Product Review: Tandoor Chef Chicken Curry with Seasoned Basmati Rice

Traditional Indian cuisine is known for its strong, spicy flavor, especially when it comes to recipes chock full of curry. Chicken Curry may be one of the most curry flavorful of all the more mainstream dishes to capture the rapidly emerging 'ready made' Indian food selections now found on American supermarket shelves. Tandoor Chef is making a name for itself as a company offering authentic Indian cuisine, at affordable prices, and so I decided to try their Chicken Curry with Seasoned Basmati Rice.

Taste Test

I really love Indian food, and though the spicy nature of the cooking can get a bit extreme, I'm not put off by even some of the more tangy dishes. Tandoor Chef's Chicken Curry with Seasoned Basmati Rice proves that traditional doesn't have to scare off the uninitiated. This dish is chock full of big juicy chunks of chicken, smothered in a curry based sauce. Yes, there's loads of curry in it, but the balance of flavor and seasoning never truly overwhelms the taste buds.

The basmati rice is light, fluffy, and most of all cooked to perfection. It's so light, it's almost like an afterthought to the chicken, however when mixed up right, it provides the best kind of compliment to the dish as a whole. The portion isn't exactly large, though just big enough for a lunch, or a light dinner with say some traditional Indian bread Naan - which Tandoor Chef also sells in stores.

Nutrition Notes

Tandoor Chef's Chicken Curry with Seasoned Basmati Rice contains chicken breast, onions, tomatoes, tomato juice, yogurt, canola oil, green peppers, garlic and various other spices.

Total fat is 12g or 17%, 10% of that is Trans fat. There's 40mg of cholesterol, or 14%, and 840mg of sodium, which is about 35%. Total Carbs make up 12% and proteins are 19g.

Summary

Indian cuisine is becoming more and more a standard choice in restaurants, food courts and now in retail and supermarkets nationwide. Tandoor Chef cooks up Indian dishes of real authentic quality and great taste. Their Chicken Curry with Seasoned Basmati Rice is just one dish from a whole line of authentic recipes of India. The salt content may be a bit high for some consumers in this one, and the portion could be larger, however on the whole this is a great tasting dish. It can be found for about $4.00 in your supermarket's frozen food section.