Tandoori Paste

Name: Tandoori Paste
Brand: TERRE EXOTIQUE
SKU: TECDPATAND
Price: 7.50 GBP
Availability: InStock

£7.50

Net: 85g France

Concentrated tandoori paste from Terre Exotique — a ready-to-use blend of traditional Indian spices in oil, capturing the essence of tandoori cooking in a jar. Rub directly onto meat, fish, or vegetables before grilling or roasting.

Tandoori Paste

£7.50

Tandoori cooking takes its name from the tandoor, the cylindrical clay oven used across the Indian subcontinent to produce the intense, dry heat that gives tandoori dishes their characteristic charred exterior and tender, spice-infused interior. This paste captures the core spice profile of that tradition — paprika, pepper, ginger, cumin, and a blend of supporting spices — ground and suspended in sunflower and olive oil with garlic and vinegar to create a smooth, ready-to-use paste that clings well to meat, fish, and vegetables.

The paste works as both a marinade and a cooking ingredient. Rubbed directly onto chicken, lamb, prawns, or fish and left to marinate, it produces deeply flavoured, well-seasoned results whether cooked in a conventional oven, on a barbecue, or under a grill. It also works stirred into yoghurt for a classic tandoori marinade with a creamier finish, mixed into rice dishes and pilafs, or used as a base for spiced sauces and dressings. The oil-based format means it integrates easily into wet and dry preparations without the need to bloom individual spices separately.

Producer: Terre Exotique, a French spice house founded in 1998 after its founder discovered Penja pepper on a plantation in Cameroon. The company sources directly from growers worldwide and processes at its facility in France, maintaining close relationships with producers to ensure traceability and quality across its range.

Ingredients: Tandoori spice blend in powder form 31% (containing paprika, pepper, ginger, cumin, spices), sunflower oil, olive oil, onion, alcohol vinegar, salt, fresh garlic. Allergens: Sulphites

Storage: Ambient. Store in a cool, dark place. Refrigerate after opening and use within 3 weeks.

Origin: France

Net: 85g

Tandoori paste is ready to use straight from the jar — no preparation required.

For tandoori chicken, rub the paste generously over chicken pieces — thighs and drumsticks work best — and marinate for at least 1 hour, ideally overnight in the fridge. Cook in a hot oven (220°C) for 25–30 minutes until charred at the edges and cooked through. For a more traditional result, finish under a hot grill for the last 2–3 minutes.

For a yoghurt-based marinade, mix the paste with natural yoghurt at a ratio of roughly one tablespoon of paste to three tablespoons of yoghurt. The yoghurt tenderises the meat and tempers the spice into a creamier, more rounded finish. Excellent for lamb chops, prawns, or fish fillets.

For tandoori prawns or fish, coat lightly with the paste and cook under a high grill or on a hot barbecue for 2–3 minutes per side. The oil base helps prevent sticking and promotes charring.

For vegetables, toss cauliflower florets, peppers, courgette, or paneer in the paste and roast at 200°C until tender and caramelised.

For a quick spiced rice, stir a teaspoon of paste into cooked basmati rice with a knob of butter for an instant pilaf-style side dish.

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Description

Tandoori cooking takes its name from the tandoor, the cylindrical clay oven used across the Indian subcontinent to produce the intense, dry heat that gives tandoori dishes their characteristic charred exterior and tender, spice-infused interior. This paste captures the core spice profile of that tradition — paprika, pepper, ginger, cumin, and a blend of supporting spices — ground and suspended in sunflower and olive oil with garlic and vinegar to create a smooth, ready-to-use paste that clings well to meat, fish, and vegetables.

The paste works as both a marinade and a cooking ingredient. Rubbed directly onto chicken, lamb, prawns, or fish and left to marinate, it produces deeply flavoured, well-seasoned results whether cooked in a conventional oven, on a barbecue, or under a grill. It also works stirred into yoghurt for a classic tandoori marinade with a creamier finish, mixed into rice dishes and pilafs, or used as a base for spiced sauces and dressings. The oil-based format means it integrates easily into wet and dry preparations without the need to bloom individual spices separately.