tandoor

[tahn-door]

noun

Indian Cooking.

plural

tandoors, tandoori 

1. a cylindrical clay oven, fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal, in which foods, especially meats, are cooked and bread is baked.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoor¹

1655–65; < Hindi, Urdu tandūr < Persian tanūr

Example Sentences

Before the crackdown started, the Afghan ran a tandoor business.

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He installed just a few tables and a brilliantly hot well of a tandoor oven, which he learned to man in a sweaty process of trial and error.

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“In Pakistan, people think the spicier the better,” said the third-generation tandoor owner.

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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.

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Blistered in the tandoor, the fluffy naan helps erase the last of any sauce.

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