tandoori

American

[tahn-door-ee] / tɑnˈdʊər i /

adjective

baked or cooked in a tandoor.

tandoori chicken.

noun

a plural of tandoor.

tandoori British

/ tænˈdʊərɪ /

noun

1. an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven
2. ( as modifier )
  
  tandoori chicken

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Etymology

Origin of tandoori

1965–70; from Hindi tandūrī, adjective derivative of tandūr tandoor ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Veeraswamy introduced the UK's first tandoor oven that decade - and a 1959 menu offers chicken tandoori for the equivalent of 52p in pre-decimal currency.

From BBC

Restaurant diners at this time of year can find Peking turkey, jerk turkey, tandoori turkey and even the French take.

From The Wall Street Journal

Size is also an issue at Tamarind Tribeca, an Indian restaurant in New York that makes tandoori turkey, a variation of the chicken dish also prepared in a vertical oven.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the time the heist is underway, Charlie, who’s recently arrived in town and taken a job delivering for a local Tandoori restaurant, has found herself making regular stops at SuperSave.

From Salon

For me, the tandoori chicken was the star of the show and its flavors made me nostalgic for my mom’s home cooking.

From Salon

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