Ali Ahmed Aslam, a 77-year-old chef from Glasgow, Scotland, passed away on December 19, 2022.
The chef is credited with inventing the popular dish “chicken tikka masala.”
The chef’s restaurant announced in mourning
“Hello Shish Snobs… Mr. Ali passed away this morning… We are all absolutely devastated and heartbroken.” On Tuesday,
The 77-year-old chef’s funeral was held at Glasgow Central Mosque.
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Ali Ahmed Aslam: early life and childhood
- Ali Ahmed Aslam was just a child when he moved to Glasgow from his birthplace of Pakistan.
- He was married and had five children.
- He is the son of Noor Mohammed, a renowned chef who ran what many consider Glasgow’s first “true” Indian restaurant.
- Aslam’s father opened the first Indian restaurant, Green Gates, near Bank Street, in 1959.
- The chef opened the Shish Mahal in Glasgow’s west end in 1964.
The Secret of Aslam’s Chicken Tikka Masala
During the 1970s, a customer asked Aslam if there was a way to make his chicken tikka “less dry.”
The chef added a creamy sauce as a solution and chicken tikka masala was born.
The dish was invented by improvising a sauce made from a can of tomato soup at his restaurant Shish Mahal in 1970.
“Chicken tikka masala was invented at this restaurant, we used to make chicken tikka, and one day a customer said, ‘I’d put some sauce on it, this is a little dry,'” Ali said.
“We thought it would be better to cook the chicken with a little sauce. So from here we cook chicken tikka with a sauce containing yogurt, cream and spices.”
The dish subsequently went on to become the most popular dish in British restaurants, surpassing all others and marking its place in Western hearts.
Ali said that the chicken tikka masala is prepared according to the customer’s taste.
“They don’t normally eat spicy curry, so we cook it with yogurt and cream,” he said.
“Chicken tikka masala is now a truly British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect example of the way Britain absorbs and adapts outside influences,” Cook said in a 2001 speech on British identity.
Chef Aslam wanted the dish to be a gift to Glasgow, to give something back to his adopted city.
Ali Ahmed Aslam: TIMELINE
1959:
Ali Ahmed Aslam is the son of Noor Mohammed, a renowned chef who ran what many consider Glasgow’s first “true” Indian restaurant. Aslam’s father opened the first Indian restaurant, Green Gates, near Bank Street, in 1959.
1964:
The chef opened the Shish Mahal in Glasgow’s west end in 1964.
1970s:
During the 1970s, a customer asked Aslam if there was a way to make his chicken tikka “less dry.”
The chef added a creamy sauce as a solution and chicken tikka masala was born.
2001:
“Chicken tikka masala is now a truly British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect example of the way Britain absorbs and adapts outside influences,” Cook said in a 2001 speech on British identity.
2009:
In 2009, he campaigned unsuccessfully for the dish to be granted a “Protected Designation of Origin”.
2022
With great sadness, Ali leaves behind a wife, three sons and two daughters.
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