After about 10 minutes in the microwave - 5 minutes on defrost, 4 minutes on high, and 1 minute to cool - I peeled back the cellophane cover and was greeted with a familiar smell, that of slow cooked, tender, spicy chicken masala. The basmati rice lacked much of any fragrance and with my first bite I was greeted with some slightly rubbery grains, but the chicken was very tender, very flavorful, and actually quite good. Like many Indian dishes, the chicken was spicy, but not hot spicy, just spices spicy. It tasted very close to some real butter chicken masalas that I've eaten in India and that's a big compliment to Trader Joe. I did find that when I mixed the chicken and gravy (what Indian's call sauce) with the rice, the whole meal was very good and certainly tasted like an authentic Indian recipe.
If you like Indian food, real Indian food, I recommend you pick up some of this Trader Joe's Butter Chicken Masala the next time you're at the market. Once you've had a taste, come back here and leave a comment; let me know what you think.
Happy eating.
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I absolutely love this stuff! Whenever I go to trader joes I pick up 2 of these, and 2 of the chicken tikka masala for my boyfriend, and some of their frozen garlic naan, and we make dinners out of it. I worked in a really good indian restaurant a few years ago, and these dinners are surprisingly close in taste to the food we served there.
ReplyDeletei'm not a huge fan of Indian food since alot of their spices tend to taste sandy to me but this is 1 dish I love and always get from TJ. I also don't like spicy foods but this combination is not too spicy and gives a good flavor. I highly recommend others who aren't huge fans of Indian food to try this and stick to it.
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