Indian Tandoori Cooking

Traditionally, tandoori dishes are cooked in a tandoor, an oval shaped clay oven with a small fire in the background. The heat increases gradually, but eventually reaches a much higher temperature than a barbecue.

A tandoor is normally used to bake naan bread, meats and skewers (meat or paneer). The bread is stuck on the sides, the skewers are placed vertically and the whole chickens rest on a grill over the fire.

For domestic cooking, a tandoor is not really practical,