The heat and the dough

Insight into afghan bread baking.

Bäckerei Bäcker Kunduz Afghanistan

In the bakery it is really warm, the bread is being shaped by the baker...

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... and then clapped into the clay tandoori on the side wall.

Brot im Tandoori

The name tandoori is derived from the word tandur - the traditional Indian charcoal oven. Many tandoori dishes in Indian cuisine are classically cooked with charcoal. In Afghanistan, the oven is mostly used for baking bread.

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3 Comments

  1. A well portrayed craft…. and I love to eat bread. Any kind of bread. My mouth is already watering (but as it is almost dinner time, it may have some influence). ;-)

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