Chicken tikka masala

Chicken tikka masala, often abbreviated as CTM, is a frequently offered in Indian restaurants in Europe and North America curry dish of grilled marinated chicken pieces ( chicken tikka ) in a spicy tomato sauce, which is actually attributable to the English cuisine. In the UK it is the most popular dish according to a survey from the year 2001.

Preparation

The first follows the preparation of the classic Indian chicken tikka Court: bite-sized chicken pieces are marinated in a yogurt marinade and then baked in a tandoor oven or grilled. They are then cooked in a sauce of tomato, cream and yoghurt and a special blend of spices ( masala ). As a side dish usually rice or naan bread will be served. Other meats may be taken à la tikka masala are prepared, disseminated is especially mutton tikka masala with mutton.

Formation

The court was built in the post-war period in the UK to bring Indian food with English eating habits in line. About formation time and location of the Court circulating different versions. One popular version, according to it to have originated as an Indian or Bangladeshi cooking an English inn served the traditional chicken tikka (grilled marinated chicken pieces ). Since the guest was accustomed to in the English cuisine in general to the meat sauce ( gravy ) would be served, the court seemed to dry so that the chef improvised a sauce from tomato soup and Indian spices. However, Iqbal Wahhab claimed, the owner of an Indian noble restaurants, in an article published in 2001, article in The Independent that he highly itself this legend have circulated and astonished show that they'll rumored to date again and again.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the court spread over the menus of Indian restaurants in the UK and beyond. Today, Chicken Tikka Masala provides an estimated quarter of the expenses amounted to 2.5 billion pounds sterling turnover of around 9,000 Indian restaurants or snack often rather similar premises ( curry houses ) in the UK. 2001 attracted the then British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook stir by saying, chicken tikka masala is now a "true national dish " of the British, because it fulfills the sensitivities as British Indian traditionalists met. Cook saw Chicken tikka masala as an expression of successful multiculturalism:

"Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish, not only Because it is the most popular, but Because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain Absorbs and ADAPTS external Influences. Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish. The Massala sauce which added to satisfy the desire of British people to have Their meat served in gravy. Coming to terms with multiculturalism as a positive force for our economy and society will have significant implications for our understanding of Britishness. "

"Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it reflects perfectly how Britain absorbs and adapts external influences. Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish. The Massala sauce was added to satisfy the need of the British to get their meat served in gravy. To recognize multiculturalism as a positive force for our economy and society will have significant implications for understanding our identity as British. "