Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cylindrical oven made of clay, heated over charcoal or wood, and used in South Asia and Central Asia for baking bread and roasting meat.
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- noun A
cylindrical clay oven used, in thecuisine of theMiddle East and Indian Subcontinent, to make flatbread , or to cookmeat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Atta Chicken, which roughly translates to 'dough' chicken, dates back to a time in Punjab Province when every little house had a brick oven, known as a tandoor.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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A tandoori oven, known as a tandoor, is cylindrical and used for cooking meat dishes plus breads like nan and roti.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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A tandoori oven, known as a tandoor, is cylindrical and used for cooking meat dishes plus breads like nan and roti.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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A most popular Indian / Pakistan chicken dish which is cooked in a clay oven called a tandoor; this is extremely popular in the West and appears on the majority of the restaurant menus.
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A most popular Indian / Pakistan chicken dish which is cooked in a clay oven called a tandoor; this is extremely popular in the West and appears on the majority of the restaurant menus.
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According to the menu, a tandoor is a traditional pitcher-shaped clay oven used to cook meat and bread in ancient India.
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For the longest time I thought the "tandoori" in "tandoori chicken" referred to some kind of blend of spices used to marinate the meat, not realizing that there is actually a cylindrical clay oven called a tandoor for cooking all sorts of meats and veggies.
rants and raves 2009
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Originally from the Punjab region of India, this dish consists of chicken, usually skinless, that’s marinated in yogurt and spices and then cooked at high heat in a clay oven known as a tandoor.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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Originally from the Punjab region of India, this dish consists of chicken, usually skinless, that’s marinated in yogurt and spices and then cooked at high heat in a clay oven known as a tandoor.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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B industry to his new role as Chef de Cuisine of the Indian restaurant, many of which have been spent perfecting Bukhara cuisine - involving the delicate cooking of kebabs in a traditional 'tandoor' clay oven - in two of India's most renowned restaurants specialising in this culinary tradition.
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