Chicken tikka masala row grows as Indian chefs reprimand Scottish MPs over culinary origins

India's top chefs have warned Scottish MPs to keep their hands off the rights to chicken tikka masala.

A plate of Chicken Tikka Masala: Chicken tikka masala row grows as Indian chefs reprimand Scottish MPs over culinary origins
A plate of Chicken Tikka Masala Credit: Photo: GETTY

The MPs, led by Mohammed Sarwar, claim the dish was invented in Glasgow in the early 1970s and now want official European Union recognition through a "Protected Designation of Origin". It would put Glasgow's chicken tikka masala on a par with Parma's Parmesan cheese or French 'Champagne'....

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