tandoor
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tandoor (plural tandoors)
A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
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Khashoggi murder: 'Asked to light tandoor within an hour after journalist entered Saudi consulate'
Chicken pieces marinated in yogurt and roasted in the tandoor oven with a lavish blasting of chili.
As tandoor masters skewer marinated meat and lower it into the center of the oven, they also form pillows of naan dough and slap them onto the tandoor’s inner walls to cook.
Devi, the new Indian restaurant in Chelsea, may be too young to know any better, but dinner customers can pick any three dishes from its lengthy menu, including Jamison Farms' tandoor lamb chops, which usually cost $29.
With a little imagination, whole wheat tortillas heated on a naked gas flame (resulting in a few charred spots) can taste just like rotis right out of a dhaba's tandoor.
Offering authentic Indian-Pakistani cuisine straight out the the tandoor.