Tandoori Grill

Tandoor is a special round shaped oven made with clay from India. This design allows for a very intense heat which radiates from the circular clay walls of the oven. Heat is generated by the burning of Mesquite Charcoal placed in the base of the oven. Foods which include beef, lamb, goat, chicken and seafood are marinated with fresh herbs and aromatic spices then skewered and placed in the oven cooking from inside out while retaining their natural juices and flavor. Tandoori cooking is an ancient method of preparing food originally developed in the central plains of Asia now know as Afghanistan. Later brought by the Moguls to India, it's flourished there ever since. Today it is fast becoming part of the Culinary Scene in more and more countries. Traditionally, tandoori dishes are cooked in a tandoor, an oval shaped clay oven with a small fire in the bottom. The Heat rises gradually but ultimately reaches a much higher temperature than a barbeque. A tandoor is normally used to cook naan bread, meats and kebabs (meat or paneer). The bread is stuck to the sides, the kebabs stood vertically.