Chicken Tikka Lasagne

[Bullett]

Both the wife and I couldn't believe we had seen it.

Pretty typical of Iceland, but who came up with that terrible idea and has anyone tried it?

[marctwo]

Never had this but did come up with my own recipe of 'Curragna'. Surprisingly nice.

[missdiane]

So wrong

[VR6time]

The Iceland one is wrong. So wrong.

but a make it yourself one is magic. Jalfreze sauce and spicy garlic bread to go with it. Mmmmmmmmmmm

[bazking69]

I admit to having tried the Iceland one a long time ago (I now won't shop there simply because of the tramp they get to do their adverts)

It wasn't the nicest, but then what do you expect for a quid. Far too chemically flavoured and lacking meat content.

However, I do think the concept could work if you made one from scratch from decent ingredients and concentrated on creamy and subtle over dry and heavily spiced. Something else I will have to add to the 'must try' list...

[Melman Giraffe]

I have one thing to say -

[Nurburgsingh]

I cant imagine how vile the Iceland one would taste...


but the home made article is not a bad alternative.


Equally... just putting some cheese on your curry and chucking it under the grill is quite nice.

[Melman Giraffe]

Nurburgsingh said:

Equally... just putting some cheese on your curry and chucking it under the grill is quite nice.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Nurburgsingh]

Melman Giraffe said:

Nurburgsingh said:

Equally... just putting some cheese on your curry and chucking it under the grill is quite nice.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dont knock it till you try it.... and after 30+ years of eating "curry" nearly everyday you have to try something to mix it up a bit!

...I wont tell you about the experiments that didnt work!

[Anna_S]

Nurburgsingh said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Nurburgsingh said:

Equally... just putting some cheese on your curry and chucking it under the grill is quite nice.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

dont knock it till you try it.... and after 30+ years of eating "curry" nearly everyday you have to try something to mix it up a bit!

...I wont tell you about the experiments that didnt work!

Oh go on, do tell.. so we don't have to find out the hard way!
I've been to a couple of restaurants that do a cheesy curry and it was pretty nice although wouldn't have been able to eat the whole dish.
At uni I had a friend who religiously ate curry on toast and cheese and curry toasties

[bazking69]

My local curry house do a couple of speciality dishes with grated cheese on the top (they even do one with coleslaw on the top???)
Personally I didn't see the point, it was mild cheese so did nothing for flavour against all the spices and was tasteless, and it was rubbery cheese so did nothing for texture apart from make a gooey mess in the curry.
Proper indian paneer cheese in dishes however...

[bint]

It's not curry, but a mexican lasagne is suuuuuuuuperb.

Chilli - usual recipe, and a bechamel sauce with layers of tortilla wraps (as opposed to chips) instead of lasagne sheets.

mmmmmmm om nom nom nom

[Mobile Chicane]

I'm sure the Iceland version would be somewhat rank with horrible processed meat and cheese used instead of quality ingredients.

However if you think about it, the principle is not that different from established dishes such as the classic biryani, which has a meaty layer, a carbohydrate layer (rice) and a dairy layer (yogurt).

I'm inclined to give the chicken 'tikka' lasagne a go, with a lean-ish chicken curry, lasagne sheets, a yogurty cucumber raita, and a zesty onion, tomato and coriander chutney.

The only problem I can envisage is that the yogurt might curdle. In which case I'd stick some extra fried onions in with it, and maybe some plump sultanas and toasted pine nuts.

I think this works

[jas xjr]

bazking69 said:

My local curry house do a couple of speciality dishes with grated cheese on the top (they even do one with coleslaw on the top???)
Personally I didn't see the point, it was mild cheese so did nothing for flavour against all the spices and was tasteless, and it was rubbery cheese so did nothing for texture apart from make a gooey mess in the curry.
Proper indian paneer cheese in dishes however...

i'm of indian origin but find paneer very bland. we make our own paneer at home and buy the ready made stuff too.all tastes too bland for me.

i have said it before and will say it again,make your own curry at home.with a bit of practice it will be so much better than you can buy,anywhere. it is harder to cook a full english than it is a curry. make it at home ,do not use the nasty cheap ingredients the takeaways use and you will never look back,
sorry for the mini rant,mild not vindaloo,but a bit merry

[mcanny]

If you fancy a lasagne style carb explosion to make you feel all homely while eating and guilty afterwards give potato pierogi lasagna a go.

I originally found it on here:

http://omnomicon.blogspot.com/2008/10/cheddar-pota...

Lots of variations exist but I like this site to read anyway and it has great photos. I put pancetta and a bit of bachamel between layers in mine, it seemed to work OK.