Punjabi tandoori cooking[note 1] comes from the clay oven known as the tandoor.[1] According to Macveigh [2008] the Punjab tandoor originated in the local region.[2] It is a clay oven and is traditionally used to cook Punjabi cuisine, from the Punjab region in Pakistan and northwestern India. It is traditional to have tandoors in courtyards of homes in the Punjab to make roti, naan and tandoori chicken. In rural Punjab, it is also traditional to have communal tandoors.[3][4]
 Example of Punjabi tandoori cooking, being cooked is Tandoori chicken. | |
| Place of origin | Punjab region |
|---|---|
| Region or state | South Asia |
| Created by | Punjabi people |
Punjabi tandoori cooking
editPunjabi tandoori[5] cooking includes:
Tandoori roti
editAccording to Davidson (2014), "the villages of Punjab had open-air tandoors where housewives would bring their dough to be rolled into rotis by the tandooriya".[6] Steiner (2005) states that some villages in Punjab have communal tandoors.[7][8]
Lachha paratha
editLachha paratha is baked in the tandoor and is round in shape with multiple layers.
Amritsari kulcha
editAccording to O'Brien (2013), "the Amritsari kulcha is a crisp, flaky roti made with refined flour; it is stuffed with potato, onion, black pepper, chilli, cumin, and dried pomegranate seeds (anardana) and cooked in the tandoor".[9]
Tandoori chicken
editDishes similar to tandoori chicken may have existed during the Harappan civilization. According to archaeologist and vice-chancellor of Deccan College Professor Vasant Shinde, the earliest evidence for a dish similar to tandoori chicken can be found in Harappan civilization and dates back to 3000 BCE. His team has found ancient ovens at Harappan sites which are similar to the tandoors so popular in the Punjab. Physical remains of chicken bones with char marks have also been unearthed.[10][11][12] However tandoori chicken as a dish originated in the Punjab before the independence of India and Pakistan.[13][14] In the late 1940s, tandoori chicken was popularised at Moti Mahal in Peshawar by Kundan Lal Jaggi, Thakur Dass, and Kundan Lal Gujral, who are all Punjabi[15][16][17][18] as well as the founders of the Moti Mahal restaurant.[17]
Naan
editAccording to the New Larousse Gastronomique (2018) culinary reference book, "the Punjabi naan is a white-flour, yeasted flat bread enriched with a little ghee – its tear-shape comes from being slapped on the side of a tandoor oven and baked partly hanging vertically".[19]
Other
editTandoor
edit
Punjabi tandoori cooking is cooked in a tandoor (Gurmukhī:ਤੰਦੂਰ; Shahmukhi:تندور). The tandoor in Punjab is also known as tanoor.[22]
Design
editAccording to Ahmed (2014), Harappan oven structures may have operated in a similar manner to the modern tandoors of the Punjab.[23] The tandoor is traditionally made of clay and is a bell-shaped oven, set into the earth and fired with wood or charcoal reaching high temperatures. According to Hayter (1992) the original versions of the tandoor "in the Punjab, a province in the north-west of India, were sunk neck deep in the ground". He further states that modern versions can also rest above the ground.[24] Planalp (1971) notes that "the Panjab-style underground oven known as tandur is becoming increasingly popular in New Delhi" pointing to the Punjabi style of the tandoor.[25]
Use
editAccording to Kenihan and Kenihan (1990)"the tandoor method of cooking ... was indigenous to the north west frontier province, now Pakistan, and the Punjab".[26] According to Kehal (2009), the use of the Punjabi tandoor is associated with Punjabi cooking in undivided Punjab.[3][27] Punjabis have traditionally used the tandoor on a regional level to cook meat dishes and breads. The use of the tandoor is so entrenched in Punjabi culture that it forms a part of Punjabi folk songs.[3] According to Kalra and Gupta (1986), the tandoor in the Punjab "is a social institution. In the villages of the Punjab, the communal tandoor, dug in the ground, is a meeting place."[28]
The use of the tandoor became popular in other regions of India, after the 1947 partition with the arrival of Punjabi refugees.[29] Punjabis leaving West Punjab resettled in areas such as Delhi. The cuisine of Delhi was "affected by the Punjabi influx after Partition. The clay oven (tandoor) and numerous Punjabi specialities were introduced".[30][31] According to Ghosh (2016) (reciting Pant (2013)), "the rest of the country was introduced to the magic of the tandoor".[32]
Tandoor distinguished from bhathi
editThe Punjabi tandoor is to be distinguished from the Punjabi bhathi, an oven, which can be made out of bricks or mud and clay and is fired from an opening on one side. The bhathi is closed at the top with a metal cover and the smoke is emitted through a cylinder.[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ According to Burum (1992)
References
edit- ^ Burum, Lindia (1992) A Guide to Ethnic Food in Los Angeles.HarperPerennial, [1]
- ^ Macveigh, Jeremy (2008) International Cuisine. Delmar Cengage Learning
- ^ a b c d Alop ho riha Punjabi virsa byHarkesh Singh Kehal (2009) Pub Lokgeet Parkashan ISBN 81-7142-869-X
- ^ Pind Diyan Gallian PTC Channel - Bilga (Jalandhar) which are also known as tadoors in Punjabi.
