A Brief History Of Tandoori Cooking
Here is a brief history of Tandoori known worldwide for its exquisite cooking style
Tandoori cooking is a technique popular throughout the Indian subcontinent tracing 5000 years back
The long history of cultural exchange in India brought in culinary skills influenced by Tandoori cooking like kebabs, tikkas and naans
Traces of Tandoor can also be found largely from the Mughal period. It is especially found in many parts of Northern India
Tandoori cooking is believed to have originated in Persia. Its variants are also found across Central Asia
Tandoori is a cooking technique in which food is cooked in a cylindrical clay oven known as 'Tandoor'
This cooking style uses direct heat supplied by charcoal or wood fire. This technique roots back to the Indus Valley Civilization
Traditionally, tandoors were dug inside the earth and heated using charcoal fire. Nowadays, tandoors in restaurants are made up of metal
Flatbread is believed to be first cooked in tandoors. It is known as tandoori roti in India, Afghan naan in Afghanistan and Turkmen Chorek in Turkmenistan
Tandoor in Armenia is called Armenian tonir. It is known as Georgian torne in Georgia and Somali tinaar in Somalia