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Chicken tikka masala with rice in 10 minutes - straight from the bag
3.2.2023
Translation: machine translated
Lyofood's meals are designed to be quick and healthy. The Poles want to shake up the outdoor market with their freeze-dried products. Literally. And I like it.
Lyofood wants to conquer the outdoor market with freeze-dried meals. According to the Polish company, it relies exclusively on natural and fresh ingredients without preservatives or additives. Everything is healthy, everything is prepared quickly, sourced locally where possible and produced in Poland.
After a long day at the world's largest sports fair in Munich, I recently ended up at their stand and tried an Indian curry. It tasted so good that I took a bag home with me and prepared it.
Source: Patrick Bardelli
A sachet and a little hot water
On sale at Lyofood are various freeze-dried products ranging from fruit to soups and complete meals to emergency rations for 14 days. There are variants with and without meat and also vegan meals for on the go.
The list of ingredients in the Chicken Tikka Masala is delicious: rice, tomato puree, chicken breast fillet, yoghurt, coconut milk, almonds, rapeseed oil, salt, spices and sugar. One bag weighing 95 grams provides 370 grams of curry and 560 kilocalories of energy. For comparison: I burn roughly the same number of calories during a crisp strength training session lasting just over an hour.
Source: Patrick Bardelli
Source: Patrick Bardelli
Preparation is very simple: the contents of the sachet are mixed with just under 3 dl of hot water and after nine minutes of waiting, the chicken tikka masala is ready. Of course, it cannot be compared to a homemade curry or one from an Indian restaurant.
For a freeze-dried powder from the bag, however, the finished chicken dish tastes quite good. With one caveat: the salt. I would prefer a little less salt for my taste. However, the composition of the chicken tikka masala is made for eating after a long day, for example in the mountains. With the corresponding loss of sweat, i.e. salt. From this perspective, the high salt content makes perfect sense.
In any case, this curry from Lyofood tastes much better to me than many of the ready meals that you can buy elsewhere.
Patrick Bardelli
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Patrick.Bardelli@digitecgalaxus.chFrom radio journalist to product tester and storyteller, jogger to gravel bike novice and fitness enthusiast with barbells and dumbbells. I'm excited to see where the journey'll take me next.
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