Topic: Using CA's Tandoori Masala ("Tandoori Spice Mix")

[missy]

Hi

I have been making KD's chicken tikka masala using Ray's curry base and spice mix. How do you think I can incorporate CA's Tandoori Spice Mix into the recipe? Or any other ideas I can add to the following recipe?

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1514.0

Recipe for my chicken tikka masala

4 tablespoon vegetable oil
? pint (425ml or three cups) curry base
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 level teaspoon chilli powder
pinch red food colouring
1 teaspoon Ray's spice mix
3 chicken fillets freshly made into chicken tikka
150ml whipped cream
1 tablespoon finely chopped green coriander

Heat the oil in a large deep frying pan, add the curry sauce, and bring to the boil.

Without reducing the heat and the paprika, salt, chilli powder, and food colouring. Cook for five minutes stirring frequently, or until the sauce thickens.

Turn down the heat and put in the spice mix. Stir, cook for three minutes.

Cut each piece of chicken tikka into two smaller pieces, stir them in, with the cream, into the sauce and simmer for a further 2-3 minutes.

Serve sprinkled with the coriander.

[Stephen Lindsay]

missy, this is in fact Pat Chapman's Tandoori Masala which CA posted. I have been using this recipe for years, which I mix with some yoghurt, a bit of lemon juice, and some finely chopped green chillies. Marinate for a few hours or overnight then cook the pieces of chicken under the grill or in a hot oven. They are delicious.

[missy]

missy, this is in fact Pat Chapman's Tandoori Masala which CA posted. I have been using this recipe for years, which I mix with some yoghurt, a bit of lemon juice, and some finely chopped green chillies. Marinate for a few hours or overnight then cook the pieces of chicken under the grill or in a hot oven. They are delicious.

Hi Stephen

I will definitely use it when I next make my tandoori/tikka chicken. But, do you think I can use it in my CTM in place of razors spice mix?

Cheers

[Stephen Lindsay]

Missy if you mean in the sauce then no I don't think you can - this would be purely for the tikka chicken.

[peterandjen]

What i do is mix all the ingredients for the tandoori paste but leave it dry.
This mix i add to the f-word tandoori recipe, instead of adding a tbsp of tandoori paste from a jar i add a tbsp of the dry mix. it works perfectly.

[Cory Ander]

do you think I can use it in my CTM in place of razors spice mix?

Hi Phil,

Sorry, I missed this post.

Yes, you can certainly use this tandoori masala in your CTM recipe (whether in addition to, or instead of, another spice mix).

You can also add a little of it to any other recipe that you wish to give a bit of a "tandoori" flavour to (e.g. chicken tikka jalfrezi, etc).

You can also use a commercial tandoori powder (or paste) in its place (albeit with a different resultant flavour).

The other things that strike me as being absent from your CTM recipe (and which you may wish to consider) are:

• coconut (and/or other ground nuts)
• sugar
• tomato

For alternative CTM recipes (and ideas), please see here:  http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?board=63.0

Hope this helps