Copper Barrel Tandoor

Tandoor is currently one of the most important menus in the Indian restaurants around the world. The word Tandoor means a cylindrical oven used for baking and cooking. Traditionally the fuel used in Tandoor is charcoal or firewood. Modern Tandoor ovens uses cooking gas and electricity also instead of charcoal.These two key sites were part of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, she explains. However, it was the Mughals who popularised the modern tandoor across India, with emperor Jahangir being credited with the invention of the portable tandoor.