tandoors
Cylindrical bread ovens
Tandoors are cylindrical clay ovens used in South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking.
They reach extremely high temperatures, with food cooked against the inner walls or on skewers thrust into the chamber.
Tandoori cooking produces distinctive charred, smoky flavors: naan fresh from the tandoor, tandoori chicken.
Singular: tandoor.
Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread
- rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- chapatiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- kebabsSkewered grilled meat
- tikkaMarinated meat dish
seekh kebab · paneer tikka · marination · yogurt · charring · skewers · searing · roasting
Moldable earth for ceramics
- ceramicFired clay material
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- terracottaFired reddish-brown ceramic
- cylindricalCircular in cross-section
insulated · bell-shaped · brick · mortar · dome · chamber · pit · barrel
Person from either continent
- PakistaniFrom Lahore's homeland
- AfghanFrom Kabul's nation
- PersianOf or from Iran
- Central AsianOf the steppes region
Punjabi · Mughlai · Middle Eastern · Turkish · Uzbek · street food · restaurant · takeaway
Burned wood residue
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- high-temperatureVery great heat
glowing · searing · convection · firewood · preheating · smoke · airflow · ventilation
naan
Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread
- rotiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- chapatiUnleavened South Asian flatbread
- kebabsSkewered grilled meat
tikka · seekh kebab · paneer tikka · marination · yogurt · charring · skewers · searing · roasting · grilling
clay
Moldable earth for ceramics
- ceramicFired clay material
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- terracottaFired reddish-brown ceramic
cylindrical · insulated · bell-shaped · brick · mortar · dome · chamber · pit · barrel · lining
Indian
Person from either continent
Central Asian · Punjabi · Mughlai · Middle Eastern · Turkish · Uzbek · street food · restaurant · takeaway
charcoal
Burned wood residue
high-temperature · glowing · searing · convection · firewood · preheating · smoke · airflow · ventilation · temperature
cumin
Ground aromatic seed
- corianderHerb yielding fragrant seeds
- turmericYellow rhizome spice
- garam masalaIndian spice mixture
paprika · fenugreek · garlic · ginger · chili · cardamom · cloves · cinnamon · black pepper · mint
tandoorsmicrowave ovens
Appliances that heat food electromagnetically
slow cookers · sous vide · steamers · convection ovens · conventional ovens
- tandoori chickenSpiced marinated poultry from cylindrical oven
- tandoori masalaIndian spice mixture
- tandoori rotiIndian oven-baked flatbread