Chicken Tikka Pita with Cucumber Raita - $19.56 a serving

Every non-staple ingredient matched to a real product on the shelf, priced on 2026-07-19 at Kroger - Kroger On the Rhine (ZIP 45202). 2 pantry staples excluded. 5 matches are flagged for you to check rather than silently swapped. Prices change without notice - this is what we paid attention to on that date, not a quote.

cumin powder drives this basket at $12.49, 16% of the total. The next biggest lines are olive oil ($8.49) and garam masala ($5.49). $48.70 of the basket - 62% - is package remainder: food you buy because stores sell packages and recipes call for amounts. It does not vanish, it sits in your kitchen for the next meal.

• 24 Mantra Organic Cumin Powder · about 279 g left, $12.31 of value
• Simple Truth Organic® Extra Virgin Olive Oil · about 485 ml left, $8.24 of value
• Patak's® Tikka Masala Medium Spiced Curry Indian Simmer Sauce · about 417 g left, $5.19 of value
• Spice Islands Garam Masala Seasoning · about 80 g left, $5.17 of value
• Spice World™ Garlic & Ginger Fusion Seasoning Blend · about 219 g left, $3.85 of value
• Simple Truth Organic® Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt Tub · about 667 ml left, $3.67 of value

“My dad is from India and I like Indian food, especially chicken tikka masala,” says Shakthi. “I asked my dad how I can make chicken tikka masala and make it like a sandwich. I love chicken and I also like to eat a lot of vegetables. This recipe combines all these things and is very tasty and delicious. In the summer most of the vegetables we eat are from our garden. The cucumber raita dressing makes it delicious.”

• 1 pound chicken breast, boneless, skinless, cubed
• 1 cup low-­fat yogurt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger-­garlic paste (can use ¾ teaspoon ground ginger and ¾ teaspoon minced garlic)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 2 teaspoons garam masala (or coriander seed)
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3 teaspoons tikka masala
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 hot house/English cucumbers, quartered
• 3 sprigs mint
• 20 ounces plain Greek yogurt
• 10 ounces low-­fat sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon roasted ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 pita breads
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and shredded
• 2 green bell peppers, seeded and cut lengthwise
• 1 cucumber slice
• 1 bunch romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1 bunch fresh spinach, chopped

This recipe is credited to a partner program (The 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Cookbook), so we don't reprint its directions - read them on the archived original.

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