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Scottish chef

Ahmed Aslam Ali

, who claimed to invent chicken tikka masala, a dish that has become a staple in Asian restaurants around the world, died on Monday at the age of 77, according to his Glasgow restaurant's Facebook page.

This mildly spicy, creamy curry recipe originated in the kitchens of the Shish Mahal

restaurant in the 1970s

, before becoming

one of the most popular dishes in the UK.

"Chicken tikka masala was invented in our restaurant, we used to prepare chicken tikka (marinated and grilled), but one day a customer told us 'I want a sauce with this, it's a bit dry'", he explained in 2009. to Afp ​​Ahmed Aslam, a native of Pakistan.

"Since that date we have cooked the chicken with a

sauce based on yogurt, cream and spices."

"The restaurant was his life"

, and he had lunch there every noon," said his nephew Andleeb Ahmed.

Despite the difficulty of definitively proving where this dish, widely regarded as an

adaptation of curry to Western tastes

, originated , a local Scottish MP, Mohammad Sarwar, lobbied years ago to have chicken tikka masala recognized as a specialty. local.

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