tandoori

[ tahn-door-ee ]

adjective

baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.

noun

a plural of tandoor.

Origin of tandoori

1965–70; from Hindi tandūrī, adjective derivative of tandūr tandoor

Words Nearby tandoori

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How to use tandoori in a sentence

Among the treasures from the original menu are tandoori salmon and ever-fiery green chili chicken.
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He describes it as a “tandoori comedy”—a culmination of Indian flavors with American comedy.
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British Dictionary definitions for tandoori

tandoori

/ (tænˈdʊərɪ) /

noun

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

Origin of tandoori

from Urdu, from tandoor an oven

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