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tandoori

[ tahn-door-ee ]

adjective

  1. baked or cooked in a tandoor:

    tandoori chicken.



noun

  1. a plural of tandoor.

tandoori

/ tænˈdʊərɪ /

noun

    1. an Indian method of cooking meat or vegetables on a spit in a clay oven
    2. ( as modifier )

      tandoori chicken

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori1

1965–70; from Hindi tandūrī, adjective derivative of tandūr tandoor ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tandoori1

from Urdu, from tandoor an oven
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Example Sentences

Among the treasures from the original menu are tandoori salmon and ever-fiery green chili chicken.

He describes it as a “tandoori comedy”—a culmination of Indian flavors with American comedy.

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