Glasgow chef Ahmed Aslam Ali is said to have first come up with the dish in the 1970s.
In an interview with the AFP news agency, he would later describe the moment he came up with one of Britain's favourite dishes.
"We thought we'd better cook the chicken with some sauce. So from here we cooked chicken tikka with the sauce that contains yogurt, cream, spices. Former Glasgow MP Mohammad Sarwar once tabled a motion in the House of Commons calling for it to be recognised as a Glaswegian delicacy.
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