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Chicken tikka masala

The nation's most popular curry. Get a taste of your favourite takeaway from the comfort of your own home!

The nation's most popular curry. Get a taste of your favourite takeaway from the comfort of your own home!

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(84 votes)
Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: £1.14 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 255g serving contains

Energy
831kj
199kcal
10%
Fat
4.6g
Med
7%
Saturates
0.5g
Low
3%
Sugars
8.7g
Med
10%
Salt
0.46g
Med
8%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
326kj/78kcal

Ingredients

6 cloves garlic

4cm piece ginger, peeled

2tbsp tomato purée

2tsp garam masala

2tsp ground coriander

1tbsp ground turmeric

2tsp ground cumin

1tsp ground cinnamon

2tsp paprika

300ml yogurt

600g Chicken Breast Portions, cut into chunks

1tbsp rapeseed oil

1 onion, thinly sliced

1tsp chilli flakes

6 cardamom pods

400g can chopped tomatoes

25g pack coriander

3 plain poppadoms

Method

1
Put the garlic, ginger, tomato purée, garam masala, coriander, turmeric, cumin, cinnamon, paprika and 150ml of the yogurt in a food processor and blend to a paste. Transfer to a non-metallic bowl, add the chicken and stir to combine. Cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hrs, or overnight.
2
Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium setting, add the onion, chilli and cardamom and fry for 3 mins until the spices release their aroma. Add the chicken mixture and the tomatoes, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 mins until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened. Reduce the heat and stir in the rest of the yogurt.
3
Top the masala with the chopped coriander. Serve with Quick Pickle on the side and ½ poppadom per person.