Middle Eastern Cooking Devices....NEED HELP...PLEASE READ?

Question

Alright........My dad is talking about a thing that he remembers when he was little, does anyone know the name of it?? Its like a big clay pot huge and fire is underneath it, they keep it outside, and u place things on the side of the barrel on the inside and they cook....anyone have any idea what its called?

It would help alot =]

Answer 1

It is a Tandoor, and the dish Tandoori Chicken is named thusly because it is cooked in a Tandoor.

I have seen it used to bake flatbread, with the raw dough slapped on the inside wall of the Tandoor, where it sticks and gets baked.

Other stuff cooked in it are Shish Kebab or other skewered meats and vegetables, using long sword-like metal rods that are plunged vertically into the Tandoor, and made to stand on end against the side of the oven.

Answer 2

A tandoor. I saw it used on Food TV. looked very interesting, there was a recipe involved also

Answer 3

That sounds like a tandoor, which is actually a clay oven probably of Indian or Balkan origin, rather than "Middle-Eastern"...though the tandoor has spread all over the world now.

Answer 4

middle eastern cooking is good

i want some!

Answer 5

It is a TANDOOR oven from India.  It is made of clay and can with stand very high temps.  The food is usually marinated in a yogurt based marinade so it remains moist and juicy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandoor

http://www.buytandoor.com/index.html