| | |  | Vegetable Dishes | Home » » » Tiger Easy Indian Heat & Eat, Chana Masala with Basmati Cumin Rice, 19.4-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6) | | | | | | | Description: | | Easy Indian Chana Masala with Basmati Jeera Rice is a vegetarian dish made from chick peas and a traditional homestyle Tikka curry sauce, spiced with fresh ground cumin. Chana Masala has been prepared in the traditional Dhabha style. The dish is fragrant with warm and exotic spices such as cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and turmeric. Fruity pomegranate further enhances the delicate flavour. | | | Features: | |
• Box of 19.4 ounce in a pack of 6 (total of 116.4 ounce)
• Exciting fully prepared authently flavored Indian meal cooked with fresh roasted spieces
• Stand up pouch cooked in the microwave in 2 minutes
• Its 100% Natural
• Part of an exciting range of microwavable, complete and 100% Natural Indian meals, delicious authentic sauce with a premium quality Basmati rice
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 116.4 Ounces | | Package Length:
| 12.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 8.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Think of this product as a delicious starting point....Mar 07, 2009
By D. Tessmer
My wife and I love Indian food - I prefer the hotter the better, but she prefers mild with rich flavors. The Tiger Tiger products fall right in the middle as an excellent compromise. We've tried the Chana Masala, Mutter Paneer and Veggie Korma, all with excellent luck, but with a word of advice. If you think of these products as complete meals (as they are advertised), you will be pleased but not blown away. However, if you think of them as an excellent place to start, then the possibilities are endless.
With the Chana Masala, we usually add another can of chick peas and some cilatro or other herb that cooks well. Then we just let it simmer on the stove top for 30-60 minutes. With very little supervision, and medium low heat, you won't have any concerns over burning, and like many "saucy" foods, it just gets better with time. They give this a 3-star spice rating, but it is NOT hot in any sense of the word. I usually add a little chili oil to my serving to punch it up because it adds hot without affecting the flavors.
The Mutter Paneer is excellent as is, and the only thing we have found that we like to add is a very healthy dose of chopped fresh spinach. Spinach is already one of the ingredients, so we just put the Tiger Tiger sauce in a pan and add about 6-8 oz of fresh spinach. It takes about 7-10 minutes for the newly added spinach to cook down, and the result is great.
The Veggie Korma is probably the easiest to doctor up because it closely resembles a sweet Thai curry sauce (in our opinion, anyway). You can add any combination of steamed vegetables (green beans, broccoli, asparagus, carrots, etc.) and protein (chicken, shrimp, fish, tofu, etc.) and you'll almost certainly come up with an excellent product.
As for comments on the rice - it's all a matter of taste. The Basmati Cumin rice packaged with the Chana and Korma is on the al dente side, but this can be helped by adding a little water to the packet before you microwave, and then cooking it a little longer. The flavor is fine, but not very intense. Our favorite is the Basmati Pilau rice packaged with the Mutter Paneer as it starts softer and has a little more flavor to it. We do find that when our creations are done, we sometimes need to steal the rice from an uncooked package, and when we use plain old brown rice the next time, it's not a huge loss.
Finally, one reviewer stated they had lots of sand or grit in their meals. We have probably eaten 15-20 of these so far with zero occurrence of any contaminants in our food.
I'm giving the product 5 stars because I feel it is an excellent tasting product, that when purchased on sale (think $12-$15 per case instead of $25) is an exceptional value. If you are a regimented cook who likes to follow the rules you may not enjoy the more relaxed method with which we experiment. In that case you may wish to try these individually from the store before purchasing in bulk. In any event, I feel you'll be pleased with the results, even if you think you know better.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic Flavor!Sep 07, 2008
By Brant A. Hughes
"deep thinker"
Quite honestly I did not believe you could get quality "instant" Indian fare. Amazon's special pricing me decide to try three cases, the Chana Masala, Paneer and Taka Dal. There are two plastic bags, one rice, the other the sauce. I had no trouble heating them to boiling hot in my small microwave. Truly delicious, spicy which should appeal to those with leanings towards Mexican or Sezchaun Chinese. The only negative and diabetics beware, a single serving of any these three may provide 100 grams of carbs or more!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Authentic ...a real taste of India.Sep 06, 2008
By LayZayFare
Would have given this a four or five star rating if not for two problems. The first was the food is not completely cooked, quite "al dente". Both the rice and chick peas in sauce required additional cooking. The taste is quite good but what rates this a one star review is the "dirt/sand" contained in the meal. I tried both the Chana Masala and the Mutter Paneer and both had a bit of crunchy, gritty in it.
EwJul 31, 2010
By T. D. Erickson
"TDErickson"
My kids and I love South Asian cuisine, but ended up throwing this stuff away and ordering pizza. It was pretty bad.
Its freaking good.Jul 18, 2009
By Marc Dell Angelo
I'm eating this right now. As far as "heat n eat" stuff goes, this is as good as it gets. Only gripe is that I didn't buy it from Amazon first as the supermarket charged almost seven bucks for one.
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