Nº 45 · World Dishes · serves 4
Creamy Mild Chicken Tikka Masala
The creamy orange curry from your favourite Indian restaurant, but gentle enough for the whole table.
Ingredients serves 4
Tick off what you already have at home.
MercadonaLidlCarnicería
Aisle: carnicería / aves. Usually pre-packed with the fresh meat as 'contramuslo deshuesado'; a poultry stall will also debone it.
MercadonaTienda asiáticaMercado municipal
Aisle: frutería. Usually sold loose with the vegetables; breaking off a piece is fine.
Any supermarket
Aisle: conservas. Tubes or small tins; freeze leftovers in an ice-cube tray.
Tienda asiáticaCarrefourEl Corte Inglés
Aisle: especias / internacional. Not always in regular supermarkets; Indian or Asian shops nearly always stock it.
Any supermarket
Aisle: especias. Plain pimentón dulce is unsmoked; the smoked one says 'de la Vera'.
Any supermarket
Aisle: especias. Both in the spice aisle; turmeric is labelled 'cúrcuma molida'.
Any supermarket
Aisle: lácteos. Cooking cream often comes in shelf-stable cartons, not chilled.
Any supermarket
Aisle: lácteos. Careful: 'griego' is often sweetened; pick 'natural' without sugar.
To serve
MercadonaLidlTienda asiática
Aisle: arroz y pasta. Own-brand basmati is fine; big bags are cheaper in Asian shops.
Method
- 1
Soften the onion, garlic and ginger in oil for 4 minutes. Stir in all the spices and the tomato purée and fry for 1 minute until fragrant.
- 2
Put the chicken in the slow cooker, spoon the spice mixture and passata over it, add salt and stir.
- 3
Cook with the lid on for 4–5 hours on LOW or 2–3 hours on HIGH, until the chicken reaches 75 °C.
- 4
For the last 15 minutes, stir in the cooking cream. Then switch the slow cooker off or to WARM.
- 5
Optional: Mix the yoghurt with a few spoonfuls of the hot sauce and only then stir it into the curry. Don't let it boil again, or it will split.
- 6
Cook the basmati rice separately and serve.
Flavourful Cooking · slowcookerspain.com/en/recipes/creamy-mild-chicken-tikka-masala/