Created in England, Chicken Tikka Masala is a westernized Indian dish made of marinated chunks of chicken that have been baked in a tandoor and served in a masala sauce.http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/426644 The sauce is traditionally made from a combination of coconut cream and tomato. The dish spread from England to India in the 1980s, and was introduced in the United States in the 1990s.http://ashleescooking.blogspot.com/2008/11/chicken-tikka-masala.html Chicken tikka masala is known all around the world as one of the most popular Indian dishes. The irony of chicken tikka masala, better known as CTM, is that what is often enjoyed in restaurants as a traditional Indian dish has very little to do with authentic Indian cuisine.
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A Step by step video of the making of Chicken Tikki Masala. The chef explains every step of the recipe and gives helpful tips while he prepares the dish.
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Chicken Tikka Masala is touted as the UK's most popular dish.
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Created in a London curry house sometime in the mid-twentieth century.
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Due to the lack of historical roots, no precise recipe exists for the dish.
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One of the most popular Indian dishes
