chicken tikka masala

[stanwilcock]

Hi guys, please help me with this problem. A guy down the club was talking about chicken tikka masala and I said it was a british dish and that it wasn't ever seen on a menu anywhere in the world until about 1970ish making it a british "invention" Now he actually bet his house on the fact that it wasn't a british dish! Do I have a case? Because in return I put my house up as well. Come on guys help me out or I'm on the street.
Thanks.

[Barmaid]

I understood it was invented in Glasgow. But according to this:-

http://en.wikipedia.o.../Chicken_tikka_masala

no one really knows.

[boxtops]

I;ve always understood that it was a combination dish cooked to meet British tastes - a bit like some of the food in Chinese restaurants here, you wouldn't see Chinese people eating it in China. Chicken tikka yes, Chicken masala yes, but chicken tikka masala - no. Here's another semi-supportive theory! http://www.littleindi...dex.php?showtopic=507

[Buenchico]

From the Oxford English Dictionary website:
"Restaurant menus and reviews start to show chicken tikka masala from 1975, according to the latest research from the OED. Despite the dish's claim to be a great British national dish, the first recorded evidence comes from America. Something wrong here? Or not?"
http://www.oed.com/bbc-series1/list.html

Chris

[nohorn]

How come, here in America, it is only served in Indian (East) resturants. I thought it was an Indian dish. I love it, it is very tasty.