tandoor
Naan-baking vessel
A tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven used in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, heated by charcoal or wood fire to extremely high temperatures.
Bread like naan is slapped against the interior walls to bake, while meats cook on skewers: tandoori chicken, lamb from the tandoor.
The adjective tandoori describes food prepared this way.
Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread
- kebabGrilled food on skewer
- tikkaMarinated meat dish
- rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- seekh kebabMinced meat grilled lengthwise
paneer tikka · lamb chops · fish tikka · charring · skewers · marination · smoky · searing
Moldable earth for ceramics
- firebricksHeat-tolerant ceramic blocks
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- wood-firedFueled by timber
chimney · hearth · temperature · embers · heat · dome · cylindrical · pit
South Asian republic
- PakistanSouth Asian nation
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- PunjabSouth Asian agricultural region
- Central AsiaContinental interior between Russia and Iran
Persia · heritage · traditional · street food · restaurant · cuisine · Mughlai · regional
naan
Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread
seekh kebab · paneer tikka · lamb chops · fish tikka · charring · skewers · marination · smoky · searing · basting
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
- firebricksHeat-tolerant ceramic blocks
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- charcoalBurned wood residue
wood-fired · chimney · hearth · temperature · embers · heat · dome · cylindrical · pit · earthen
India
South Asian republic
- PakistanSouth Asian nation
- AfghanistanCentral Asian landlocked nation
- PunjabSouth Asian agricultural region
Central Asia · Persia · heritage · traditional · street food · restaurant · cuisine · Mughlai · regional · ancient
smoky
Filled with combustion haze
- charredBurned until black
- garam masalaIndian spice mixture
- cuminGround aromatic seed
coriander · paprika · turmeric · ghee · garlic · ginger · lemon · mint · fenugreek · caramelized
- grillinggrill, searing, gas grill, charring, coals
- IndiaDelhi, Ganges, Mumbai, Taj Mahal, Punjab
- cookersoven, stove, range, cooktop, electric cooker
- cooking methodsfrying, boiling, baking, grilling, roasting
- ovensmicrowave oven, gas oven, electric oven, toaster oven, convection oven
- stovesgas stove, electric stove, wood stove, cookstove, range
tandoormicrowave
Radiation-based kitchen heater
slow cooker · steamer · conventional oven · electric range · sous vide
tandoorinstant pot
Electric programmable pressure cooker
air fryer · wok · convection oven · toaster oven · hibachi
tandoormicrowave oven
Appliance using radiation for heating
induction cooktop · convection oven · air fryer · smart oven · electric range
- tandoori chickenSpiced marinated poultry from cylindrical oven
- tandoori masalaIndian spice mixture
- tandoori rotiIndian oven-baked flatbread