How To Make Pizza In An Electric Tandoor?
Everything we buy, we have, should be taken care of for it to be sustainable and if not sustainable but durable. And especially people want to take proper care of things that they have bought as, let’s be practical, “money is involved”. Same is the case with taking care of tandoor, it’s no joke, tandoors are expensive and if not given proper attention, you might end up wasting your money and also end up with nothing. So since we know how critical this is we are here to tell you everything you need in order to keep your tandoors safe and make them durable. But before we jump onto getting to know about the measures of maintaining a tandoor, we first need to understand why we have to do it.
Why is maintaining a tandoor necessary?
- The first and foremost reason for maintaining a tandoor is to give it a prolonged life.
- To maintain the hygiene standards of the society and also to meet the standards that are required for your well being.
These are the basic reasons and necessities that are majorly required.
Measures to maintain the hygiene standards
There are so many equipment that are associated with a tandoor that needs to be looked after so that even they give you the reliability of having a prolonged life, the measures are as follows:
- Make sure that anything that you do should be done with proper care and attention, if not done with low pressure you might end up with cracks on the equipment, it is better to clean the burner twice in an year, use a brass bristle brush for gentle cleaning.
- Make sure to clear all the burner openings, and that you don’t enlarge the ports and if by any chance the product is cracked or has caught up on corrosion, replace it there and then.
- For the cleansing of the ignitor you should clean it with a wired brush so that it is easy for you to scrape out the grease and dust, check for cracks and corrosion, if necessary replace it.
- For the tandoor plates, it is recommended to use a long handed stiff brass brush to scrub the plates. You can also use mild detergent for the proper cleaning of plates.
- You can even remove the rust using a rust pad to clean the plates. If you notice excessive wear, replace the plates too.
- For better results and operations, we will advise you to clean the exterior sections and body of the tandoor daily to keep the cooking atmosphere healthy.
- Clean the residues present inside the tandoor at its surface, but only do it when its temperature is fine, remove all the food particles, dust, grease from the surface too.
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Safety measures:
- Always remember to keep the lid on top of the tandoor when you are done with cooking, but the items are still present in it.
- Let the fuel burn totally out and let the appliance come to its normal temperature before you start using it agin, this process might take several hours but it is better to use it that way, as we say, precautions are better than cure.
- Immediately extinguish any open flame.
- Remember to wear heat protective gloves while working with a tandoor. And make sure that the gloves are made of natural fibers and not synthetic materials.
- Use accessories that are provided with a tandoor, never put bare hands inside a tandoor when it is a high temperature, always use skewers.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the one disadvantage of a tandoor?
When a tandoor is used indoors then the whole environment might get smoky, so it is better that a tandoor should be used in an open environment.
- Why is a tandoor red?
It is because of the use of a spice called kashmiri lal mirch, that makes a tandoor red.
- How do you control the temperature of a tandoor?
The vents present in the tandoor maintains the airflow, and hence this maintains the temperature of the appliance.
- What is a dirt tandoor oven?
The dirt tandoor oven is manufactured using Indian mud. It is an earth stove oven.
- What is the speciality of a tandoor?
The best thing about a tandoor is that it locks in the moisture and juices present in the food and provides an authentic taste of its own.
How To Make Pizza In An Electric Tandoor?
Nobody wants to have food outside everytime they crave for something good, if a person wants to eat pizza neither does your gut allow you to have it everyday, and before all of this, nor your parents will allow. So what can be the solution to this? Bringing an equipment that serves you with whatever you want and that too in a very less time. Equipment like an electric tandoor in which you can make anything of your choice and prepare it as soon as possible. Since we are getting to know how to make a pizza in electric tandoor why not learn to make it from scratch, i.e. also know how you can prepare a base at your home itself. Here in this blog:- Primarily we are going to teach you steps to make pizza in electric tandoor.
- Steps to prepare the pizza base.
- And will be digging answers to the questions that are generally asked.
Steps to prepare the pizza base
- First of all, start with fetching all the ingredients needed, like cheese, yeast, maida, 1 tbsp of sugar, salt to taste, warm water, 1 tbsp olive oil.
- As your first step, start by adding sugar to the yeast in a bowl and then add some water, stir it well and keep it aside for a minute.
- After a minute you’ll see that the sugar is properly soaked up by yeast, give it another stir and keep it aside for a few seconds, and in the meantime add some salt in the refined flour and mix it.
- Add the bowl of yeast to the bowl of flour and start mixing it slowly, gradually add some olive oil and then start mixing it all by adding warm water at a slow pace. Do not add all the water at the same time, we repeat, add little by little. This will end up in a slack dough.
- Now put the dough on your kitchen counter, add little pressure and stretch the dough leisurely and pull it back, continue doing this till the time the dough is soft. The process could go on for 10 to 15 minutes, so have patience.
- Bring the dough together in a ball, and put a little bit of oil inside the bowl and keep the dough in it. And cover it up with a damp muslin cloth so it doesn’t dry up. Let it rest for 40 to 45 minutes, to become firm and double its size.
- Divide the dough in the sections you feel is needed. And re-roll it.
- While you work on the first pizza base, cover the others with the same damp, muslin cloth.
- Pat the dough, dust some flour over the counter and put the dough again onto it.
- Start rolling the dough into the dimension of your choice.
- Before transferring the rolled dough on the tray, sprinkle some flour on the tray and then place the rolled on it.
- Take a fork and start crimping the top of the pizza.
- Place the tray inside the pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, and your pizza base is done and readyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Steps to prepare a pizza in electric tandoor
- As a first step you should always collect the ingredients needed for the preparation, for this you will need veggies of your choice, cheese, sauces, and some seasonings that you will need once the pizza is prepared.
- Take the pizza base, you can prepare it using the recipe given above or buy it from the market.
- Start by spreading sauce all over the pizza base, add some veggies on the top, and then add the grated cheese on the veggies.
- Get your electric tandoor preheated, that will only take a minute or two for your tandoor to be heated completely.
- Place the prepared base on the detachable tray of the tandoor, and then insert the tray inside the electric tandoor.
- Keep a check on the preparing food through the glass present on the tray, in about 6 minutes as experienced your pizza will be all ready to be served.
- Top it up with seasonings and you are good to go.
- Can you store the prepared pizza bases?
- Why is it necessary to preheat the tandoor?
- Can we reheat food in an electric tandoor?
- What is the power consumption of an electric tandoor?
- What is the temperature range of an electric tandoor?
