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Mr Sarwar claimed the dish owed its origins to the culinary skills of Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal restaurant in Park Road in the west end of the city. He is said to have prepared a sauce using spices soaked in a tin of condensed tomato soup after a customer said his meal was too
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Aslam opened the Shish Mahal restaurant in Glasgow's west end in 1964 and reportedly ate lunch in his restaurant every day. The establishment was considered his life's work, according to friends, locals and family.
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as a young boy. His father, Noor Mohammed, opened what is considered the first true Indian restaurant in Glasgow, the Green Gates on Bank Street, in 1959.
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Though the origin of the dish is not certain, he is credited with inventing chicken tikka masala by improvising a sauce made from a tin of condensed
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palates. Aslam claimed it was his gift to the city of Glasgow and he later campaigned unsuccessfully for the dish to be granted
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Quoted, he recounted the incident as follows: "Chicken tikka masala was invented in this restaurant, we used to make
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episode "The Turkey Strikes Back ... Again", where Aslam was portrayed by celebrity chef
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and organ failure in Glasgow on 19 December 2022, at age 77. His funeral was held at
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Aslam was married and had five children. One of his sons, Asif Ali, spoke to
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Aslam's invention of chicken tikka masala was depicted in the 2019
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the next day, with members of the public invited to attend.
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Aslam was born on 1 April 1945 in a small village near
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about his father's dedication towards charity work in
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Ali Aslam

Lahore
British India
Glasgow
chicken tikka masala
Urdu
chicken tikka masala
Lahore
Punjab
Punjab, Pakistan
Glasgow
The Glasgow Times
Scotland
Pakistan
Glaswegian

tomato soup
chicken tikka
yogurt
South Asian cuisine
Western European
Protected Designation of Origin
European Union
Good Eats
Simon Majumdar
septic shock
Glasgow Central Mosque
"Ali Ahmed Aslam, 77, Dies; Credited With Inventing Chicken Tikka Masala"
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