Chicken Tikka Masala
Makes / serves: 4 portions
Draft recipe
Method
- Marinate chicken in yoghurt, lemon, half the ground spices and salt 4–24 hours.
- Grill on high until charred and cooked through.
- Soften onion in butter with cardamom and cloves for 12 minutes; add garlic, ginger and remaining spices for 1 minute, purée for 2.
- Add tomatoes, sugar and 100ml water; simmer 25 minutes.
- Remove whole spices; blend.
- Add cream and chicken, simmer 5 minutes.
Recipe details
Rich, mild draft with cardamom and cloves; not a recovered exact previous recipe.
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Components and suggested sides, shown with their own batch quantities.
Plain Basmati Rice
4 side portions. Use the amount specified in the main recipe.
- 240g basmati rice.
- 600ml water.
- pinch salt.
- Rinse rice and drain.
- Put in a saucepan with water and salt.
- Bring to boil, cover tightly, turn to lowest heat for 10 minutes.
- Turn off and leave covered on the same ring for 10 minutes, then fluff.
- Adjust only if your pan or hob behaves differently.