{"id":392677,"date":"2022-12-22T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T07:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=392677"},"modified":"2022-12-22T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T07:40:14","slug":"pakistani-inventor-of-chicken-tikka-masala-dies-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-inventor-of-chicken-tikka-masala-dies-in-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Inventor of Chicken Tikka Masala Dies in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Ahmed Aslam, a Glasgow chef of Pakistani origin who is said to have created the world-famous chicken tikka masala, passed away at the age of 77 earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Guardian<\/em>, Aslam&#8217;s death was announced by the staff at his restaurant, Shish Mahal, in Glasgow, Scotland, which closed down for 48 hours as a sign of respect and mourning.<\/p>\n<p>It announced, \u201cHey, Shish Snobs \u2026 Mr. Ali passed away this morning \u2026 We are all absolutely devastated and heartbroken\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-392684 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii.jpg 800w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii-364x205.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aliii-758x426.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/shah-rukh-khan-gifts-acting-journal-to-daughter-suhana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah Rukh Khan Gifts Acting Journal to Daughter Suhana<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Shish Mahal tweeted, &#8220;Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji&#8217;un (Verily we belong to Allah, and truly to Him shall we return) Rest In Peace Mr. Ali&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji&#39;un (Verily we belong to Allah, and truly to Him shall we return)<br \/>Rest In Peace Mr Ali<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shishmahal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shishmahal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ripmrali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ripmrali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mrali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mrali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CohtpVQEiM\">pic.twitter.com\/CohtpVQEiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SHISH MAHAL (@SHISHMAHAL1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHISHMAHAL1\/status\/1605139758543507459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aslam&#8217;s funeral was held at Glasgow Central Mosque on Tuesday and was open to the public.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/cheap-shot-englands-barmy-army-pokes-fun-at-pakistani-fans-after-series-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Cheap Shot&#8217;: England&#8217;s Barmy Army Pokes Fun at Pakistani Fans After Series Win<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Aslam had moved with his family from Pakistan to Glasgow as a young boy before setting up Shish Mahal in Glasgow\u2019s west end in 1964. He was married and reportedly had five children.<\/p>\n<p>Aslam had once told the AFP news agency that he had invented the recipe for chicken tikka masala in the 1970s when a customer asked if there was a way to make his chicken tikka less dry. Aslam&#8217;s approach was to improve the dish with a creamy tomato sauce.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-392686 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shish.jpg 640w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shish-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/shah-rukh-khan-gifts-acting-journal-to-daughter-suhana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah Rukh Khan Gifts Acting Journal to Daughter Suhana<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Mohammad Sarwar, the Labour MP for Glasgow Central, had called for the city to be officially recognized as the origin of chicken tikka masala in 2009. He had campaigned for Glasgow to be granted EU PDO designation for the curry and had introduced an early day motion in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p>However, the attempt had been unsuccessful since a number of other places in the UK claim to have originated the popular dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Ahmed Aslam, a Glasgow chef of Pakistani origin who is said to have created the world-famous chicken tikka masala, passed away at the age of 77 earlier this week. According to The Guardian, Aslam&#8217;s death was announced by the staff at his restaurant, Shish Mahal, in Glasgow, Scotland, which closed down for 48 hours as a sign of respect [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-inventor-of-chicken-tikka-masala-dies-in-glasgow\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":392683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1606,2540,2526,1291,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-392677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-food","9":"category-international","10":"category-restaurant","11":"category-social-media","12":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"He claimed to have been the originator of \u2018Britain\u2019s favorite curry\u2019.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaasw-364x205.png",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaasw-758x424.png",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaasw.png",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Syed Hassaan Ahmed","categories_name":["Featured","Food","International","Restaurant","Social Media","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Pakistani Inventor of Chicken Tikka Masala Dies in Glasgow","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1606,2540,2526,1291,2578&exclude=392677","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392677"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=392677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}