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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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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

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 ● Nov. 1, 2024

He also recalled how their relationship was sealed "over a tandoori chicken masala, four poppadoms and three pints of lager" after meeting on TV drama The Gambling Man in 1992.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

The two families both say that it was their own Kundan who invented butter chicken — the creamy, heavenly marriage of tandoori chicken and tomato gravy beloved everywhere north Indian food is served.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

And fresh tandoori pomfret and crepe suzette on their menu.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy