Topic: My new tandoor/napoori

[moonster]

how much are they?

alan ;D

[fishy]

Hi Coogan, good to here your getting good results too and yes the mushrooms did over cook slightly but not burnt and still tasty, i didnt time cooking but id'e say it took about 5 mins for the chicken and that was slightly over cooked but still juciey, i did put a spud on the bottom to stop the bottom pieces burning as the meat was close to the charcoal.

I too will be using mine indoors under the open kitchen skylight, i have a carbon monoxide meter at work so i will test just to be safe and report back.

Coogan you must have the older version they have added a detachable grill so you can split the tandoor and use as a barbi (not that i will be doin that anyhow) but maybe you could get the grill from them, it sits on the ridge where the tandoor splits.

I will let you know how i get on with hickory wood and naans.

ATB

Fishy

[coogan]

Yes! Fishy I have also found that you need something at the end of the skewer to help shield the bottom piece of meat from the direct heat produced from the charcoal - I find a third of a onion segment is ideal for me.

I have been promised a new model oven from Nipoori Man. So when I hopefully receive it I will also be able to try out the new grill. I will then attempt to convert my old charcoal nipoori to a gas fired one - not because I think this will be an improvement but more just for the hell of it. I actually believe that the charcoal burning at high temperature plays an important role in creating the final right taste. Anyway we will see.

Enjoy your experimenting. You have just got to try sausages skewered lengthways they cook in two mins and actually whistle as you get then of the skewer - Amazing!

Bon fun

[fishy]

Lol sausages, dont get me started i'll be puttin tins of baked beans in there next ;D.

Got my hickory wood coming tomorrow i will let you know how i get on.

Fishy

[Peripatetic Phil]

Got my hickory wood coming tomorrow i will let you know how i get on.

You remind me of the second verse of "Copper Kettle" :

# Build you a fire with hickory --
    Hickory, or ash, or oak :
    Don't use no green nor rotten wood,
    or they'll get you by the smoke.

    As you lay there by the juniper,
    While the moon is bright
    Watch them jugs a-fillin'
    In the pale moonlight #

** Phil.

[fishy]

Phil ;D JOAN BAEZ "Copper Kettle"

[Peripatetic Phil]

Ah, God, she was gorgeous in those days.  I still look at the cover of my "Joan Baez Songbook" and sigh ...  And she had the voice of an angel, and a vocal range that spanned over three and a half octaves.  What more could any man want ?  I think this is the song that best demonstrates her vocal ability : it sent shivers down my spine when I first heard her sing it, and it still has exactly the same effect today --

JOAN BAEZ ~ El Preso Numero Nueve ~

[fishy]

I think though the lyrics could maybe change to: 'As you lay there by the tandoor', would that work prob not

[Peripatetic Phil]

I think though the lyrics could maybe change to: 'As you lay there by the tandoor', would that work prob not

A new version, more faithful to the original :
   
Get you your own Nipoori
Get you a fresh young fowl
Cover with curd and spices
And never more you'll toil
   You'll just lay there by your tandoor
   While the coals burn bright
   Watch that fowl a-grillin'
   In the charcoal's light.

My Daddy he made curries
My Granddaddy did too
We ain't bought no takeways
Since 1962
   We just lay there by our tandoor
   As the coals burned bright
   Watched them birds a-grillin'
   In the charcoal's light.

Make you a fire with hickory :
Hickory and ash and oak --
Don't use no green nor rotten wood
For you need the finest smoke
   As you lay there by your tandoor
   While the coals burn bright
   Watch your meal a-grillin'
   In the charcoal's light.

Wash it down with Cobra,
Or Carlsberg Elephant Brew
Serve with Naan and Raita,
Salad and Sag Aloo.
   For you cooked it in your tandoor
   As the coals burned bright
   Cooked it to perfection --
   Consummate delight !
   
** Phil.

[fishy]

Ha Ha,very good Phil