Tandoor
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A tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan in which food is cooked over a hot charcoal fire. Temperatures in a tandoor can approach 480°C (900°F). It is not uncommon for tandoor ovens to remain lit for long periods of time to maintain the high cooking temperature.
The word tandoor comes from the Hindi words tandūr and tannūr; these derive from the Persian tanūr, which comes from the Arabic word tannūr, from which Turkish word Tandır (which has the same meaning as explained in the article) originates. It is used for cooking certain types of Indian food, such as tandoori chicken and bread varieties like tandoori roti and naan. (The word tandoori is the adjective form.) Some modern day tandoors use electricity or gas instead of charcoal.
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