tandoori
pronunciation
How to pronounce tandoori in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce tandoori in American English:
US
Word Origin
- tandoori (adj.)
- in reference to a type of Indian cooking, 1958, from adjectival form of Urdu or Punjabi tandur "cooking stove," from Turkish tandur, from Turkish pronunciation of Arabic and Persian tannur "oven, portable furnace," of Semitic origin. As a noun by 1969.
Example
- 1. I decide on tandoori aloo , a roasted potato concoction with raisins and cashews .
- 2. Kravis has ordered a lot of food , and after two hours we haven 't made much of a dent either in the mounds of tandoori meats or the bowls of curry .
- 3. It serves malaysian and south indian specialities such as fish-head curry , tandoori naan and mutton and chicken curries .
- 4. In the modern world , the " tandoori chicken tikka masala " became britain 's national dish !