COAL SMOKING METHOD

COAL SMOKING METHOD FOR TANDOORI RECIPES SMOKE FOOD USING CHARCOAL

Here is a brilliant cooking technique you can use to get Tandoori Taste to your dishes.

Smoking food at home, using hot charcoal is a super easy method to achieve the tandoori effect right in your own kitchen. This method lends that smoky flavor usually obtained by cooking in a tandoor, with as little as a piece of coal.

Using this technique of coal smoking, you will get the taste and aroma that the food has just come out of the barbecue grill or a tandoor, without the hassle of firing up a tandoor or barbecue at home. You can do this right on your stove top.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 inch Coal
• 1 teaspoon Ghee

SMOKE FOOD USING CHARCOAL

1. To begin, first take a piece of coal (about 3 inches big) and hold it over a gas flame with the help of tongs.
2. The coal will begin to turn red hot and grey in about 5 minutes. This indicates that the coal is ready to be used for smoking. 
3. At this point heat a frying pan to medium heat and pour in the contents of the dish that you want to get the smoked flavor.
4. Make a well in the center of the pan, by pushing a glass or steel cup into it. Place the hot coal inside the cup. Pour a spoon of ghee on the coal.
5. It will begin to smoke. Immediately cover the pan and reduce the heat to low and allow it to rest for about a minute. Open the lid and remove the coal cup. You dish will now have a smoked tandoori flavor.