Make a Tandoor in a few minutes [Published]
If this is better off in DIY, feel free to move it, however, it is a food topic I think.
I have always wanted a tandoor (an indian oven they make naan breads and kebabs and tandoor style food in) and had planned to make one when I make my 'outdoor kitchen' - a plan for a fixed BBQ, wood fired pizza oven and tandoor - but this will have to wait until I get my patio down.
Whilst out today, I came across two 14" terracota pots that were pretty cheap - £15 for both, and I thought I would have a little exeperiment.
This is one of the pots - you can just make out where I have marked a square up for cutting. The cuts were done at 45 degrees or as near as with a 5" angle grinder and a stone cutting disk. The 45 degree angle is so the cut out can be put back in place without danger of it falling through.
I also had some 1/4" rebar lying around - I sharpened the ends of it with the grinder and a metal disk. These will be the squewers - an added benefit of rebar is it is ribbed so it should hold the food better.
Here you can see the cuts made to both pots. The bottom pot has had the lip cut off so the upper pot will sit on it and a small hole cut in it to let air in and poke the fire if need be - the upper pot has the square cut out.
Rather than burn my hands moving the squewers around, they were near enough the right size so they would fit into a bit of bamboo cane - this did split but I whipped the handle with the string I use for tying up my tomatoes.
And this is the tandoor heating up - I lit some charcoal in the bottom of it and almost as soon as I put the upper pot on, it started to roar - the chimney action of the pot helping draw air through the hole I cut in the bottom.
Food pics to follow while I wait for this bad boy to get hot.
I have always wanted a tandoor (an indian oven they make naan breads and kebabs and tandoor style food in) and had planned to make one when I make my 'outdoor kitchen' - a plan for a fixed BBQ, wood fired pizza oven and tandoor - but this will have to wait until I get my patio down.
Whilst out today, I came across two 14" terracota pots that were pretty cheap - £15 for both, and I thought I would have a little exeperiment.
This is one of the pots - you can just make out where I have marked a square up for cutting. The cuts were done at 45 degrees or as near as with a 5" angle grinder and a stone cutting disk. The 45 degree angle is so the cut out can be put back in place without danger of it falling through.
I also had some 1/4" rebar lying around - I sharpened the ends of it with the grinder and a metal disk. These will be the squewers - an added benefit of rebar is it is ribbed so it should hold the food better.
Here you can see the cuts made to both pots. The bottom pot has had the lip cut off so the upper pot will sit on it and a small hole cut in it to let air in and poke the fire if need be - the upper pot has the square cut out.
Rather than burn my hands moving the squewers around, they were near enough the right size so they would fit into a bit of bamboo cane - this did split but I whipped the handle with the string I use for tying up my tomatoes.
And this is the tandoor heating up - I lit some charcoal in the bottom of it and almost as soon as I put the upper pot on, it started to roar - the chimney action of the pot helping draw air through the hole I cut in the bottom.
Food pics to follow while I wait for this bad boy to get hot.
Comments
Maybe I heated mine up too quick (like in 45 minutes and not 7 hours or something, but you know, the thing has allready baked in an oven - it did steam a little when it was warming up so maybe it has not been heated as high as I expected it would have been) but mine has cracked from the doorway I cut and very slightly where I cut the square out, but I will still be able to cook in it no probs. I daresay it will work again as long as I do not move it around.
Fuck it, I have been down to look at it twice whilst writting this, its been near 2 hours, time to cook.
If so, thumbs up on your good taste.
Never seen or heard of it, allways wanted one as I seem to remember some one saying they could cook a whole chicken in 15 minutes. I could make it a shit load more effecient.
The first picture shows it cooking away. It was making no smoke at all until I put the meat in. It was stream coming out due to the meat cooking. Next time I will put a potatoe or an onion on the bottom as the bottom bit got really singed.
I cooked two lamb chops and two chicken breast that had been cut into three larg chunks each. The took about 20 minutes - it was pissing down with rain but I got them into some foil.
The last picture shows the crack on the lower pot.
If I had used smaller tools and cleaned up work areas by grinding and shaping I do not think it would have cracked.
I have got some bits and pieces around that I can make a mould for slabs of riaku clay to form full tandoors that can be burried. It di seem that their is a definitive skill to getting the coals in the right place to take advantage of the draught in the door, much like getting different areas of a BBQ hot.
It is worth doing, food cooked perfect.
C/O
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