How to Use tandoor in a Sentence

tandoor

noun

• Blistered in the tandoor, the fluffy naan helps erase the last of any sauce.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
• Don’t miss the tandoor specials, and the full slate of breads.
  — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 19 July 2017
• Both dishes were moist even after the high heat of the tandoor.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• Menu items range from those cooked in a clay oven called a tandoor to those grilled over an open flame.
  — Birmingham Magazine, al, 5 Nov. 2019
• His stroke of genius was this: How about using the tandoor?
  — Andreas Viestad, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
• Like naan in a tandoor, bakers stick lavash to the sides of the oven to bake it, which gives it irregular blisters.
  — Kate Leahy, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2018
• There's a rice steamer with no off-switch, an always-full pot of chai, and the soul of any Indian kitchen: a clay oven, the tandoor.
  — CBS News, 24 Nov. 2019
• While most kebabs are cooked in the tandoor, shikampuri kebabs are fried.
  — Kamalika Mukherjee, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
• The restaurant has two tandoor ovens, one for meats and the other for vegetables and bread, Saini said.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
• That some have suggested a direct lineage between the tandoor and the toné?
  — Hannah Walhout, Smithsonian, 5 July 2018
• Pureed almonds and yogurt make for a creamy sauce atop the venison, simply warmed in the tandoor and garnished with silver leaf.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 July 2019
• Arouk bread — a tandoor bread made of dough mixed with celery and spices — is another favorite.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• The gosht chop is popular, and includes four lamb chops carved from a rack of lamb that have been marinated in a blend of spices then cooked in the tandoor.
  — Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 6 June 2018
• Traditionally, the dough is slapped against the chimney wall of a clay tandoor oven and baked over wood fires, but many home cooks make it on the stovetop.
  — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2020
• While the main ingredient – wheat flour – is the same, Afghan bakers hand-shape the dough, rather than rolling it out, and their use of a tandoor results in large, pillowy rounds.
  — Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2022
• The restaurant utilizes tandoor clay ovens to quickly cook orders.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 July 2022
• For Indian cuisine, Choolaah at the Town Center offers cooked-to-order food on four huge tandoors tucked behind the glass wall.
  — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• Menu items will be made with traditional Indian spices and flavors, and the restaurant has a tandoor oven for bread and other items.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2022
• Kundan Lal was the first person known to use a tandoor oven to roast chickens; previously, tandoors had only been used to bake bread.
  — Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020
• In the same food hall, Norwegian has built its first Indian bistro, including two tandoor ovens.
  — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• On one side of the kitchen, customers can watch Choolaah employees cooking naan, grilled chicken or salmon in a set of three custom tandoor ovens, firing the menu items in 700-degree heat.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 29 July 2022
• For both dishes, the chicken roasts in the tandoor after marinating.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
• Flatbreads become art in Uzbekistan's traditional tandoor ovens, which turn out rounds adorned with twists, swirls and stamps.
  — Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 4 May 2022
• Aman brought in a chef from one of their properties in Jaipur, sourced a tandoor machine, and prepared an amazing Rajasthani Indian meal for the couple and their guests.
  — Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2021
• Cuyler fell in love with cuisine from other lands, dining on tandoor chicken at an India eatery on the fairgrounds and tasting Belgian waffles for the first time.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
• Luckily, Gujral feels strongly that the lack of a tandoor should not stop anyone from making tandoori chicken at home.
  — Andreas Viestad, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
• But owner Dhivya Jegenathan recently found another use for the kitchen's showy tandoor ovens.
  — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
• Little wonder, then, that loaves from the tandoor oven at our neighborhood Indian restaurant haunt my dreams.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• Then the rounds are shaped by hand, imprinted with a decorative pattern, and sprinkled with water and sesame seeds before going into the tandoor, or clay oven.
  — Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2022
• Food specialties: Tandoori is a style of Indian cooking using a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven fired to a high heat by wood or charcoal.
  — Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 6 June 2018

Last Updated: 3 Aug 2024