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now I'm a big curry fan but there's a lot more to indian cooking than just curries alone.
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So tonight I'm going back to the floor to learn how to cook good tandoori food.
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I've come to Southall in West London an epicenter of asian cuisine.
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I'll be working at the brilliant one of its busiest restaurants, We'll be serving more than 150 covers in just three hours time.
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So the pressure's on.
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I'm heading down the ranks under the critical eye of head chef, Jazz and big boss, good lou So where am I working?
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You're gonna be working right here on the clay oven and that gets up to what temperature That goes up to around about 400°, Jesus the clay oven or tender is where all the tandoor dishes are made.
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I have given Gordon the hardest jobs in the kitchen that to handle clairvoyant and that's your naan bread.
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You see kebabs, tandoori, chicken, tandoori, lamb chops, let's see how it gets on.
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My first lesson is making lamb.
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Sikh kebabs one of the most popular starters on the menu.
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Sikh kebabs are made with lamb mints and 20 different spices chili porters, porters chopped onions.
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Once the meat's been seasoned, I have to get it onto the skewer, jesus, one finger going like this.
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Sunil made this look easy, push squeeze on finger out.
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It's going to take your finger out.
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You need to practice man.
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Alright, let's see what he's already said.
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That's it ready.
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So mine's bigger than yours.
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It doesn't matter does it?
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Each tender can cook 20 schools of meat or fish at a time at 400°. Everything cooks in minutes.
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I thought I had asbestos hands after 20 years in the kitchen.
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But these skewers are red hot.
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Oh sh it.
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Okay.
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Watch your hands So no tongs, no gloves and that's one portion that's taken me 10 minutes.
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Naan breads are also cooked here.
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Sunil makes it look really simple so I'm feeling more confident.
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That's your perfect naan bread.
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There are five varieties each rolled shaped and then cooked on the inside of the oven.
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That's good.
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Fuck is it hot?
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Yeah that's hot in there.
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Take just one minute to cook before they're peeled from the oven and served.
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It's sticking like a ship to a blanket.
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Huh?
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Hello?
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Oh bollocks shit sucking.
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Now it's too hot it looks like it's been mauled by a rottweiler.
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You can do like 14 breads naan breads in one go.
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I'm struggling with 1 14 on.
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I'm so bad at this it's embarrassing.
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I'd better get a grip before service starts or I'll be letting everyone down.
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As long as he listens to me what I need from him.
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We won't have any kind of problem.