How to Use a Tandoor for Cooking Tandoor Foods??

Tandoori flavored food items are something that we all love to eat. Be it vegetarian items such as paneer tikka or any non-vegetarian food item such as chicken tikka; tandoori flavored foods are perfect and delicacies for any festival or event. Tandoori food items are made on tandoors that are very much in the existence since the Muslim rule in South Asia, and till date are considered as one of the popular equipment for preparing delicious foods.

What exactly are tandoors?

A tandoor is a cylinder-like cooking device that is made up of masonry and clay. It has a heat source inside and also has an insulated and thick wall covering it. When any food is to be made, the food item is first placed inside it through a hole that is on the top of the tandoor. The hole also works as a chimney of the tandoor through which the smoke passes out.

The foods prepared in the tandoor are mainly Indian, Iranian and Pakistani delicacies. Various bread items such as naans, rotis, etc. are also made with the use of a tandoor to give it a smoky taste. Other than tikka and bread items, Tandoor lamb chops are also a very famous non-vegetarian dish that is prepared on tandoors. This delicious and mouthwatering non-vegetarian dish is made from rib lamb chops and a mixture of other spices and masalas. You can look for the complete recipe on the internet and can prepare it for any festival you wish to.

How to use a tandoor?

If you wish to prepare tandoori lamb chops in your tandoor then, first of all, you should know the correct way of using it. Preparing food items in a tandoor is a bit risky and you need to be very careful at the time of cooking.

For using a tandoor, the first thing you need to do is to heat it. The heating is usually done on charcoals or open flame, but these days, many people have started using gas flames inside the tandoor for the tandoor to get properly heated. Once the heating is done, the food is baked by sticking it to the walls of the tandoor.

On the other hand, for any tandoori or tikka food item, firstly, pieces of chicken, lamb, mutton or paneer are skewed on the skewer and then are put inside the tandoor. When foods are prepared, their juice falls on the ashes and creates a smoky smell and gives the food a smoky taste.

Therefore, with the correct use of the above-mentioned ways, you can anytime use your tandoor to prepare tandoori lambchops or any other tandoori item you wish to eat. However, just keep in mind to use the tandoor in the proper way as it can be very dangerous if you don’t have the right concept of using it. You should remember that the process of cooking food in a tandoor is completely different from that of western style roasting and baking and hence,   you need to have complete knowledge of using a tandoor.