Let’s talk about Tikka Masala. Or rather, let’s talk about what passes for Tikka Masala when you’re living the glamorous life of dietary restrictions. You know the drill—no dairy, no gluten, no fun. Most sauces that claim to be “allergy-friendly” taste like regret and beige sadness. But Get Saucy™ decided we’d all suffered long enough.
So naturally, I was skeptical. Because when someone says “globally inspired” and “compliant with the Autoimmune Protocol,” I assume I’m about to eat something that tastes like vaguely spiced cardboard and disappointment. But Get Saucy™’s Tikka Masala sauce might be the first product created for people with food allergies that doesn’t scream “I give up” from the moment you open the jar.
Here’s the setup: You open it. It smells like an actual kitchen and not the inside of a multivitamin bottle. A miracle. It’s got a real ingredient list—like actual tamarind and ginger, not “natural flavors” (which is usually code for “mystery dust and sadness”). And somehow, by the grace of Executive Chef Suhan Lee (who I assume is part magician, part culinary therapist), they’ve created something that tastes like Tikka Masala. You know, the rich, layered, complex kind. Not the “low-FODMAP, flavorless purgatory” kind we’ve all learned to settle for.
To be clear, this stuff is:
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Free of the top nine allergens. (Translation: It won’t try to murder your dinner guests.)
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Nightshade-free. (Yes, that’s a thing. Tomatoes are scandalous now.)
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It’s organic, non-GMO, and contains more veggies than I’ve had in the last two weeks combined.
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Compliant with Paleo, AIP, Whole30, and all those diets I keep trying to follow until cheese calls me back.
I sautéed some chicken, dumped half the jar in, and let it simmer while I pretended I wasn’t going to eat the whole pan directly over the stove. Spoiler: I did. And for once, I wasn’t bloated, itchy, or filled with self-loathing (well, no more than usual).
Now, is it exactly like the takeout Tikka Masala I used to devour in my pre-restricted-diet life? No. But it’s about 90% of the flavor and 0% of the gastric regret. And honestly, I’ll take that trade any day.
In short, Get Saucy™’s Tikka Masala sauce is for people who want flavor and a functioning immune system. It’s for anyone tired of choking down “safe” food that tastes like someone blended cumin and despair. It’s for everyone who’s read too many ingredient labels and cried softly into a rice cake.
So yeah, I got saucy. And I liked it.