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Default Tandoor cooking

blake murphy wrote:
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> >I thought that they were more for smoking than for really hot cooking. If
> >they can handle the heat, go for it. My understanding of tandoor cooking is
> >that it is the high heat that does the wonders.

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> the yogurt marinade plays a large role as well. it's good with
> chicken.


It is an amazing marinade. I once cooked Tandoori chicken for my parents,
knowing that neither of them liked spicy food. Neither of them ate much
meat of any kind. It was the first time I ever saw my father help himself
to seconds.