Month: May 2010

Updated: Chicken Sneaka Masala part 3: The Masala

I’ll start out by offering sincerest apologies to anyone reading this who may consider Indian food their natural diet. I’ve taken certain liberties here to produce something that appeals to my western palate while, I hope, staying faithful to the Indian techniques normally used for this type of dish. This is essentially a Masala –

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Chicken Sneaka Masala part 2: Sneaking

This bit is easy. It’s just tikkafying the marinaded chicken. Only reason I’m doing a post about it is to reveal the Secret Incantation of the Sacrificial Potato. You’re going to skewer your chicken and need something to rest the skewers on so it’s suspended above the grill pan, right? Otherwise it sticks! So, get

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Chicken Sneaka Masala part 1: Marinade

This is a pretty standard ‘tikka’ style marinade. There’s nothing clever about it and it’s been nicked wholesale from just about every Indian cookery book I’ve ever seen. It is, however, going to give a bit of flavour for my soon-to-be-produced Sneaka Masala, so I’m including it here for completeness. As ever, getting everything laid

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