Dictionary entry

Tandoori

Pronunciation: /tanˈdʊəri/

Pronunciation

/tanˈdʊəri/

Myanmar Meaning

အမွှေးအကြိုင်ထည့်ပြီး ရွှံ့စေးမီးဖိုတွင် မီးသွေးနှင့် ချက်ထားသည့် စားစရာ။

Definition

tandoori /tæn'dƱǝri/ n [U] နံျပားဖိုတြင္ ဖုတ္ကင္ခ်က္လုပ္ထားေသာ အိႏၵိယစားဖြယ္။ tandoori chicken ❍ a tandoori restaurant.

Examples

  1. ‘You can also order plain tandoori naan or tandoori roti for the same price.’
  2. ‘The dishes covered the gamut of culinary endeavour from Guinness-and-lamb stew to salmon with tandoori spices.’
  3. ‘Ditto the butter chicken
  4. which is first marinated in tandoori sauce
  5. then roasted in the tandoor and sauced up with cream and butter.’
  6. ‘He also has several special tandoori recipes to his credit.’
  7. ‘If you are tired of the regular variety
  8. you can try out the desi version of the pizza - Naanza - tandoori chicken on a tandoori naan base.’
  9. ‘After a sumptuous dinner of our favourite tandoori kababs and chicken
  10. we are then off to a cinema.’
  11. ‘There are also gargantuan lamb shanks studded with lotus roots
  12. giant tandoori prawns flown in from Sri Lanka
  13. and leaning towers of tender salmon interspersed with okra and spicy tomato sauce.’
  14. ‘India has a cuisine as diverse as its contrasting climate and the Punjab is famed for its clay ovens and tandoori cooking.’
  15. ‘I had ordered chicken tikka from the tandoori specialities section of the menu
  16. and it arrived sizzling on a skewer before being piled up on my plate with juicy pieces of onion.’
  17. ‘I love tandoori chicken and have made it at home using a paste-in-a-jar sauce.’
  18. ‘If all these kababs are only appetisers for you
  19. order the tandoori chicken to fill in the gaps.’
  20. ‘‘I go to my local tandoori restaurant on a regular basis in North Yorkshire
  21. ’ he said.’
  22. ‘While books by Indian authors are flying off the shelves
  23. tandoori fare is reputed to have overtaken fish and chips as the national favorite.’
  24. ‘Here we ate a mountain of tandoori lamb chops
  25. moist chicken tikka
  26. fragrant rice
  27. and vegetables with fresh herbs and spices.’
  28. ‘So I thought I'd slip down incognito for a tandoori lamb salad
  29. a Goan prawn curry and a glass of wine
  30. and then come home and write it up.’
  31. ‘These are followed by 9 tandoori specialties with lamb
  32. chicken and prawn
  33. some combined with cheeses.’
  34. ‘For those who are still confused
  35. Anari Jhinga is a tasty dish of fresh prawns marinated with pomegranate paste and tandoori spices
  36. and cooked until the aroma wafts pleasantly into the air.’
  37. ‘Oh
  38. yes
  39. there are the obligatory North Indian tandoori items and some perfectly fine meat-based curries notably lacking in excess oil.’
  40. ‘As a result
  41. Indian tandoori restaurants have sprung up all around the world.’
  42. ‘After years of experimenting with restaurants specialising in North Indian and tandoori dishes
  43. there seems to be a growing demand among the urban clientele for traditional Kerala fare.’