Clay oven

Your Clay Oven and Making the Most of It

What is a Tandoor Clay Oven?

Although most of us know what a Tandoori is, few of us may know what a Tandoor Clay Oven is! A Tandoor is a clay oven designed almost like a large bowl, in which a fire is built designed to provide a very hot and dry heat so that the food placed inside is cooked crisp on the outside and yet remains moist on the inside. The Tandoor clay oven is the only way to make real Tandoori food as the heat in a Tandoor oven reaches extreme temperatures of up to 480 degrees. It is this extreme heat which gives Tandoori food Its special flavour that is beloved all over the world Tandoor clay ovens are available for you to buy and use in your own home, they offer a real taste of India which you can create in your own home.

How to use your Clay Oven

Charcoal briquettes are used in clay ovens and these are placed inside the bowl and helped along with firelighters. After around half an hour your clay oven will be ready to cook on as the heat will be at a desirable level.  Marinated meat and vegetables can now be skewered and rested in the fire with the skewers leaning on the side; they are literally laid upright in the bowl. The heat levels of the oven can be controlled with an integral ventilation door allowing you to select your heat as and when you need to.

More facts about clay ovens

Clay ovens are extremely durable and the clay is strong enough to withstand high heats. Although the exterior will get got it will not get as hot as a charcoal barbeque can do. The heat in a clay oven is contained in such a way that the cooking process results in more vitamins and minerals being retained within the food than when similar food is cooked on a barbeque. Clay ovens are a fabulous way of cooking for friends and family, healthy and tasty the food from these ovens is enjoyable and won’t taste like anything you have ever had before.

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