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tandoori

American  

[tahn-door-ee] / tɑnˈdʊər i /

adjective

1. baked or cooked in a tandoor.

   tandoori chicken.

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noun

1. a plural of tandoor.

tandoori British  

/ tænˈdʊərɪ /

noun

1. 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. )

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tandoori

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 ● Jan. 31, 2026

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 ● Nov. 24, 2025

You can’t miss the charred curds on tandoori chicken, the crisp edges on a lasagna, the ripe flesh of a peach.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

But RASA’s menu is filled with these dishes — lemon turmeric rice and something called “sexygreens,” chicken tikka and tandoori paneer are protein options, and spiced chickpeas and roasted lentils are additional toppings.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2024

The apartment is made up of five hot rooms—two bedrooms, one bath, a living room, and a dining room/kitchen—that feel like the inside of a tandoori oven.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins