Someone who likes to relax in the country — can not love kebabs. What could be more delicious meat, roasted on the coals, drenched in a fragrant sauce, and sprinkled with a pinch of Oriental spices? The answer is simple — only meat, roasted in the tandoor brick.
Tandoor brick oven is Turkish, which allows you to cook incredible barbecue. The secret is that the meat is baked evenly. A similar effect can be achieved by a balanced distribution of heat.
You probably had to face a situation when the skewer some pieces were burnt to a black crust, and the other almost raw. The fact that the coals under the spits are uneven and have different temperatures. The result of this baking is obvious.
It is quite another tandoor brick. Unique oven design allows you to forget about undercooked meat. Each piece is exceptionally tasty and crispy. Moreover, in the tandoor, you can not only bake lamb, veal or pork. It is possible to make the most delicious Oriental cakes. Which will not only pamper your family and friends with exquisite taste, but also beneficial to health.
What is a tandoor ↑
This oven is similar to most constructions of this type, but has some differences. The main material of the inner surface is ceramic. The fuel can be coal, firewood or wood.
In appearance tandoor brick, reminiscent of the clay jar, surrounded by brick. The fuel is placed inside and ignited. Once the wood turns into coals, laid inside the tandoor kebabs. They can put a sharp end on the Foundation or to hang over a hook on pre-prepared perch.
This oven came to us from the distant Mesopotamia and later became extremely popular among the peoples of Asia. As a result, many Oriental cuisines are hard to imagine without this miracle-machine.
How does ↑
Consider the example of Uzbek tandoor brick. This oven appearance can be compared to a clay pot. That’s just it turned upside down, exchanging the top and bottom places.
At the bottom there is a hole, it is also called overpressure. Clay based bricks are traditionally draped. Between the clay Foundation and the brick is formed in a small layer of air. It should be filled with salt or sand. The first option is preferable.
The coal is placed inside through the top hole. There are also versions of the tandoor made of brick with a side hole, but in a traditional Uzbek version of this design is almost never used.
For convenience barbecue in the Uzbek version has a special grille. Of course, it with the same success you can put vegetables or pieces of fish. Equally good baking is guaranteed.
The secret to such incredible heat-saving characteristics lies in the materials used in creating the design. They all have phenomenal properties on the accumulation of heat. With due diligence the walls of the furnace can be heated to 400 degrees Celsius.
If you are preparing the tortillas, and no meat — walls are pre-needed to be cleaned of soot and ash that could accumulate from previous sessions kindling. It is in a tandoor oven from bricks, you will be able to prepare such popular now Uzbek flatbread.
Types of tandoor ↑
View tandoor in the first place depends on its place of installation. Depending on this parameter there are the following varieties:
- pit tandoor,
- portable tandoor,
- ground tandoor.
We will consider the process of building it ground tandoor brick. The fact that the pit, the tandoor is primarily used for space heating and portable is a kind of variation of conventional grill.
Step-by-step construction of a tandoor ↑
Training ↑
Any major project starts with training. Of course, from the point of view of building science tandoor brick, can not be called a complex structure. However, in order to create a strong and easy to use oven, need to prepare carefully.
The preparatory process starts with the collection of the necessary materials. Since the structures of the tandoor made of bricks there are several, and the basic set can be very different. In our case it includes:
- one hundred fifty kilograms sand and gravel;
- the cell grid (each cell 5 cm) — two square meters;
- six or seven pounds of cement М40050;
- the fiber of asbestos — six pounds;
- fireclay brick 50-70 pieces;
- intumescent paint 1 liter;
- fiberglass reinforcement six millimeters in cross-section (not less than 15 metres);
- refractory mortar for bricklaying is 20 kilos;
- steel wire with a cross section of 3 mm to 15 meters.
When the entire set of materials to create the furnace is assembled, you need to take care of the tools. Most of them can be found in the utility room of any suburban house, but will have to buy. For the construction of a tandoor oven from bricks with your hands you will need:
- plaster rule,
- the container in which to zameshivaetsya concrete,
- spatula,
- Bulgarian,
- diamond wheels for ceramic,
- paint brush.
As you can see, the list of required tools is not very long. To collect this kit will not be difficult.
The Foundation ↑
Tandoor brick will work under the open sky. Therefore, it needs a solid Foundation that will ensure stable position of the structure. Very much depends on the soil, on which will be erected the building. If the soil is clay, you will need a reinforced Foundation.
