Topic: UB's Naan Bread v2

[Unclebuck]

Your welcome Domi 

[haldi]

hey, are you the person who has a tandoor?

Yes I am, but I have a tava that I rarely use
When I want to make naans, I have to heat the tandoor for at least half an hour.
That's quite a bit of gas at full blast
The tandoor clay walls need to be really hot, or the dough won't stick and the naans don't rise
If I'm not doing chicken tikka, it's not worth it
Anyhow, I tried your recipe
I got a very light & tasty result
Thank you
I had a minor snag with the recipe
The dough was (as warned) very sticky
I couldn't work with that texture so I added more flour
Sorry I had to change it, but mine was almost like a glue
Maybe I did something wrong
But I still got a very good result
I will use yeast again
Thanks again

[Unclebuck]

cool  ;D great pic! i rub my hands in oil to separate the dough then use a little flour to get the desired shape too. did you make em in your tandoor?

[haldi]

cool  ;D great pic! did you make em in your tandoor?

No, this was on the tava
There is something about the tava's cooking simplicity that I love
I must use it more
The only other thing I cook on it is chapattis
How about you?

[Unclebuck]

cool  ;D great pic! did you make em in your tandoor?

No, this was on the tava
There is something about the tava's cooking simplicity that I love
I must use it more
The only other thing I cook on it is chapattis
How about you?

only naans really, i really want to get a tandoor - im gonna try and make one this summer all-though i think this recipe would probably explode in a tandoor because of all rising agents 

[haldi]

i really want to get a tandoor - im gonna try and make one this summer all-though i think this recipe would probably explode in a tandoor because of all rising agents 

I've had my tandoor nearly three years now
It runs off bottled propane
When I first had it, it sat outside covered (when cooled) by wood and plastic sheeting.
But as the year drew on and autumn arrived, I grew more concerned by a possible snail or slug occupation.
It doesn't bear to think about, does it?
There were also a few pipes and jubilee clips that started to rust.
I moved house and now keep it in the porch
So everything worked out.
If you are building one, I would assume that it will be outside
Consider the slug problem before you build it
Positioning will be critical
I don't know how you will construct yours, but I bet it will be heavy and hard to move.
The tandoor heat retention is phenomanal
OK, it takes an hour to get going, but it can take seven hours to cool down
I can turn off the central heating in winter after using the tandoor!
I simply open my porch door and the heat rushes in.
It can also generate quite a bit of smoke
"Beware the falling Naan"
They set on fire and are hard to get out
If your tikka marinade is a bit oily or excessive, it drips a lot and burns
Mind you, that does smell very, very nice.
The fumes set off my smoke alarm!!
When I have been tandooring and my wife has come home, she tells me it can be smelt half a road away.
Unfortunately she doesn't enjoy BIR as much as me
A tandoor could be more damaging than an affair!
I hope you do get something together
I only know of one other person with a tandoor, and he dissapeared from this forum ages ago
Tandoors are far more than another oven, they are entertainment and conversation pieces.
It's a real mindblower when you first slap a naan on it's wall.
If you do make a tandoor, you will still need certain tools
Long skewers for tandoori and tikka, and scrapey/hookey thing to get naans out

[Domi]

If your tikka marinade is a bit oily or excessive, it drips a lot and burns
Mind you, that does smell very, very nice.

<Drooooooollllssssss> I can smell it right now Haldi

Now you've really made me want a tandoor, if only for the joy of the "affair"

BTW aren't smoked snails supposed to be an aphrodisiac?

George has posted about building a tandoor, I must admit to feeling a pang of jealousy, my husband's a builder by trade but I just can't convince him that we need a tandoor as he's happy with the nans and tikkas I make now although I'm working on it ;D

[Unclebuck]

interesting post haldi, yeah its going to be outside its just going to be wood/charcoal fired - its not essential as you say just a party piece really  ;D.

[Jethro]

interesting post haldi, yeah its going to be outside its just going to be wood/charcoal fired - its not essential as you say just a party piece really  ;D.

I'm going to get one for this summer (charcoal one), already got a good BBQ built with the intention of keeping a pre made curry hot on it, while doing tikka and naan in the tandoor.
This is presuming we are going to get a summer this year:)

[haldi]

I'm going to get one for this summer (charcoal one), already got a good BBQ built with the intention of keeping a pre made curry hot on it, while doing tikka and naan in the tandoor.
This is presuming we are going to get a summer this year:)

Hi Jethro
         I've heard that the charcoal ones are meant to be better than gas.
They give an extra smoked flavour
I hope it comes together