Name: Chicken Tikka Chasni
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp ghee (or butter or vegetable oil); 2 brown onion (pureed ); 2 tsp ginger paste; 2 tsp garlic paste; 600 g chicken tikka; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp coriander; 1 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp chilli powder; 4 tbsp tomato ketchup (OR pasatta with 1/2 tsp of sugar for sweetness); 4 tbsp mango chutney; 300 ml boiling water; 1 tsp mint sauce; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp red food colouring; 75 ml double cream; coriander (optional garnish); rice; naan / chapati

This tasty fakeaway Chicken Tikka Chasni can be ready in 30 minutes and is suitable for the whole family! I've included a couple of tips below to ensure an truly authentic curry sauce consistency and taste, whilst minimising time.

A black plate with white rice garnished with chopped herbs on one side and a vibrant red curry or stew, also topped with herbs, on the other side, set on a wooden table.

Making curries is usually a long, drawn out process. Sweating down and softening the onions is an important step; it adds thickness and bulk to the sauce.

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Trick For The Perfect Quick Curry Sauce
How To Make Homemade Chicken Tikka
Handy Preparation Tip For Chicken Tikka
Ingredients for Chicken Tikka Chasni
How to Make Chicken Tikka Chasni
Storage and Reheating
Prepare an Indian Fakeaway Feast
Chicken Tikka Chasni

But I've discovered a nifty trick that provides the same results in a quarter of the time!

Trick For The Perfect Quick Curry Sauce

In my South Indian Garlic Chicken recipe, I use the more traditional method of sweating down chopped onions for 30 minutes. I do love the final result of this one, but it's a labour of love that not everyone has time for.

The Trick? Puree your onions.

I use this Russel Hobbs Mini Chopper for small jobs like this.

A glass bowl filled with finely blended or grated white onions sits on a wooden surface. The mixture appears moist and slightly chunky.

How To Make Homemade Chicken Tikka

You can find my recipe for homemade Chicken Tikka here.

I include airfryer, grilling and oven methods in the recipe. You won't look back!

Four pieces of cooked, reddish-brown marinated chicken sit in the basket of an air fryer, with visible charred spots and grease on the tray beneath.

Grilled pieces of chicken coated in a red marinade, arranged on a foil-lined tray, showing charred edges and crispy texture.

Handy Preparation Tip For Chicken Tikka

You could make the chicken tikka, chop it up and freeze it until you're ready to make Chicken Tikka Chasni.

Ingredients for Chicken Tikka Chasni

A flat lay of various cooking ingredients on a wooden surface, including chopped meat, jars of ginger paste and garlic, two onions, spice jars, cream, a lemon, mint sauce, mango chutney, red food coloring, and tomato ketchup.

Protein: cooked Chicken Tikka, although you could opt to use lamb in the same marinade coating. Alternatively, use fresh rotisserie chicken, leftovers from a Roast Dinner or pre-cooked chicken (although it's significantly more expensive).
Vegetables: onions

Spices and Aromatics: ginger paste, garlic paste, salt, ground coriander, turmeric and chilli powder
Sauce: tomato ketchup (or pasatta with sugar to sweeten), mango chutney, mint sauce, lemon juice and double cream
Red Food Colouring - optional ingredient for the vibrant red colour

How to Make Chicken Tikka Chasni

Make Homemade Chicken Tikka ahead of time, get it out from your freezer or prepare your pre-cooked or rotisserie chicken.

Chopped grilled meat with a reddish seasoning and charred edges is spread on a wooden cutting board. A hand with black nail polish holds one side of the board.

Blend onion until it forms a paste (or finely chop/grate). Add to pan with melted ghee (oil) and cook for 5 minutes. Then add salt, coriander, chilli, tumeric, garlic and ginger and fry for 2 minutes.

A metal pan contains cooked, mashed onions topped with orange-brown spices, a dollop of minced garlic, and a dollop of ginger paste, ready to be mixed together.

Then add tomato sauce, mango chutney & water - simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes. Then add mint sauce and lemon juice.

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A pot filled with thick orange sauce or soup, with a dollop of dark green paste on top, sits on a wooden surface. The sauce appears freshly stirred and slightly textured.

Pour in double cream and add cooked chicken tikka, stir though.

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A stainless steel pan filled with bright orange curry sauce, topped with sliced pieces of tandoori chicken. The dish sits on a wooden surface.

Use the red food colouring if you want to. Finally, simmer for 15 minutes to develop the sauce.

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A close-up of a stainless steel pan filled with chunky red tomato sauce, showing pieces of tomato and herbs, on a wooden surface.

Storage and Reheating

Can be stored in:

Fridge: 4 - 5 days / Freezer: up to 4 months

Reheat until piping hot throughout (can be microwaved from frozen).

A bowl of white rice garnished with herbs sits next to a serving of vibrant red curry, also topped with fresh herbs. A small sprig of greens and another bowl of curry are in the background on a wooden surface.

Prepare an Indian Fakeaway Feast

A black bowl filled with creamy orange curry garnished with chopped herbs, served alongside fluffy white rice. The dish is set on a dark plate with blurred background elements.

A bowl of chutney with diced onions and reddish sauce, beside two round, crispy papadums on a wooden board. A smaller jar filled with the same chutney is next to the bowl. A purple spoon is in the bowl.

Why not try my Spiced Onions, Saag Aloo or Chicken Pakora with either Pink Sauce or Chilli Sauce dips?

Chicken Tikka Chasni

Lauren

You can have tasty Chicken Tikka Chasni on the table in 30 minutes using this method. No base curry sauce required! You can either make homemade chicken tikka in advance or you can use cooked rotisserie chicken instead for a quick and simple meal.

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Prep Time 3

Cook Time 27

Total Time 30

Course Dinner

Cuisine Indian, Scottish

Servings

Calories 413 kcal

Ingredients

2 tablespoon ghee or butter or vegetable oil
2 brown onion pureed
2 teaspoon ginger paste
2 teaspoon garlic paste
600 g chicken tikka cooked weight. Recipe for Homemade Chicken Tikka linked in Notes section below, or alternatively, use cooked rotisserie chicken.
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon chilli powder
4 tablespoon tomato ketchup OR pasatta with ½ teaspoon of sugar for sweetness
4 tablespoon mango chutney
300 ml boiling water
1 teaspoon mint sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon red food colouring
75 ml double cream
coriander optional garnish

To Serve

rice
naan / chapati

Instructions

For the ideal curry consistency (thick) - blend 2 brown onion in a blender until it forms a paste (or finely chop if you don’t have a blender, although grating it would work too). If you prefer a thinner, runnier sauce - use 1 onion and chop it finely instead.
Melt 2 tablespoon ghee in pan, add pureed onion and cook for 5 minutes.
Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon coriander, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 2 teaspoon ginger paste and 2 teaspoon garlic paste to the pan and fry for 2 minutes.
Then add 4 tablespoon tomato ketchup, 4 tablespoon mango chutney and 300 ml boiling water - simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes
Add 1 teaspoon mint sauce and 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Pour in 75 ml double cream and stir through 600 g chicken tikka (cooked)
Stir through the optional 1 tablespoon red food colouring if you want the vibrant red colour of a typical takeaway Chicken Tikka Chasni and simmer for a further 15 minutes.
Serve with rice, naan / chapati and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

Notes

Use my easy Homemade Chicken Marinade recipe to make authentic Chicken Tikka at home!

Nutrition

Calories: 413kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 31gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 183mgSodium: 908mgPotassium: 559mgFiber: 2gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 574IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 2mg

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