: a cylindrical clay oven in which food is cooked over charcoal
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Sameer Farooq’s Flatbread Library, a large-scale sculpture of baked goods made in tandoors by Toronto’s south and southwest Asian bakeries, neatly visualizes food migration.—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024 Plus, the paprika lends a red hue reminiscent of cooking in a tandoor.—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 10 Sep. 2024 The menu offers beef, lamb and chicken dishes such as a layered tandoor samsa – tender chunks of beef marinated in aromatic spices and cooked in a traditional tandoor oven – and lamb plov, which is savory lamb cooked with aromatic spices and tender rice.—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2024 Or, order a la carte from the menu from a selection of appetizers, biryanis, tandoor, rice dishes and breads.—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for tandoor
Word History
Etymology
Hindi & Urdu tandūr, tannūr, from Persian tanūr, from Arabic tannūr
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