tandoor
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tandoor
1655–65; < Hindi, Urdu tandūr < Persian tanūr
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The naan is then placed in a very hot tandoor until it puffs up and brown spots appear.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
“In Pakistan, people think the spicier the better,” said the third-generation tandoor owner.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
It’s an essential component of some of the dishes at Bryant Ng’s Cassia in Santa Monica, where 20% of the dishes are cooked using a wok or a tandoor oven, both powered by gas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Fry bread, responsible for the 12-seat bar, counts time at Elle, Columbia Room and the esteemed Rasika West End, where he met Sundas, the former tandoor chef there.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
Her older son was there too—Mariam somehow remembered Fariba saying his name, Ahmad, at the tandoor that first time.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Restaurant diners at this time of year can find Peking turkey, jerk turkey, tandoori turkey and even the French take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
I’ve never had a tandoori taco before, but Sarkar’s culinary creation had me craving more.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
He also recalled how their relationship was sealed "over a tandoori chicken masala, four poppadoms and three pints of lager" after meeting on TV drama The Gambling Man in 1992.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
The two families both say that it was their own Kundan who invented butter chicken — the creamy, heavenly marriage of tandoori chicken and tomato gravy beloved everywhere north Indian food is served.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
He’s eaten his tandoori roast chicken, but the curried peas and potatoes are piled in a lumpy hill on the side of his plate.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Meanwhile, masalas will continue to get toasted, meats will continue to sizzle on the tandoors, and ghee will continue to glaze rotis in kitchens all over the world.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
Two glowing tandoors fuel the lunch crowd at this unpretentious downtown standby, but the most affordable option isn’t wrapped in warm flatbread.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2017
Ananta, the Oberoi Dubai’s Indian specialty restaurant, boasts a show kitchen with traditional tandoors and specializes in North Indian signature dishes, as well as a daily selection of Indian coastal specialties.
From Forbes ● Dec. 29, 2014
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