www.PuriTandoors.co.uk
/
www.PuriTandoors.ca
The Tandoor Clay Oven Limited 7
generally be used to cook an average meal. The tandoor will typically be ready for cooking food
about 30-40 minutes after the fire has been lit. As a general rule, the Tandoor will be ready to use
when the fuel has turned into embers (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 still present after 15-20 minutes
After 30-40 minutes no flames only ambers.
Tandoor is now ready to cook
