Chicken Tikka Masala Multiculturalism: The United Kingdom’s Continuation of Past Colonial Practices

Chicken tikka masala is a dish in the United Kingdom that is consumed by millions each year. In 2000, former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook declared that it was the national dish of the United Kingdom which has led to a two billion dollar industry and chicken tikka multiculturalism. This type of multiculturalism is discussed by scholars such as Amir Ali. Chicken tikka masala has been declared as the national dish of the United Kingdom since 2001 when the former British This South Asian dish has a rich history and a heavy influence in the UK, which has led to “chicken tikka multiculturalism” which was made to accept the growing South Asian populations and address the anti-Asian sentiment. Chicken tikka multiculturalism is used by scholars who address a diverse and unique movement in the United Kingdom to explain the adoption of a foreign dish and a multicultural society. This ethnic dish has been claimed by the United Kingdom as their own, but as many South Asians argue, the true roots go back to India. While the United Kingdom has benefited financially from the adoption of this dish, South Asian Britons remain to be the most deprived in the country and experience hate crimes to this day. The United Kingdom has declared itself as a beacon of multiculturalism, but solely takes one aspect of South Asian culture while rejecting the people themselves