How to Use a Tandoor Oven As a Stove

A tandoor oven is a clay receptacle that originated in India. It cooks skewered food like tandoori chicken, chicken tikka and kebabs over coals, using both direct heat and radiant heat from the clay walls. Operating under the same cooking principle as a rocket stove, hobo stove or brick chimney stove, a tandoor oven can be modified into a stove with a cooking pot on top. As long as you have a fireproof lift for the pot on, you can use the tandoor oven's heat source, like a stove.

Tandoor oven
Fireproof pot supports, such as flat pebbles, ceramic tiles or small metal rings
Flat-bottom cooking pan or pot

Instructions

- 1
  Set charcoal briquettes in the bottom of the tandoor oven. Light the briquettes with a long fireplace match. Wait for the briquettes to turn white, about 20 to 30 minutes.
- 2
  Set four small flat pebbles on the lip of the tandoor oven, evenly spaced. Set the flat-bottomed cooking pot on top of the pebbles.
- 3
  Check that there is 1 to 2 inches of space between the bottom of the pot and the opening of the tandoor oven. This provides ventilation for the briquettes inside the oven and prevents the pot from becoming too hot.
- 4
  Allow the food to cook inside the pot, stirring occasionally. Lift the pot off the pebbles when the food is ready.
- 5
  Allow the coals to burn out completely before emptying the tandoor oven chamber

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