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Chicken Tikka Ambala Masala

Restaurant-quality chicken tikka ambala masala using the BIR method — deep flavour from base sauce, cooked to order in minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
15
Ingredients
8
Steps
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Requires G2Quick & clever — surprisingly authentic

G2 Quick Base Sauce

1200 ml (4 portions) · 10 minutes · Easy

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Key ingredients

½ of a 415 gm tin french onion soup (200 ml) · 1 tin (400 gm) tomato soup · 1 tbspn oil · ½ tspn salt · 1½ tspn garlic granules · 1½ tspn ground coriander · +2 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 tbspn oil
  • 2 tspn tomato purée
  • 30 gm onion (prepared weight)
  • 5 tbspn (75 ml) passata (approx)
  • 1 tspn g2 tikka spice mix
  • 1 portion g2 chicken tikka (pre-cooked)
  • ½ tspn chilli powder
  • ½ tspn chilli pickle
  • ½ tspn g2 curry powder
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn dried mint
  • 1 tbspn g2 bir masala paste
  • 300 ml c46 curry base sauce (see note 1)
  • 1/8 tspn almond flavouring - or to taste (optional)
  • 3 tbspn yogurt

Method

  1. 1

    Cut the onion into thin strips.

  2. 2

    Chop the chilli pickle to remove any large chunks.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and fry the onion, stirring regularly, .

  4. 4

    Stir in the c41 tikka spice mix, chilli powder, c41 curry powder and mint and cook, stirring constantly, for , adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  5. 5

    Stir in the tomato purée and passata and cook, stirring for , adding c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying.

  6. 6

    Add the c46 pre-cooked chicken tikka, chilli pickle, salt and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  7. 7

    Reduce the heat and stir in the c41 bir masala paste, almond flavouring (optional) and yogurt and heat through, stirring, for .

  8. 8

    Serve with rice and garnish with a little freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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