tandoor
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While the former was delicate and thin, the latter was a thick, puffy flatbread baked in a tandoor.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
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.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Uyghur poetry spelled out in Arabic letters is displayed in restaurants that serve hand-pulled noodles and samsa, lamb-filled buns baked in tandoor ovens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
These floppy, lightly pickled onions are a traditional accompaniment to grilled and tandoor foods throughout India and the rest of South Asia.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
We had a restaurant-grade tandoor oven in our own kitchen, which I’d leaned against as I watched my father prepare that night’s meal.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
Veeraswamy introduced the UK's first tandoor oven that decade - and a 1959 menu offers chicken tandoori for the equivalent of 52p in pre-decimal currency.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Restaurant diners at this time of year can find Peking turkey, jerk turkey, tandoori turkey and even the French take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
I’ve never had a tandoori taco before, but Sarkar’s culinary creation had me craving more.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
You can’t miss the charred curds on tandoori chicken, the crisp edges on a lasagna, the ripe flesh of a peach.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
When the music comes back on, waiters appear with appetizers and plate after heaping plate of mouthwatering food—biryani and kebabs and tandoori chicken and samosas.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Meanwhile, masalas will continue to get toasted, meats will continue to sizzle on the tandoors, and ghee will continue to glaze rotis in kitchens all over the world.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
Two glowing tandoors fuel the lunch crowd at this unpretentious downtown standby, but the most affordable option isn’t wrapped in warm flatbread.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2017
Ananta, the Oberoi Dubai’s Indian specialty restaurant, boasts a show kitchen with traditional tandoors and specializes in North Indian signature dishes, as well as a daily selection of Indian coastal specialties.
From Forbes ● Dec. 29, 2014
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