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  • noun Plural form of tandoor.

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Examples

  • My family and I having happily consumed it around our dinner table, I wrote this: "We recommend curries and tandoors, which not only taste fresh and succulent but actually improve with age after a couple of days in the refrigerator."

    Instant Immortality Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010

  • It boasts a robata grill, two Indian tandoors, an Argentinian fire pit, a Texas smoker and a wood-fired oven the size of a minibus.

    The Real Meaning of Bonfire Night Sam Leith 2010

  • This drum-shaped clay oven is not commonly used in individual homes; at one time, community tandoors were common in some parts of North India, and today, tandoor ovens can be found in restaurants.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007

  • This is not entirely out of the question for the domestic cook - small tandoors are available for much less than a standard gas barbecue.

    naan 2006

  • This is not entirely out of the question for the domestic cook - small tandoors are available for much less than a standard gas barbecue.

    Archive 2006-04-01 2006

  • Some families in one compound have communal tandoors in which several families can bake their chapatis together.

    3. Conditions of Acceptance for Solar Cookers 1990

  • His fireworks come from the two tandoors he has installed in the kitchen to produce specialties like wild boar chops, prawns and even tofu.

    NYT > Home Page By FLORENCE FABRICANT 2011

  • Courtesy the modern gas tandoors, a large number of restaurant workers have been severely burned.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • Such tandoors are used to cook chicken tikka and nan bread, reports The Telegraph.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • Courtesy the modern gas tandoors, a large number of restaurant workers have been severely burned.

    Medindia Health News 2010

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