A different way to cook 另類烹調

If you wanted to bake something, what would you use? Many people would simply go into their kitchens and turn on their electric ovens. However, in many parts of the world people bake with tandur ovens, like the ones in this picture.

Tandur ovens are traditional ovens made out of clay, and they work very well. They can get up to 480oC! Tandur ovens work as both ovens and stoves. First, you build a strong fire in the bottom of the oven. Then you cook food on hot stones placed on top of the oven.

When your food has finished cooking and the fire has died down, a tandur oven can be used to bake flat bread. The bread is cooked on the inside walls of the oven, and it only takes about two or three minutes to cook. For bread to cook in a tandur oven, the oven must be between 350oC and 450oC. (Kayleen Hartman, Staff writer)

如果你想烤東西，會用什麼烤？多數人只會走進廚房、轉開電烤箱，然而，世上有許多地區的人會使用照片中的「罈肚」爐進行烘培。

「罈肚」爐是以泥土製成的傳統烤爐，非常實用，可加溫至攝氏四百八十度，「罈肚」爐可作烤箱和烤爐用。先在爐底生起烈火，再於爐頂的熱石上烹調食物。

食物烹調完畢，火熄滅後，可以在「罈肚」爐的內壁上薄餅皮，只需二到三分鐘，不過若要烤薄餅皮，得將「罈肚」爐加熱至攝氏三百五十度至四百五十度。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）