This vegan tikka masala is our plant-based take on a classic curry, featuring chickpeas, cauliflower, carrots and coconut milk. A mild, creamy and fragrant dish, this is sure to be your new go-to vegan curry recipe.

From traditional to vegan tikka masala

That heading was misleading, I apologise ? tikka masala is not actually a traditional south Asian dish, rather it is a British-Bangladeshi fusion dish originating some time in the 20th century!

It bears resemblance to the North Indian dish ?butter chicken?, but it is thought that it was developed accidentally by a Bangladeshi chef in the UK in the 1970s.

There are a few theories about how this came to pass.

One story claims that tikka masala was invented in Glasgow by a Bangladeshi chef called Ali Ahmed Aslam.
According to his son, they were in the restaurant one night when a customer sent back his curry because it was too dry.

Mr Aslam had an ulcer so was drinking tomato soup. When the curry got sent back he suggested they just add tomato soup and some spices, then send it back out! The customer loved it and tikka masala was born!

The other theories revolve around a similar theme: an improvised curry made by adding tomato soup to another dish.

If you don?t believe me, tikka masala actually has its own wikipedia page which explains this cool history!

Chuck the Chicken!

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