foodstuffs on our supermarket shelves.

Chicken Tikka Masala - The Authentic Real Deal. Should read Heinz CTM - No Deal ;D
I've read through this whole thread, this is absolute nonesense.
There is just no way a Bengladeshi Chef would add a tin of soup to a curry... Rubbish.
BTW - CTM is not my taste at all. :-X
A waste of good tikka IMHO.
cheers Chewy

[coogan]

 
I use beetroot powder as my food colouring perfectly natural or just rely on the haldi.

I am also not sure about the Heinz soup has anyone actually seen a chef use it in a kitchen.

bon jovi

[gazman1976]

Sorry chewy u r wrong mate - they did use it and it was originated in Glasgow - google it and see - not my cup of tea either though