Topic: Chicken Tikka Masala

[976bar]

The family unanimously voted the CBM CTM as the best I've made (and like JerryM, they hate it when I change things up with my recipes).

-- Josh

I'm under orders to stick to my trusted carnation and CK's recipe for the mo.

one thing that i forgot to mention when i tried the CBM "all in" method of cooking the kasmiri dish was the very good words of BE. he said chilli is only a problem in the morning if it's not fried in the curry the night before. i did not doubt his words but can now say i have gained valuable experience in such matters.

Hi Jerry,

Stick with what suits you best. And I have to agree on the chilli point, it does need to be cooked properly if you are to avoid those problems in the morning....

[Secret Santa]

However, no matter which I use in a main dish I have always found it adds a tartness I do not like.  So, for me anyway, I refrain from using it in CTM preferring, instead, to use cream.

Ohhhh give me strength CA! In your own recipe for CTM you add bloody lemon juice! Why complain (correctly) about the unwanted tartness of yoghurt if you're going to bung the dreaded lemon juice in?

[Cory Ander]

In your own recipe for CTM you add bloody lemon juice!

Yes, you're right SS, I did say I like to add the lemon juice to give it a "slight tartness"......but I'm not sure that adding 1.5 tsp of lemon juice can be reasonably compared to adding about 4 tbsp of yoghurt in a single serving.
 
I guess it's all about balance (with what are, otherwise, completely different CTM recipes). 

I have no hang ups with someone leaving out the lemon juice (in my CTM) if they prefer it without.  I certainly don't find it too tarty, by any means, with it in.