tandooriPronunciation: /tanˈdʊəri/Definition of tandoori adjective denoting or relating to a style of Indian cooking based on the use of a tandoor:tandoori chicken noun [mass noun] tandoori food or cooking: the tavern serves tandoori and other traditional dishesOrigin:from Urdu and Persian tandūri, from tandūr (see tandoor)tandoori in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of tandoori in the US English dictionary