adj
tandoori
tan-DOOR-ree
adj
1
Cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven used in South Asian cooking.
"We ordered tandoori chicken and garlic naan."
noun
1
A dish cooked in this way.
"The tandoori was smoky and slightly charred at the edges."
How to Use Tandoori
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFood cooked in a traditional South Asian clay oven, typically marinated and smoky-tasting.
Common pairings
tandoori chicken
tandoori oven
Word Forms
tandooris plural
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Etymology
From Hindustani tandūrī, describing food cooked in a tandūr (clay oven), itself from Persian.