Bread Many artisan bakers produce their own yeast with a growth culture. If kept in the right conditions, it provides leavening for many years. The baker's yeast and sourdough methods follow the same pattern. Water is mixed with flour, salt and the leavening agent. Other additions (spices, herbs, fats, seeds, fruit, etc.) are not needed to bake bread, but are often used. The mixed dough is then allowed to rise one or more times (a longer rising time results in more flavor, so bakers often "punch down" the dough and let it rise again), then loaves are formed, and (after an
Tandoor bread holes through to let the dough rise. Once it is shaped, the dough is placed on the walls of the tandoori oven. The dough is placed onto the heated inner walls of the tandoor and allowed to bake for 37 seconds at [around] 425°C. The bread is baked until it reaches uniform thickness, develops small blisters on the top crust, and achieves a reddish-brown crust color. Tandoor bread is commonly served with meats that were also cooked in the oven like tandoori chicken, "seekh kebob", or chicken Moghlai. Meals made in the tandoori oven come out with a hint of