30 August 2011 - Chicken Tikka Masala
After the hectic few weeks I’ve had, I was looking forward to a slightly quieter week this week and was excited to be cooking a curry on one of the last days of winter. I invited Alex around for dinner and was going to cook her Jamie Oliver’s Chicken Tikka Masala.
This recipe asks for the chicken to be marinated the day before. As I’m super organised and efficient, I had the chicken marinating over night and had all the ingredients ready to go for the next day. I had to call Dad when I was doing the shopping as I didn’t know if I could use whole peeled tomatoes instead of plum tomatoes (turns out they’re the same thing) and thickened cream instead of double cream (Dad didn’t believe me there was no double cream in Coles, but said I could make this switch if I wanted to).
After the hectic few weeks I’ve had, I was looking forward to a slightly quieter week this week and was excited to be cooking a curry on one of the last days of winter. I invited Alex around for dinner and was going to cook her Jamie Oliver’s Chicken Tikka Masala.
This recipe asks for the chicken to be marinated the day before. As I’m super organised and efficient, I had the chicken marinating over night and had all the ingredients ready to go for the next day. I had to call Dad when I was doing the shopping as I didn’t know if I could use whole peeled tomatoes instead of plum tomatoes (turns out they’re the same thing) and thickened cream instead of double cream (Dad didn’t believe me there was no double cream in Coles, but said I could make this switch if I wanted to).
I was all prepped and ready, only problem was, I had no one to eat with. Alex got a sore throat and dogged it, Sian was going out and Cam (who I called as my second chance offer – sorry Cam!) was in Melbourne... Jo lives alone. But I persevered! Although I don’t really eat curry, wasn’t sure what Chicken Tikka Masala is meant to taste like and really wanted to (and did) just eat the scraps of Sian and Ange’s lunch, I soldiered on and cooked my god damn curry!
It was all pretty simple, combine all the ingredients, cook the rice, wait for the chicken to cook and serve. Easy peasy. I was pretty excited because I didn’t have to buy any spices as I already had them all. I’ve been waiting for this to happen!
I think the chicken was slightly overcooked by the time I was eating it, but I’m not sure why this happened. Firstly, I didn’t cut the chicken as small as the recipe said, secondly I didn’t cook it for as long as the recipe said and thirdly... there is not thirdly, but it shouldn’t be over cooked!
It was all pretty simple, combine all the ingredients, cook the rice, wait for the chicken to cook and serve. Easy peasy. I was pretty excited because I didn’t have to buy any spices as I already had them all. I’ve been waiting for this to happen!
I think the chicken was slightly overcooked by the time I was eating it, but I’m not sure why this happened. Firstly, I didn’t cut the chicken as small as the recipe said, secondly I didn’t cook it for as long as the recipe said and thirdly... there is not thirdly, but it shouldn’t be over cooked!
Anyway, I sat down (alone) and ate (alone) and had no one to ask if it tasted how it should. I figure since I followed the recipe it probably tasted the way it was meant to. It was nice anyway, it’s not about to become my favourite meal of all time, but it was nice and relatively easy so I’m sure I’d cook it again. I froze the leftovers (to eat another night when everyone abandons me), watched a movie and went to bed ridiculously early as I wasn’t sure how to entertain myself after the movie I was watching finished.
What a fascinating insight into my life this has been!
Tips: Watch the chicken as it overcooked quite quickly
Music: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/chicken-tikka-masala
What a fascinating insight into my life this has been!
Tips: Watch the chicken as it overcooked quite quickly
Music: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/chicken-tikka-masala
This is a raging success. Jocelyn, who thought tomato sauce was spicy, made a curry.
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