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Invented in the 70s! I went to London in 1975 when I was 13 years old. I grew up in a small city in California and never even heard of Indian food before. We went to an Indian restaurant, where I was introduced to and fell in love with Chicken Tikka Masala.
So weird to think that dish was less than 5 years old. If we'd gone to London a few years earlier, I would've missed it!
This man has brought so much joy to my taste buds over the years. >

This man made me fat >

You must've had it's milder cousin, butter chicken >

And how is vindaloo related to the lot? Aggressive uncle? >

Having had all three, yes >

At the same time? You culinary hussy! >

It's all very consensual I assure you. >

I always assumed this was something that has been around for centuries.
Crazy it’s fairly new. >

A surprising number of "traditional" dishes are actually fairly modern creations. Tiramisu is from the 60's or 70s, carbonara is from the 1940s, Japanese ramen is from the early 20th century. >

Same as Pad Thai, that was an organized effort by the Thai government to make a recognizable national dish >

Japanese curry was pretty much invented by their military in the mid 19th century to create a basic, non-regional "soldier chow". >

And they got it from the British instead of directly from India. >

British used to eat boiled potato with salt and pepper tbh, he was from Subcontinent >


USED TO

Sure...yeah >

Still do... But used to too >

The British really love hippopotamuses, or as they like to call them, “really cool optamuses” >

I'm the hip-hop-opatamus, my rhymes are bottomless... >

His name. A. Aslam is an anagram of masala 😵‍💫 >

Happy coincidence, though masala is an ages-old term basically meaning “spice blend”. >

Yes, I just found it so funny that his name also spells masala! He was born to make that dish! >

I figured you knew; I was just mentioning it for anyone who didn’t know!