Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Time to respect the tandoor

Hindustan Times | ByVir Sanghvi

Feb 09, 2020 12:00 AM IST

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No, it’s not just an oven for flabby broiler chicken tikka. It is India’s contribution to the global barbecue tradition.

The great Spanish chef Dani Garcia was in India a couple of weeks ago to cook at a pop-up. He ate his way around Delhi and Agra but the highlight of his stay may have been dinner at Bukhara.

The earliest versions of the tandoor appear to have been found during excavations of Indus Valley civilisation sites(Shutterstock)

Global chefs like Daniel Humm have visited Manish Mehrotra’s Indian Accent kitchens and made naans in the tandoor

Spanish chef Dani Garcia was fascinated by the tandoori cooking at Bukhara

Because chefs find tandoors easy to use, all kinds of dishes end up being made in gas-fired tandoors

Heston Blumenthal showcases the naan made by him in the tandoor at Manish Mehrotra’s Indian Accent

Extebarri in Bizkaia, Spain, is the most trendy foodie restaurant where every dish from the (inset) prawns to the steak tastes of fire and smoke

Bukhara is now a regular stop on the itinerary of every visiting celebrity like tennis ace Roger Federer

Chef Jean André Charial took a tandoor back to France from India

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger made sure to eat at Bukhara during his India visit

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