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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

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 ● Nov. 24, 2025

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

They did such a wonderful job, as well as the culinary team for getting a tandoori oven into the kitchen.

From Salon ● May 12, 2023

When the music comes back on, waiters appear with appetizers and plate after heaping plate of mouthwatering food—biryani and kebabs and tandoori chicken and samosas.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed