tandoori

[ tahn-door-ee ]

adjective
  1. baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.

noun
  1. a plural of tandoor.

Origin of tandoori

1
1965–70; from Hindi tandūrī, adjective derivative of tandūr tandoor

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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

1
from Urdu, from tandoor an oven

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