OK, it seems these pastes are "the be all end all" of CTM, but sadly, after looking around I can't find it available in Portugal. I managed to find "tikka paste" as opposed to "tikka masala paste", which I bought in error before. I figure the chances are slimmer, but here it goes anyway: Is there any thing I can buy/do as an alternative to fill the kashmiri paste gap?

Quote from: curryhell on December 28, 2012, 03:18 PM
what is it exactly you want the pastes for?  Is it the marinade or the CTM itself?

For the marinade, or "magic sauce" (curry2go)

If you have tikka paste (not tikka masala paste  ) that's all you need. Just follow blades recipe substituting the tandoori paste or use Mickdabass's recipe which doesn't involve the use of patak's pastes, links below:

blades             https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,874.0.html
Mickdabass's   https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,5829.0.html


  Then simply decide which CTM recipe you wish to follow for the main event  ;D

Let us know how you get on

On holiday abroad, where there was no possibility of buying tandoori paste, I tried Cory Ander's recommendation for a dry tandoori spice mix published by another author.

It worked very well and I kept it as a paste by adding a little sunflower oil to the mix.

CA's original post illustrating the spice mix recipe can be found here. Of course, if you can't get a hold of the pastes you may also have difficulty sourcing the various constituent spices, but it's definitely worth a go if you can get them.