tandoori

[tahn-door-ee]

adjective

1. baked or cooked in a tandoor.

   tandoori chicken.

noun

1. a plural of tandoor.

tandoori

/ tænˈdʊərɪ /

noun

1. 1. an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven

   2. ( as modifier )

      tandoori chicken

Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori¹

from Urdu, from tandoor an oven

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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