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Modern ceramic wood-fired tandoors. A Pakistani tandoor. A tandoor (/ t æ n ˈ d ʊər / or / t ɑː n ˈ d ʊər /) is a large vase-shaped oven, usually made of clay.Since antiquity, tandoors have been used to bake unleavened flatbreads, such as roti and naan, as well as to roast meat.
Tandoori roti is commonly consumed in South Asian countries such as Pakistan and India. [9] This bread is served in restaurants, hotels, industrial canteens and at home. It is also gaining popularity in Asia, North America (outside of the Caribbean) and Europe due to migrants during British colonialism. [10]
The dough is garnished with sesame seeds before baking the naan. Aloo paratha – The dough of bread is filled with mashed potaoes. The potatoes can include different kind of spices. Bajre ki roti – This bread is made of pearl millet flour. It can be made as salt bread or sweet bread.
Large tandyr ovens used to bake nan as well as cook meat are typically located outdoors. Unlike Indian tandoor ovens, in Central Asia the tandyr can be used in a vertical or horizontal position, although the bread is always baked in the fashion of a vertical oven, with the bread stuck onto the inner walls of the oven. [1]
Makki roti: corn flour roti served with sarson ka saag, a classic dish of Punjab. Akki roti: Rice flour roti with grated vegetables and spices, served with chutney, a famous dish of Karnataka. Thalipeeth roti: Maharashtrian roti is made with bajra, jowar, rice, chickpea, and spices, served with yogurt or ghee, also popular in Karnataka.
Punjabi tandoori cooking [note 1] comes from the clay oven known as the tandoor. [1] According to Macveigh [2008] the Punjab tandoor originated in the local region. [ 2 ] It is a clay oven and is traditionally used to cook Punjabi cuisine , from the Punjab region in Pakistan and northwestern India .
In Indonesia, naan is a popular alternative to rice among the Indians, Arabs, Malays, Acehnese and the Minangkabaus, similar though not the same as roti or roti canai which was introduced from Tamils. This dish is known as roti naan or roti nan, and is cooked using Indonesian spices such as garlic.
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