What gives tandoori chicken its distinctive reddish-orange color?
Tandoori chicken is named for the traditional Indian tandoor oven in which the dish is cooked. A tandoor is a tall, cylindrical brick or clay oven used to cook foods over smoky, intense heat, usually at temperatures over 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The appealing color of this popular dish comes from the tandoori paste or coloring used on the chicken before cooking. We searched for tandoori dishes on Yahoo! and Epicurious and discovered an appetizing variety of recipes — cooked in an authentic charcoal-fired clay oven, baked at very high temperature in a conventional western oven, or adapted for the gri