- ^ Abram, David (1994)India: Rough Guides the rough guide
- ^ Davidson, Alan (2014) The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press [2]
- ^ Steiner, Rochelle (2005) Rirkrit Tiravanija: A Retrospective (tomorrow is Another Fine Day). Serpentine Gallery [3]
- ^ India Perspectives, Volume 18 (2005) PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs [4]
- ^ O' Brien, Charmaine (2013) The Penguin Food Guide to India. Penguin UK [5]
- ^ Lawler, Andrew (2013-01-30). "The Mystery of Curry". Slate.
- ^ Ritu, Grishm. "Virasat" (PDF).
- ^ Bhuyan, Avantika (2017-04-09). "How archaeologists across the country are unearthing the food of ancestors to shed light on the evolution of eating". The Economic Times.
- ^ Rude Food: The Collected Food Writings of Vir Sanghv By Vir Sanghvi
- ^ "Metro Plus Delhi / Food : A plateful of grain". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ "'Vadiya Khao': Refugees taught Delhi how to eat out in style". 14 August 2017.
- ^ "ICC 2017 by IFCA – Showcasing the culinary spirit of IndiaKundan". Hospitality Biz India. October 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "Partition brought Moti Mahal, a landmark in India's culinary history, to central Delhi". www.sunday-guardian.com.
- ^ Laura Siciliano-Rosen (13 January 2014). "Delhi Food and Travel Guide: The inside scoop on the best North Indian foods".
- ^ New Larousse Gastronomique (2018). Hachette
- ^ Know your state Punjab by gurkirat Singh and Anil Mittal Airhunt Publications ISBN 978-9350947555
- ^ 1000 Classic Recipes. (1997) Hermes House
- ^ Fifty Years of Agricultural Education and Research at the Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute, Lyallpur, West Pakistan: Chapters 1-9 (1960) [6]
- ^ Ahmed, Mukhtar (2014) Ancient Pakistan - An Archaeological History: Volume IV: Harappan Civilization - Theoretical and the Abstract. Amazon. [7]
- ^ Hayter, Roy (1992) Food Preparation and Cooking: Levels 1 & 2. Macmillan International Higher Education,[8]
- ^ Planalp, Jack M. (1971) Heat Stress and Culture in North India. U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command,[9]
- ^ Kerry Kenihan, Geoff Kenihan (1990) Info India: Delhi. Tourist Publications [10]
- ^ [11] The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi and Agra By Daniel Jacobs, Gavin Thomas
- ^ Kalra, J. Inder Singh and Gupta,Pradeep Das (1986) Prashad: Cooking with Indian Masters [12]
- ^ Anuradha Chaturvedi, Dharmendar Kanwar, Ranjana Sengupta (2010) DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur.Dorling Kindersley Ltd [13]
- ^ SERAS, Volume 30 Volume 30. The Conference 2008
- ^ "A Tandoor Oven Brings India's Heat to the Backyard (Published 2011)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-09.
- ^ Ghosh, Partha S. (2016) Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia. SAGE Publishing India [14]