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The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited  1

 

Contents

 

1.Unpacking your PURI tandoori clay oven ............................................................................................ 2 

2.The First Burn ....................................................................................................................................... 3 

3.Using the tandoor after a long time especially after the winters ........................................................ 3 

4.Type of fuel to use in your Tandoor ..................................................................................................... 4 

5.Tandoor oven temperature ................................................................................................................. 6 

6.Using the skewers with your Tandoor ................................................................................................. 8 

7.Using the grill with your Tandoor ...................................................................................................... 11 

8.Tandoor Cleaning ............................................................................................................................... 13 

9.Tandoor safety ................................................................................................................................... 14 

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Care & Maintenance of your Tandoor............................................................................................. 15 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Tandoor series

Page 1: ...2015 Company registered as The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited in UK Canada Instruction manual for PURI domestic tandoori clay ovens ...

Page 2: ...ven 2 2 The First Burn 3 3 Using the tandoor after a long time especially after the winters 3 4 Type of fuel to use in your Tandoor 4 5 Tandoor oven temperature 6 6 Using the skewers with your Tandoor 8 7 Using the grill with your Tandoor 11 8 Tandoor Cleaning 13 9 Tandoor safety 14 10 Care Maintenance of your Tandoor 15 ...

Page 3: ...ndoor can then be moved on its castor wheels The handles on the side of the Tandoor are to assist with moving it on the castors and are not designed to take the weight of the Tandoor if it is being lifted If the oven must be lifted always do so with the assistance of two people providing support from the underside of the oven Check your Tandoor and accessories to ensure they have arrived safely an...

Page 4: ...x approx 500gms of table salt into 1 litre of luke warm water and wet a sponge or cloth with the salt solution Squeeze the excess salt solution from the sponge cloth and gently wipe the damp sponge cloth over the wall of the Tandoor Rinse the sponge cloth in the salt solution and repeat until the wall has been fully wiped over Do not wet the clay liner too much Allow the Tandoor to dry After the T...

Page 5: ...ions Ideally the clay walls turn red after 3 4 sessions if the clay walls are still black that means you have not fired the tandoor enough put some more charcoal than what you have used so far in previous sessions and give the tandoor a good fire you may use briquettes after 3 4 times of use and they will make the clay walls go red After first burn you can start off by placing about 1 5 to 2 kg fo...

Page 6: ...ng experience with longer heat duration DO NOT use any form of accelerant such as petrol to start the fire as this may cause an explosion Never extinguish the fire with water as this will cause the clay liner to catastrophically crack After use the tandoor should be allowed to cool naturally You may place the lid on the Tandoor and shut the side vent door to assist with extinguishing the fire Do n...

Page 7: ... case the chicken can be in small enough pieces to cook through and develop a crispy charred outer skin without burning at the higher temperatures In contrast a whole chicken or leg of lamb for example should not be cooked at such high temperatures These larger cuts of meat should be cooked more slowly about 30 45 minutes depending on size at lower temperatures of about 200 240oC The optimum tempe...

Page 8: ...mbers see pictures below For extended period of cooking you can introduce about 1 kg of additional fuel per hour which you can add in portions after the initial batch of fuel starts to lose heat typically about 1 5 2 hours after lighting the oven If fuel is added while cooking food try to add it gradually to avoid flames developing which may burn your food 5 mins of lighting the charcoal Flames st...

Page 9: ... the top of the Tandoor and bottom about 15 20 cm so that the food is not too close to the coals As a guide only you can easily fit 5 6 chicken drum sticks on an SS2 model skewer 72 cm long and 3 4 chicken drum sticks on an SS1 model skewer 65 cm long Provided you can get the food to stay on the skewers there is no limitation on the type of food you can cook meat fish vegetables etc A useful tip t...

Page 10: ...oor Clay Oven Limited 9 2 skewers being used to secure pork ribs ready for cooking Skewered pieces of chicken on the bone with potato pieces for heat shields ready for cooking Tandoori chicken cooking in Tandoor with potato pieces acting as heat shields ...

Page 11: ... uk www PuriTandoors ca The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited 10 Skewered pieces of char grilled chicken on the bone cooked in the Tandoor Lamb Mutton Seekh kebabs cooking in the Tandoor with potato pieces acting as heat shields ...

Page 12: ...n rods provided Simply use the U end of each naan rod to grab the lugs on the grill to assist with lowering it into the oven or raising it out of the oven see picture below You may wish to place the meat on the grill before lowering it into the Tandoor However the base of the Tandoor will contain hot coals and the grill legs will need to push through them to rest on the fire cement base so be care...

Page 13: ...o uk www PuriTandoors ca The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited 12 BBQ grill positioned in the tandoor A rib eye fillet whole chicken cooking on grill in Tandoor A turkey breast roll racks of pork cooking on grill in PURI Tandoor ...

Page 14: ...hot The stainless steel components of the Tandoor can be cleaned with warm soapy water or conventional stainless steel and oven cleaners as directed Be careful not to use abrasive cleaners as they will damage the polished finish As some cleaners can be corrosive be sure to remove any residues of the cleaner with a damp cloth to prevent damage rusting of the steel With time the Tandoor will gather ...

Page 15: ...he skewers are sharp so position them away from children and pets Be mindful that burning coals can spill out of the side ventilation door if it is left open Although coals are unlikely fall out through the side vent door we nevertheless do not recommend leaving the vent door open more than about 1 cm when using the Tandoor Always let the Tandoor cool off naturally in a dry place When cool sweep o...

Page 16: ... There is no need to fill any cracks that develop in the fire cement base everytime you can repair these cracks once a year using fire cement a spatula or just lay another layer of fire cement on top of the existing fir cement base The complete name of the fire cement is refractory air set fire cement Repairing Cracks in clay Liner Should a large crack e g more than about 3 4mm wide develop in the...

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