Many people have the notion that the word "tandoori" refers to a recipe. However, in reality, tandoori refers to an individual style of cooking. Tandoori cooking refers to the method of cooking bread and meat over an intense charcoal fire. The flavour that tandoori cooking gives is unlike any other. Food cooked in a tandoor (which is what the clay oven tandoori dishes are cooked in is called) has a delicious smoky flavour that is unique to food cooked in this style.

Meats are hung on hooks that allow them to hang suspended inside the tandoor. Tandoori cooking lets the hung meat be cooked evenly and all the way through. The bread that is baked in a tandoor uses the top part of the oven. The batter of the bread is stuck onto the upper part of the oven. The bread will have a distinct taste as well. It will absorb the aroma from the meat being cooked alongside it in the oven, making the bread taste different from its non-tandoori counterparts.

Tandoori cooking, aside from being delicious, has many other benefits. Here is a list of great things about tandoori cooking that will tempt you to try some tandoori cuisine today!

Food cooked inside a tandoor does not use oil. If you are looking for food that has not been deep-fried, try some tandoori chicken or beef.

As mentioned earlier, the flavour a tandoor oven gives the food cooked in it is indescribable. The reason behind this is that the only way to achieve this flavour is to cook with a tandoor!

Tandoori cooking is a very healthy way to prepare food because it does not incorporate any chemicals to the food, nor does it use any fuel or gas to cook. Also, no healthy elements of the food will be lost during the cooking process. Better still, the flavour of the meats will be locked into the food. 

The tandoor will not need to be cleaned. The only thing that the cook needs to do is to replace the coals used in the oven. There will be no need to wash the oven. The only part of the oven that may need routine cleaning are the hooks that hold the meats in place.

Tandoori cooking is a great way to enjoy the most basic flavours of food. Sadly, not everyone has a tandoor oven at their disposal. The good news is that many great London tandoori restaurants can provide these Indian favourites to you.

Tower Tandoori is one of London's oldest Indian restaurants serving up authentic delicacies. If you are looking to eat the best Indian food in London, visit us today!