Hi guys, made a butter chicken today from scratch.
The sauce is quite tangy. What might be the reason?
For the sauce I used 5 tomatoes, 3 tbsp butter, 1/2 cup cream, garam masala and fenugreek leaves and honey. The chicken I marinated in Pataks marinade and cooked in the oven.
Not sure why the sauce is so tangy. Any way to balance it out?
5 tomatoes ? 😳 is that what the recipe suggest ?
Yeah
For how many kilos of chicken ?
Was around 800 gms
@cms1: 1 decent size tomato should have been enough.
I guess you can take out the chicken and add some water to the remaining gravy and cook rice in it. Once cooked add the Chicken back and you got yourself butter chicken Biriyani ;) I don’t think it will as tangy after adding rice.
a little coconut milk or brown sugar should balance it
tanginess is probably from garam masala, every brand is diff
Let me try brown sugar
You could sprinkle a little bicarb soda on the tomatoes to neutralise the acid.
Too much tang.
How ripe are the tomatoes ? If they are not ripe you will get a very tangy taste.
Not overly ripe. I used gourmet tomatoes from Aldi.
I used gourmet tomatoes from Aldi.
Yep. There it it.
Check your range hood.
You know how the grates often have oil and fat build up that forms drips when it's time for a clean.
Yeah well I was at a relatives where this was the case. Removed the grills to be cleaned only to find a decomposing mouse in the fan. Not sure if it was tangy but I's sure it imparted a flavour to many dishes. Especially the low and slow ones.
Enjoy your butter chicken :)
Decomposing mammals taste how they smell, it’s rarely tangy.
The tang will likely be from acidic tomatoes.
Maybe the decomposing mammal just ate an orange before he was caught up in the impeller.
It will be the tomatoes. Next time try some canned Italian tomatoes, they are often sweeter.
The best one to use is the one from currymasters at hornsby. Available online or most local Indian grocers. Most Indian restaurants in Australia buy this in bulk, so it sometimes can be hard to get.
They're terrible. Much much better options out there.