Its a long time ago now when I was at college & the the beer has damaged what few brain cells I had... but I think the clay pot used in a traditional tandoor retains the heat whereas the metal in your prototype conducts heat, so the initial temperature would be the same and as the primary heat source (coals)subsides the metal would lose the heat to your lagging but the pottery would maintain a steady temperature.  For example you have been using a granite tile for naan trials? take it out of your oven along with a metal grill & see how long the granite maintains the heat compared to the metal grill.

I have been wrong before tho ;D

A month or so ago Morrisons were doing pizza stones at a fiver, i bought 1 and it is excellent for pizza, not tried a naan yet though.

Will

Hi Ray,

I am in Doncaster, as for sweetness in the local resteraunts Madras I can't say I notice it at all,  just a savoury moorishness that I so far have not achieved, but I keep trying ;D.

I once got in my local Indian resteraunt kitchen at about 11 am to fit a few shelves and the were simmering the "curry gravy" as they called it at this time and they didnt open until 6pm.  I left about 3pm and they were still simmering it.  This was about 6 years ago now but the length of cooking the base may give more sweetness?, they cooked me a lovely lunch too, a pity I wasnt watching lol.  I would watch like a hawk now but alas the owners of the building sold it so I never had the oppertunity again.  This thread has got me wondering if after blitzing my next base I could leave it overnight in a slow cooker to see if this adds anything.

sounds just like the curry recipe group tests threads

I do try to empty as many as I can on my days off, purely to keep myself in a job

happy new year

I am a maintenance engineer in a glass bottle making factory, unfortunately the furnaces cannot be shut down

Will

I have the great pleasure of going to work :

Happy new year all  ;D

Will

made this again yesterday to use the left over turkey, very nice it was too ;D

thanks CA

Will

Merry Christmas all