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Tandoor Palace
141 Fulton St
New York, NY 10038
"The Heightened Sense
of Taste"
- The New York Times
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Tandoor Palace by XeonDesigns.com
Tandoor
A tandoor is
a cylindrical clay oven used in northern India 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. All tandoori food is grilled on a charcoal at very high
temperatures. Practically no fat is used in tandoori preparations.
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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