From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtandooritan‧doo‧ri /tænˈdʊəri $ -ˈdʊri/ adjective [only before noun] DFCtandoori dishes are Indian meat dishes cooked in a clay oven a tandoori restaurant tandoori chickenOrigin tandoori (1900-2000) Hindi tanduri, from tandur “clay oven”, from Arabic tannur
