Tandoor
The tandoor is the large clay oven of the Indian subcontinent and of Central and Western Asia, a vase-shaped or bell-shaped pit of baked clay, either sunk into the earth or set above it in a brick surround. It is fired with wood or charcoal and reaches temperatures around 480 degrees Celsius, so the walls bake naan and roti flatbreads directly and roast marinated meat and vegetables hung from hooks, the dishes known collectively as tandoori. In the Punjab the oven was a communal institution, with one village tandoor serving many families of bakers, and the tradition remained largely regional u