Chicken tikka masala is technically a British dish invented by an Indian chef in Glasgow in the 1970s. It is also the most-ordered Indian dish in America. Both things are true, and neither makes it easier to cook.
Paddy Rawal ran Raaga-Go in Santa Fe for years before retiring in 2023. The masala base — onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, garam masala, cream — sounds simple and is not. Get the onion-to-tomato ratio wrong and you have either ketchup or jam. Get the cream timing wrong and the sauce separates under the broiler.
Rawal got it. Bobby, per the broadcast, did not.