Topic: Homemade Tandoori oven construction photos and blog

[Unclebuck]

heres some pics for the 2nd test fire with a few handfulls of bbq coals and some wood i put a bit too much wood in to be honest but the flame died down quickly and left with some glowing coals you really cant look down the liner even when all has died down its really very hot! that pic was at arms lenth.. its like a jet engine!


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[joshallen2k]

Whoa.

UB - please cook some naan and tikka in it...

Dying to see how that goes...

[JerryM]

UB,

impressive result for sure.

i used the cooked tikka last night. the actual taste was no different - this for me is  purely down to the marinade used and time.

the texture however was pretty close to BIR and certainly better than BBQ. i put this down to the chicken being cooked in the large piece and being "undercooked" after being cooked using the skewer approach (rawness in the ctr). this left some cooking space left for the reheat in the final dish. this may hold true on a BBQ.

i'd add given UB's photo's that the chiminea is well short of the UB's real deal (this view based on the insulation in UB's compared to none in a chiminea and the much wider top opening needed for naan).

[haldi]

impressive result for sure.
i used the cooked tikka last night. the actual taste was no different - this for me is  purely down to the marinade used and time.

I find that the big difference, is when it's only just been cooked
It's slightly blackened on the outside but very moist underneath.
After it's cooled, it's probably the same as oven cooked
The picture shows half chicken tikka breasts

[JerryM]

Haldi,

i haven't been clear enough. when i said "actual taste was no different" what i was meaning was the marinade comes through just the same.

what i did notice which was a big difference for me was the texture - what u've described "blackened on the outside but very moist underneath" is more along the lines of what i was getting at.

i ended up not cooking it through (by luck) which left it tasting much better in the finished curry. i put it down to using the 1/2 breast's compared with chunks on a small skewer on my gas BBQ plus the heat effect that u describe ie moist underneath.

i would for sure use chiminea going fwd in preference to the gas BBQ.

[Onion B]

UB, that's one fantastic looking oven, you should go in to Tandoor oven business.

I'll have one.

  OB

[Secret Santa]

UB any news on the cooking front yet? Has the design lived up to its promise?

[Unclebuck]

UB, that's one fantastic looking oven, you should go in to Tandoor oven business.

I'll have one.

  OB

Thanks OB 

[Unclebuck]

UB any news on the cooking front yet? Has the design lived up to its promise?

The news is that this cheap construction build is better then i ever thought was possible Ive done naan and tikka both with amazement on how well they come out, cant tell you how many things Ive tryd to get a hob cooked naan like the take away, acceptable but now i see there where way off, this garden tandoor makes naan and tikka cooking very simple once hot! and it gets very hot Ive stoke it till about 370 degrees [have taken it to 450] and feel no need to go any hotter as foods just burns at that!! and is uncomfortable to use that heat.

using a very simple naan recipe, the best naans Ive made [see pics], naan dough is placed on a couple of t.towels wrapped into a pillow and pressed into the liner very quickly with a glove worn as not to lose to many hairs!! the naans are irresistible just alone with a glass of red and cook in about 60 seconds, its all down the heat in the liner and the tandoor oven.

Tikka fantastic also with the odd drip of marinade hitting the coals a filling the air with smells that make your mouth water, pulling the meat off the skewers with hissing and steam as the skewer its self is red hot these cook within 3 to 4 Min's and can hang about 8 rods of meat at a time!! will get some tikka pics up soon.

P.S No Cracks or Explosions 


ready to go with t.towel


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a few seconds


Stack em high!

[Secret Santa]

Quatermass experiment..or what?!

Bloody brilliant results judging by the pics UB. I am well impressed.OK now all we need to see is some tandoori chicken.

BTW how difficult was it to get the naans to stick? Did you wet one side?