Historians of ethnic food Peter and Colleen Grove discuss multiple origin-claims of chicken tikka masala, concluding that the dish 'was most certainly invented in Britain, probably by a Bangladeshi chef.' They suggest that 'the shape of things to come may have been a recipe for Shahi Chicken Masala in Mrs Balbir SinghвЂ™s Indian Cookery published in 1961.' ДЄnother explanation is that it originated in a restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland. At the time, these migrant chefs developed and served a number of new inauthentic 'Indian' dishes, including chicken tikka masala. The Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics credits its creation to Bangladeshi migrant chefs in the 1960s, after migrating to Britain from Bangladesh. Д¬hicken tikka masala may derive from butter chicken, a popular dish in the northern Indian subcontinent. The origin of the dish is not certain, but many sources attribute it to the South Asia. Chicken tikka masala is similar to butter chicken, both in the method of creation and appearance. The sauce and chicken pieces may be coloured orange using foodstuffs such as turmeric, paprika, tomato purГ©e or with food dye. The sauce usually includes tomatoes (frequently as purГ©e), cream, coconut cream and a masala spice mix. A tomato and coriander sauce is common, but no recipe for chicken tikka masala is standard a survey found that of 48 different recipes, the only common ingredient was chicken. Chicken tikka masala is composed of chicken tikka, boneless chunks of chicken marinated in spices and yogurt that are roasted in an oven, served in a creamy curry sauce.

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