That certainly is an element but whether that story is an urban legend or not is matter of much debate:
“Along with Iqbal Wahhab, now of Roast Restaurant, I started the urban myth of CTM being tikka with added Campbell’s tomato soup and spices for a joke,” admits Grove. “Yet somehow it has become accepted as the official explanation the world over.”
All I can say is that my desi wife insists that it isn’t an authentic desi dish.“Chicken tikka is a desi thing, but chicken tikka masala is a Western thing”
That certainly is an element but whether that story is an urban legend or not is matter of much debate:
“Along with Iqbal Wahhab, now of Roast Restaurant, I started the urban myth of CTM being tikka with added Campbell’s tomato soup and spices for a joke,” admits Grove. “Yet somehow it has become accepted as the official explanation the world over.”
https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2014/who-owns-chicken-tikka-masala/
All I can say is that my desi wife insists that it isn’t an authentic desi dish.“Chicken tikka is a desi thing, but chicken tikka masala is a Western thing”