North Indian
Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Tikka Masala is North Indian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 2 tbsp grated ginger
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 onion
- 14 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Marinate the chicken in the yogurt with half the garam masala, cumin, turmeric, ginger, and garlic for at least 20 minutes.
- Sear the chicken in a hot skillet until charred at the edges, about 6 minutes, then set aside.
- Melt the butter in the pan and cook the onion until soft, 6 minutes, then add the remaining spices, ginger, and garlic and cook 1 minute.
- Stir in the crushed tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes, then blend smooth if you like.
- Add the cream and the seared chicken and simmer until the chicken is cooked and the sauce is rich, about 12 minutes.
- Serve over basmati rice cooked according to the package.
Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chicken Tikka Masala, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Tikka Masala carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Masala Omelette |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chicken Tikka Masala takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, tomato, cream, and rice.
From the same kitchens
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Does the same job on the plate
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Cook this with your whole family
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