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Saturday Night Fakeaway: Chicken Tikka Masala, Sag Aloo, Rice and Poppadoms

By Ricky Willis | last updated 16th March 2022

This is one of the Skint family’s favourite Indian dishes which is a little odd as Chicken Tikka Masala wasn’t actually created in India. But, it’s still my all time favourite so, it’s about time I gave it the skint treatment.

A lot of this needs to be done at the same time, so make sure you have all the ingredients prepared and on hand.

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Fakeaway 9 November 2013

“Chicken Tikka Masala, Sag Aloo, Rice and Poppadoms”

Total cost: £4.99 for a family of 4

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Ingredients

tikkaingredients

All ingredients used were either supermarket own brands or the lowest price.

We calculated the cost of each of the ingredients separately by looking at the item’s total value, then working out what the amount we would need. For example, mixed herbs are £1.39 for 100g, for a 5g teaspoon full it would be 7p (£1.39/100 x 5 = 0.0695).

masala ingredients

Chicken Tikka Masala

  1. Place all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl and mix together.
  2. Cut chicken into cubes and add to marinade.marinate tikka
  3. Cover with cling film and place in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours, preferably overnight.
  4. When the chicken has marinated, place the pieces on a tray and cook under a medium grill for 25 minutes, turning halfway through cooking.

Start making the Sag Aloo and boil the rice. You can also start to make the poppadoms now but I would suggest that you start this before, if you don’t want to be so rushed.

  1. Start to prepare the sauce by putting oil in the pan and add the garlic and chilli and cook for roughly one minute.
  2. Add all the spices for the sauce to the pan and stir into the oil
    sauce and spice
  3. Stir in the tomatoes and water and simmer for 15 minutes.
    sauce
  4. Remove the chicken from the grill and add to the sauce along with the cream. Cook gently for about 5 minutes.tikka masala

Sag Aloo

  1. Peel and dice the potatoes then par boil for 10 minutes to soften.pots
  2. Put the oil into a pan, when hot add the cumin and fry briefly to flavour the oil.
  3. Pop in the par boiled potatoes, garlic, turmeric and garam masala. Mix until fully coated.
    pots in pan
  4. Add a little water, as needed, to stop the potatoes sticking and cook for 10 minutes.
  5. Add the spinach and cook until it mixes in.sag aloo

Popaddoms

  1. Mix flour, pepper, cumin and salt in a bowl.
  2. Add the water, a little at a time, and mix together by hand. You may not need to use all the water.pop dough
  3. When a dough is formed, knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes.
  4. Roll into a fat sausage and cut into 12 equal slices.
    pop split
  5. Roll each slice as thinly as possible.pop
  6. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the flattened dough until they puff and become golden brown – watch our Vine video of the poppadoms cooking. cooked pops
at the table

As they would say in France, bon appétit. As they say at my house, grubs up!

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I don’t want to blow my own trumpet (too much) but this was the tastiest Chicken Tikka Masala I have ever eaten, fact!

I had been slightly worried as I expected the marinade to be more of a reddish colour, so when it just looked peppered I didn’t think it was correct and it wouldn’t make the chicken taste as it needed.

But, I shouldn’t of been worried because as I remove the chicken from the grill I sneaked a taste and the flavour was amazing. Luckily Skint Mum walked in the kitchen otherwise I may have wolfed the lot down before adding it to the sauce.

The sauce tasted stunning too. Both flavours were very distinct – absolutely perfect.

I don’t think I will ever buy food from an Indian takeaway again.

If you enjoyed this recipe you may like our other fakeaways which you can find here.

Cooking on the cheap really isn’t difficult. Check out these following posts to slash your food bill.

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Comments

  1. giddyauntlola says

    11th November 2013 at 7:32 am

    Amazing – I look forward to trying your recipe. I do make my own curries, but I have to have to time to do it without the usual hum drum of after school stuff with the kids distracting me.

    http://asaucystitch.blogspot.co.uk

    Reply
    • Skint Dad says

      14th November 2013 at 8:13 pm

      Thank you. It really was amazing! The marinated chicken was so tasty!

      It goes to show that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to have good food and a bit of a treat.

      In regards to time I have the same problem with the school run and children running riot!

      Reply
  2. Jem says

    11th November 2013 at 8:39 am

    From what I gather, red tikka masala actually has colourings added and it’s not the natural colour – yours is :)

    Reply
    • Skint Dad says

      14th November 2013 at 8:16 pm

      Well if that is the case I am a very happy Skint Dad! Whatever the colour, it really was tasty and I will most certainly not be taking one away again. :-)

      Reply
  3. mylittledreamworld1 says

    11th November 2013 at 10:41 am

    Love this recipe, going to try it next week xx

    Reply
    • Skint Dad says

      14th November 2013 at 8:18 pm

      Make sure you tweet me a photo if you do :-)

      Reply
  4. Mrs Bargain Hunter says

    11th November 2013 at 12:13 pm

    That is sooooo possible. One massive tip I would give is to go to the Indian or Pakistani areas near you and get your spices from there. Also rice, chapatti flour, veg etc is so much cheaper in these areas, and they often sell in large quantities so stock up. Yum.

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    • Skint Dad says

      14th November 2013 at 8:44 pm

      It really is possible and really simple! Thanks for the tip, we certainly thought of this and the next time we are near an Indian supermarket (I think there is one in our next town) I will pop in and grab some supplies.

      Reply
  5. kellie@foodtoglow says

    11th November 2013 at 9:35 pm

    Lovely straight-forward recipe. I agree with Mrs Bargain Hunter completely, but if none are nearby I find that Tesco Extra and bigger Morrisons are pretty good for Indian/Pakistani staples, and in big money-saving sizes. But the independent stores are such treasure troves!

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    • Skint Dad says

      14th November 2013 at 8:47 pm

      Thank you. I agree with Mrs Bargain Hunter as well. As I mentioned above, I will certainly pop into our local Indian supermarket next time I pass by. Independent stores really are treasure troves aren’t they!

      Reply
  6. lannylee says

    24th November 2013 at 8:08 pm

    Made the curry this weekend & it was tastier and easier by miles than Jamie Olivers, plus we didn’t have to buy any spices etc so cost pennies. Have already bookmarked your Chinese and pizza fakeaway for the next 2 weekends. Congratulations on your win, very much deserved!

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