How to Use tandoor in a Sentence

tandoor

noun
  • Don’t miss the tandoor specials, and the full slate of breads.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 19 July 2017
  • Blistered in the tandoor, the fluffy naan helps erase the last of any sauce.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • 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
  • Both dishes were moist even after the high heat of the tandoor.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2018
  • Four pieces of rodent poop on the floor in front of a reach-in cooler and tandoor oven.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The most Indian thing about the dish is that it’s cooked in a tandoor.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • While most kebabs are cooked in the tandoor, shikampuri kebabs are fried.
    — Kamalika Mukherjee, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Arouk bread — a tandoor bread made of dough mixed with celery and spices — is another favorite.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The restaurant utilizes tandoor clay ovens to quickly cook orders.
    — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • That some have suggested a direct lineage between the tandoor and the toné?
    — Hannah Walhout, Smithsonian, 5 July 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Little Asilbek touches the hot bread straight out of the family tandoor.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Little wonder, then, that loaves from the tandoor oven at our neighborhood Indian restaurant haunt my dreams.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • In the same food hall, Norwegian has built its first Indian bistro, including two tandoor ovens.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • 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
  • Sitting at the tandoor and pushing out piles of chapatis and naan, Yazid had ample time to study these fortunate creatures.
    — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Islam is keeping his tandoor oven busy, deftly applying its concentrated heat to chicken, lamb and salmon.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • But owner Dhivya Jegenathan recently found another use for the kitchen's showy tandoor ovens.
    — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Spiced lamb chops and skewered, ground chicken kababs are cooked in the restaurant’s charcoal tandoor, resulting in bite after tender bite of savory meat.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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