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