Topic: Chicken Tikka - better than the BIRs

[chriswg]

Great first post, well done!

[cslgirl]

Thank you  ;D 

Can't believe have only just found this site! Some great recipes which I hope to be putting together soon as we are curry addicts! including the 2 little ones.

[chickmurry]

I have tried this recipe a few times now and its really the real deal. But surely this site is to find recipes that can be made without adding ready made marinades!!, ,
Perhaps the restaurants need to speed things up on a Friday/Saturday evenings, and using ready made marinades helps them??
have used C.A`s Tika masala mix and i found it really good,  So has anyone any suggestions on how to emulate Pataks marinades, I think i remember CA saying to add Tamarind to tika spice mix.
I will try this myself and  hopefuly post good results, or Pataks Pastes win.
Cheers
Chick

[solarsplace]

Hi

Ran out of Tandoori paste as specified in the recipe and substituted with Patacks Tikka paste, which also has Tamarind as a main ingredient.

Wanted to feed back that personally I think this substitution is a big improvement on an already delicious Tikka recipe and will be using it as standard in this recipe in the future.

Cheers

[luke465]

Absoloutley brill................nothing more to say ;D

[PhilUK]

I made this over the weekend-at first i was dubious about not adding yoghurt- but the end result was truly impressive- better than the tikka I've been making the 'traditional way with yoghurt for the last 20 yrs!
which makes me wonder- what does the yoghurt do anyway?
I used to think it tenderized the chicken- but this recipe was moist and juicy.
Maybe the yoghurt protects the chicken from burning in the tandoor?
In which case the majority of us are using a domestic cooker grill so we don't need it?
Just a thought.
Phil

[parker21]

hi phil
i you watch the Heston Blumenthal series "in search of perfection" he does chicken tikka masala and they do ask the same questions, as you know heston and his science! they took and mri scan of the marinaded chicken over a course of 15hrs? and you clearly see that the chicken with yoghurt, the marinaded penetrated further into the chicken. he also found to help with the moistness of the chicken he brined the chicken for a short time then wash thoroughly and dried before marinating the chicken.

good episode shame it was not BIR, although at the start of the program he did take his family to his favourite local BIR as research before going to india in search of the origins
regards
gary

[Les]

Hi Guy's
My first time ever making Tikka chicken, And dropped a boo-boo already , used Lime juice instead of Lemon Juice, never noticed it until i was putting the bottle back in the fridge, should i start again, or leave it and see what it turns out like? Has anyone tried it with lime juice?
I must say that if it tastes as good as it smells i will be quite happy
Les

[Razor]

Hi Hot,

should i start again,

Absolutely not   I have often used lime juice in tikka, and have found it to be better in my opinion.

Ray

[Willyeckerslike]

I too often use lime juice when making tikkas, it works really well