Definitions
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- adjective Cooked in a tandoor.
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- adjective of food
Cooked in atandoor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course, I usually smoke up 25-pound turkeys covered in tandoori paste, so I have at least six hours to kill before dinner is ready.
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2: 29 PM muddfx said ... chicken tandoori from the Indian place down the road.
You tell me. Jessica Hagy 2006
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The Moroccan tagine is directly descended from the Persian khoresht stew, and India has taken both Persia's dishes and their names into its culture; Indian staples such as tandoori, nan bread, tikka, kebab, pilaf and biriani are all Persian words.
Persia's Private Cuisine Goes Public Bruce Palling 2011
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Because I didn't have tandoori masala on hand for the brown curry sauce, I made it from scratch with the spices from my pantry, storing the remainder for future dishes, such as tandoori chicken.
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Indian spice blends such as tandoori masala and garam masala are available at Campus Eastern Foods, 408 Locust St., and at World Harvest International & Gourmet Foods, 3700
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Starters include meats from the tandoor such as tandoori chicken (RMB 42 for a half chicken) alongside numerous vegetarian options like dal makhani (RMB 38) and palak paneer (RMB 32).
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Shiv Sena would have made 'tandoori' of Azmi: Bal Thackeray
WN.com - Articles related to Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos 2009
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Shiv Sena men would have made 'tandoori' of Azmi: Bal Thackeray
WN.com - Articles related to Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos 2009
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For the longest time I thought the "tandoori" in "tandoori chicken" referred to some kind of blend of spices used to marinate the meat, not realizing that there is actually a cylindrical clay oven called a tandoor for cooking all sorts of meats and veggies.
rants and raves 2009
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The open bar and kitchen create a personable dining experience, offering up authentically prepared dishes such as tandoori chicken, Peking duck, and nua kem fried rice.
PRWeb 2009
bilby commented on the word tandoori
I have heard this used recently to describe a fake tan, with apt reference to the orangey colour of tandoori-style foods.
e.g. "I like her new hairstyle but the tandoori is all wrong."
October 17, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word tandoori
a different sort of browning??
January 17, 2013