The best option to work on heavy soils is a pier Foundation. If the soil is light and consists mainly of sand, just pour a monolithic concrete slab. This is more than enough.
Square tandoor brick will be 100 by 100 centimeters. To withstand such a design plate thickness should be not less than 10 centimeters. Around the perimeter of the Foundation needed to remove the soil to 15 cm deep.
After the holes are drilled at the corners, they need to be reinforced. Here we will need a fiberglass reinforcement with a diameter of six millimeters. At the end of the steel structure filled with concrete.
The recipe for concrete the right consistency, the following: take three parts sand, add one part gravel (sizes up to 1 cm) and the same cement brand PC 400 is not worse. As a result, the dough will resemble thick cream grey.
It is important to calculate the amount needed for the grout. Best to focus on the pit. To prevent disparities in use the formwork. Lay it on the bottom of the pit height of five inches. In order not to waste time cobbling together a wooden structures take tare tape.
On the bottom of the pit need to fill sand. Layer height cannot exceed the height of the formwork. The sand watered. This helps prevent the formation of cavities. Only then can we lay the formwork for monolithic slab.
Formwork for monolithic slab for the tandoor of brick, erected with his own hands, it is best to make conventional roofing boards. The width is exactly 15 inches, ten of which are buried in the ground, and only five are above. The sand is placed reinforcing mesh.
The setting time of concrete is not less than 72 hours. Ideally, you should wait seven days before you install the oven tandoor on a new Foundation. If the fill occurs in the summer, then the Foundation must from time to time moistened with water to prevent drying and as a result, cracking and chipping.
The basis ↑
For the basics you need refractory brick. Note that the temperature of the combustion of coal is very high and the usual red blocks in baked clay simply can not withstand such pressure.
Fireclay brick not only has outstanding fire-retardant properties, it also does not absorb moisture and is very dense in order to withstand the weight of the tandoor.
Another important advantage of the refractory brick is its resistance to temperature extremes. That is why it is ideal for creating a street oven tandoor. Such bricks are perfectly tolerate frost and will not crack with the arrival of the warming.
The base of the furnace needs to be done in the form of a circle. To do this, take a good pattern and trace it with chalk. The diameter of the patterns is exactly 75 inches. Lay out the bricks in order. And only at the end with the cutting circle cut unwanted parts and corners, forming the perfect base.
Take the kiln refractory mixture for fireclay brick and thoroughly combine. Then with a spatula apply it on the roofing material.
Rule ↑
The rule for the masonry is done with the expectation that the base of the tandoor brick should match the height. The ratio of the neck to the base 1/3. To build the rules you need a pole with a height less than one meter. Length of base 30 cm.
To make the mold take a piece of plywood. Ideal for slat beds. The part that fits the mattress.
Do the walls of the tandoor ↑
The bricks should be Packed vertically. So you need to spend a sufficient amount of the solution to elements of the design are firmly held together. The inside edges of the bricks of the tandoor should go close to each other.
The first row of tandoor brick is tightened by steel wire. After the design is bonded, the wire ends are twisted and hide in one of the seams. Also have to do with the second and third row.
In the second row of the tandoor made of brick, built with his own hands, the bricks are cut in a wedge. The inner face of the thus stacked as tight as possible external in turn, carefully promazyvaetsya solution.
After building the main structure of the tandoor oven made of bricks is completed, you can begin to plaster. For this you need a special furnace mixture. Its thickness should not be less than 10 mm. the Top edge is done in a roller.
Wait until the plaster dries. For this entire period tandoor brick is covered with cellophane. This precaution is necessary to protect the structure from harmful external factors such as rain and direct sunlight.
After the plaster hardens you will need to cover the surface of the acrylic fireproof paint. You can also use a whitewash. Before use, you must clean the inner space of the tandoor made of bricks from dirt and burrs. For this job will ideally suit a special broom.
Fotosay the manufacture of tandoor ↑
The results ↑
Tandoor made of brick, made by hand — this is a wonderful oven, which after a long journey finally came to our shores. Its design is not much more complicated, so you can build it anyone can.
In turn, the possibility of a tandoor oven from bricks, built with his own hands, impressive. First, the oven ensures even roasting meat. Second, it is possible to make delicious and healthy bread. Thirdly, it allows you to save on gas consumption and electricity. Fourth, the tandoor is simple to operate.
