The ‘chulha’ is an apparatus used for cooking.  The first ‘chulhas’ was made from at least three pieces of rocks placed in a triangular position and raised to about eight or ten inches above ground.  The pots were placed on the top of the ‘chulha’ while dried wood was used as fuel to ignite the fire.

For cooking large amounts of food, a dugout hole about twelve to eighteen inches was made in the ground. 

Then in most homes we find the earthen ‘chulha’ that was neatly fashioned as seen in the picture.  ‘Chulhas’ were often constructed in a very simple way to accommodate one pot at a time, or in a more complex form, often referred to as ‘Do-Aillah’, to accommodate two pots.