tandoor
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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
Before the crackdown started, the Afghan ran a tandoor business.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
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
Shrimp cooked in the tandoor encircle a hillock of raw mango and diced bell peppers, a “salsa” fired up with chile powder and cumin.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
We’d gone to Dadkhoda’s Kabob House afterward, across from Cinema Park, had lamb kabob with freshly baked naan from the tandoor.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
For me, the tandoori chicken was the star of the show and its flavors made me nostalgic for my mom’s home cooking.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
He also recalled how their relationship was sealed "over a tandoori chicken masala, four poppadoms and three pints of lager" after meeting on TV drama The Gambling Man in 1992.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
