Topic: Lasan chicken tandoori (from the F-Word)

[peterandjen]

Funnilly enough Mustard oil is probably the only ingredient i own, or have ever owned, that i have never tasted in its raw state.
hmm...

[Curry Barking Mad]

I think the 'external use only'  is referring to pure Mustard Oil,
but I have seen 5 litre containers of Blended mustard oil and veg oil not labeled for external use only,
thats the stuff my local uses, it only goes into the tikka and tandoori marinades,
Mick

[Peripatetic Phil]

I think the 'external use only'  is referring to pure Mustard Oil

I can certainly confirm that my bottle is "100% Pure Indian Mustard Oil" and is labelled "For external use only".

** Phil.

[peterandjen]

Have just put 3 bags full of lasan tandoori chicken in the fridge to start the 24hr marinade,i love this recipe, The only alteration i have made is to substitute the lime juice for mango powder as Jen's allergic to citrus.
Roll on Friday night, Tandoori chuck starters and a Curry of some disciption using up a bit more of my Taz base and mix. Yummy yum yum.

[goncalo]

I've made a small variation of this recipe along with Blade's (where I used balti paste instead of tandoori). The lasan came up as the clear winner (although I didn't make them to compare, it's just that I was not really happy with any of the previous recipes I tried, which didn't remind me of my TAs at all -- although they were good); I didn't use black salt or white pepper as I couldn't source black salt and forgot to buy white pepper. The results seem more similar to that I used to get when ordering.

For this recipe, I used PC's tandoori masala, which seems to be one of the few PC masalas worth writing down.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Which tandoori paste do you normally use to make Blade's recipe Goncalo?  Pataks produce two. For Blade's it has to be the Tandoori Curry Paste (Tamarind and Ginger). Mild.  It's the predominant taste. Fascinating thread.  The only changes I make to Blade's recipe is the addition of mustard oil, and while pepper.  Sometimes add a bit of chaat masala. Takes some beating I think. Will give the Lassan recipe a go at some point.

Rob 

[goncalo]

I used the tandoori curry paste. Interesting that you mention chaat masala on tikkas, as this recipe calls for black salt as well, which is one of the "highly distinctive" smells in the chaat masala. I'll try it next time

[George]

never tried blades tikka.

Then you haven't lived!

[Naga]

George, that quote was from May, 2010! A bit late for contemporary comment, methinks!

[Peripatetic Phil]

George, that quote was from May, 2010! A bit late for contemporary comment, methinks!

"The mills of justice grind slow, but exceeding small"