The tandoor is circular furnace for preparation of flat cakes, lavash, samosa, shish kebabs and other dishes. It is much simpler to build the tandoor in general, than any other street furnace. The device is made of any material at choice: wooden barrel, brick, clay. Ancient nomads on the parking during the travel in general did tandoors of the earth, digging out deep hole and dimming it stones for cooking. How to make the tandoor with own hands?
In the east the tandoor is built in directly in the house, in the center of the main room, and it serves not only furnaces for cooking of food, but also warms all room. Traditional form of the tandoor round or cylindrical with dome-shaped top with opening. To bake it is possible to arrange and above the ground, and in the earth. Especially well the brick is suitable for the second type of construction.
Brick tandoor
For a start it is necessary to choose the most suitable place for arrangement of the tandoor on the street as the brick furnace is under construction non-portable. The tandoor it is necessary to have not closer than in 3-4 meters from any plants, trees and constructions. Have it on the stony (rocky) or sandy soil. Water under soil should not be, it can pass as it is possible more deeply, the earth should not be affected by moisture neither from below, nor from above.
Stone blocks, ceramic brick from clay and refractory brick are suitable for construction.
Materials and tools:
- cement
- sand
- water
- refractory brick
- clay, softener (oven mix)
- shovel
- trowel
Step-by-step instruction
- To lay out the tandoor basis in hole in the earth. On technology construction is similar to construction of the base in which the aperture for laying of firewood and fuel is left. In the earth under the basis it is necessary to dig out hole in the form of cylinder with a diameter of 100-130 cm and 1 meter in depth.
- On hole bottom layer in 20 cm to fill dry sand. Fire-resistant brick to lay out dense well without slots. Also to fill up site around the tandoor with sand.
- On bottom of well to place grid under coals. As solution for laying it is possible to use ready oven mix. It consists of softener, red clay and quartz sand.
- To dissolve solution for laying from ready store oven mix or having independently connected softener, red clay and quartz sand in equal proportions.
- It is possible to lay brick both vertically, and it is more densely horizontal. In the second case the tandoor will have thicker walls and at the expense of it will longer hold heat, and the first case is much more economic on use of consumables. The brick if necessary can be cut the Bulgarian with diamond wheel for ceramics.
- After the basis with opening for fuel the tandoor body which is rounded above is built. To spread walls rounded shape on construction compasses. You should not feel sorry for solution at laying. It has to link densely bricks with each other. Also it is regularly necessary to verify horizontal position with construction level.
- Up the furnace gradually becomes made narrower, taking the correct rounded-off shape. It is necessary in order that heat remained in the tandoor. To reach this effect, it is necessary to cut off base layer of brick. And when laying the form of the furnace will begin to remind the arch. The clay dome with opening at the top of the tandoor can be constructed on template as which the big roundish cauldron perfectly will approach. To invert cauldron upside down and to lay out paper layer, to cover with refractory clay 5 mm thick. In the center to make opening of round shape. When clay dries, to put the second same layer. And so several times. In ready dome to mold neck in opening. When the design dries, it can be removed from template. The dome needs to be dried well. Then it is established on brick basis, and joints and slots are carefully covered with the same clay.
- After end of laying to clean internal walls of the furnace from residues of solution. From outer side to fill seams with dry clay. To mix part of clay with the crushed fresh grass and to cover inside face of the tandoor.
- That bake externally to improve, outside all design can be covered with red clay. East tandoors are decorated with tile-mozaykoy, ceramics, drawings. It is not required to warm the tandoor.
- It is necessary to dry laying 2-4 weeks under canopy. If the tandoor is used including for pastries, then after drying of laying from within the kidney should be covered with masonry mortar again, but higher plasticine viscosity. It is called lining. Before the procedure to sprinkle the tandoor from spray from within.
- After full drying of the furnace, in 2 weeks, for the first time it should be heated paper or shaving. For preliminary roasting there will be enough raw materials handful, to kindle it, then to throw a little more. As soon as walls become warmish, to cover the tandoor and to allow to cool down completely. In a day the procedure of roasting can be repeated. Gradually to increase shaving volume within 2 weeks until the water droplets which have got on external wall begin to hiss and evaporate.
It is one of the easiest ways to make the tandoor with own hands.
As how to prepare in the brick tandoor
Besides that in the tandoor traditionally bake flour products, having placed grid in mouth, the furnace can be turned into barbecue grill. It is possible to place teapot with tea in the tandoor or pan with stew meat.
When frying over coals under it on the lower grid it is necessary to install wide saucer in which fat will flow down in the meat tandoor.
When cooking shish kebab on skewers they should be suspended in vertical position for the top grid (hung up). It is not necessary to turn them.
Flat cakes and lavash in the tandoor can be baked as on internal wall, and outside. Inside usually bake bread, and outside – rich buns.