How to Use tandoor in a Sentence
tandoor
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Blistered in the tandoor, the fluffy naan helps erase the last of any sauce.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
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Don’t miss the tandoor specials, and the full slate of breads.
—Michael Klein, Philly.com, 19 July 2017
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Both dishes were moist even after the high heat of the tandoor.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
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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
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His stroke of genius was this: How about using the tandoor?
—Andreas Viestad, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
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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
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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
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While most kebabs are cooked in the tandoor, shikampuri kebabs are fried.
—Kamalika Mukherjee, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
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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
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That some have suggested a direct lineage between the tandoor and the toné?
—Hannah Walhout, Smithsonian, 5 July 2018
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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
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Arouk bread — a tandoor bread made of dough mixed with celery and spices — is another favorite.
—Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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The restaurant utilizes tandoor clay ovens to quickly cook orders.
—Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 July 2022
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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
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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
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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
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In the same food hall, Norwegian has built its first Indian bistro, including two tandoor ovens.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 31 July 2022
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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
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For both dishes, the chicken roasts in the tandoor after marinating.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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But owner Dhivya Jegenathan recently found another use for the kitchen's showy tandoor ovens.
—Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
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Little wonder, then, that loaves from the tandoor oven at our neighborhood Indian restaurant haunt my dreams.
—Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
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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
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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
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