Topic: CTM - Chicken Tikka Masala

[JerryM]

no not the patak's - please buy a tub of tamarind (it's well worth having on stock ie for pathia). the only agreement i apparently have with pataks is to add tamarind to tikka marinade.

[joshallen2k]

Exactly, and by using a little tikka marinade in the CTM, you are therefore using Pataks. I liked what the addition of a little marinade made to the CTM, and consider it a step forward. To be honest, I'm considering declaring the CTM quest complete!

[parker21]

hi josh and jerry have you both tried petes' CTM demo recipe?
regards
gary

[joshallen2k]

Gary, that's actually one of the one's I haven't tried. I think it was the 3 ladles of marinade which turned me off. As I use Blade's marinade I thought it would be too different than typical BIR.

Do you recommend it, and how would you compare it to CK's?

Thanks!

-- Josh

[Secret Santa]

4) the coconut block needs quite a lot of cooking after it's melted to get it tasting it's best (it tastes too oily otherwise)

Which is exactly why it isn't used to cook the curries in a BIR! Why don't you try the coconut flour, as they do in  BIR, and see what difference it makes?

[joshallen2k]

I did try the coconut powder on my last go. It was indeed an improvement. I did find though that the coconut flavour is not as strong as an equal measure of block. I needed to increase the volume of powder to get the desired level of coconutty-ness.

-- Josh

[JerryM]

Secret Santa,

i'm now out of block so next purchase will be the coconut flour (i've already spotted in my local). thanks josh for prompt that i may need more pro rata.

[Bobby Bhuna]

4) the coconut block needs quite a lot of cooking after it's melted to get it tasting it's best (it tastes too oily otherwise)

A BIR tasting oily? Whoever would have thought! ;D

[parker21]

hi guys i made a CTM on sat nite using a Maggi coconut milk powder and my mate said it was the best CTM that he had ever had! i'm us re i have seen it in one of the spice cupboard postings i think it was joshs' it is in a yellow box. i tasted the sauce and it reminded me of a "balti garlic chilli chicken tikka masala" i had many years ago and still trying to reproduce.
the CTm i was on about was the 1 with the red paste (equal parts pataks tandoori paste/tikka paste/kashmiri masala paste/coconut powder/sugar/ground almonds not the marinade!
regards
gary
hope this helps!

[joshallen2k]

Well spotted Gary. It is the Maggi brand coconut milk powder on the top shelf.

Re: Pete's recipe, OK I found that one (I guess Pete had another one that was a demo) and think I tried it before. I was intrigued by the "masala mix" concept and tried it.

I remember now what the problem was with this one. It specs that the mix is equal parts tandoori/tikka/kashmiri/coco/sugar/almond, and that it calls for 1 dessertspoon (10ml) of it. That works out to about a quarter teaspoon of both coconut and sugar. That can't be right.

Am I reading it wrong? The recipe is here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=845.0

Thanks,
Josh