Clay oven is a wonderful oven made of clay, concrete blocks, bricks and mortar with sand insulation and tiled exteriors that help in cooking delicious dishes of Indian origin. Although every type of food from baking of breads to cooking of chickens and meats can be done in clay oven, Indian food is cooked the best. The food can be cooked rapidly for the oven has capacity to raise the temperature to 900°F.

Benefits Of Clay Oven

There are three types of heat transfers like convective, conductive and radiant that help in easy cooking of variety of tender and yummy dishes. The clay oven can be installed in your home as well as in your back yard.

Following are the advantages of clay oven:
It helps in healthy clay cooking for its unglazed clay oven baker.
It can be used to cook and roast any type of meats like those of chicken, duck and mutton. The clay seals in thereby retain the juices and make the meat delicious and spicy.
The food cooked in clay oven is healthy because all the additional fat from the food drips down into the oven container.

Chimney For Your Clay Oven

There should be a chimney attached to your clay oven because an oven without a chimney burns very slowly, giving the oven mass more time to absorb the heat of the fire. So for fast cooking install a chimney in your clay oven.

Cleaning Your Clay Oven

You should clean your clay oven with dry cloth. Do not keep any inflammable articles like curtain or match sticks to avoid the danger of fire.

So use a clay oven to have the pure taste of Indian food and give a delicious Indian food treat to your guests.