Topic: Chicken Tikka

[ifindforu]

Hi I met a long lost friend the other day who once had his own BIR and we got talking about cooking.He told me to make the chicken tikka marinade this way
this will do approx 6-7 chicken breasts
1 tub of 500 ml yogurt
1 mug of water
1 tablespoon of pataks tikka curry paste (not tandoori)
1 tablespoon of pataks kashmir masala
1 tablespoon of coalmans fresh garden mint (sauce)
2 tablespoon of malt vinegar
a good squirt of lemon ( jiff )
1 tablespoon of garamasala
4 tablespoons of mustard oil
a touch of salt
some colour etc red or yellow
6-7 cloves of fresh garlic pureed
1 small piece of ginger pureed
method
put the pureed garlic and ginger into the mustard oil and leave for about 2 hours
Now add the mustard oil and garlic,and ginger to the yogurt and water mix.Now add the garamasala,the coalmans fresh garden mintthe malt vinegar the lemon,the pataks kashmir masala and the pataks tikka paste,and the colour to the yogurt and water mix.a good pinch of fresh coriander wouldnt go a miss either. Tere is enough marinade here for about 10 -15 chicken breasts freeze if you wish I have tried this and it is perfect if you try it and you like it ill post how to make the chicken chat from it answers welcomed
TERRY OF www.ifindfou.com
 

[joshallen2k]

If nothing else, Terry you are persistent.

Since your base has had good reviews, I will try this on the weekend and report back. Even if it means I need to find mustard oil...

Question though I'm hoping someone in the UK can answer... "colman's fresh mint"... what is this? Mint sauce? Mint jelly? Fresh Mint (don't know why it would be "Colmans" then)

I am hesitant on the malt vinegar but will try anyway.

Terry - how long do you suggest to marinate? The vinegar scares me a little.

---- Josh

[ifindforu]

If nothing else, Terry you are persistent.

Since your base has had good reviews, I will try this on the weekend and report back. Even if it means I need to find mustard oil...

Question though I'm hoping someone in the UK can answer... "colman's fresh mint"... what is this? Mint sauce? Mint jelly? Fresh Mint (don't know why it would be "Colmans" then)

I am hesitant on the malt vinegar but will try anyway.

Terry - how long do you suggest to marinate? The vinegar scares me a little.
dont be afraid of the vinegar I promise you marinade for about 5 hours or more terry

---- Josh

[adriandavidb]

Is the 'tikka paste', tikka paste, or tikka masala paste??  I've only seen tikka masala by pataks.

[ifindforu]

Is the 'tikka paste', tikka paste, or tikka masala paste??  I've only seen tikka masala by pataks.

its pataks tikka curry paste

[adriandavidb]

ta!

[joshallen2k]

I tried this today. I found the 2 TBSP of malt vinegar to be a little overpowering. Plus I haven't used yogurt in my tikka for a while, and going back to it seems a step backward - even though it does seem a common BIR practice. 6/10 for me.

-- Josh

[matt3333]

I tried this today. I found the 2 TBSP of malt vinegar to be a little overpowering. Plus I haven't used yogurt in my tikka for a while, and going back to it seems a step backward - even though it does seem a common BIR practice. 6/10 for me.

Hi Josh
What do you use instead of yogurt.
Matt

-- Josh

[ifindforu]

I tried this today. I found the 2 TBSP of malt vinegar to be a little overpowering. Plus I haven't used yogurt in my tikka for a while, and going back to it seems a step backward - even though it does seem a common BIR practice. 6/10 for me.

Hi Josh
What do you use instead of yogurt.
Matt

-- Josh

if you fond 2 tablespoons of malt vinegar to much,reduce to one.These are the ingredients one has to get the correct balance.Thanks for tring it TERRY

[adriandavidb]

Do BIRs use the pataks tandoori paste for anything, tandoori chicken for example?  Or do they just use the Kashmiri masala paste and tikka paste for everything, tandoori chicken included?