Geeta Bansal's spicy habanero lamb vindaloo, a favorite at her Clay Oven restaurant in Irvine. The restaurant is closing and moving locations in December. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) ...

Cooking a freshly caught giant fish in a village tandoor brings out rich, natural flavors. The fish is prepared with simple ingredients, seasoned by hand, and baked slowly in a clay oven.

1. Soak the seeded, chopped chili in the vinegar for a few minutes to soften, then grind to a paste (a mortar and pestle work well for this). Grind the ginger and garlic as well to a paste, adding a ...

Kam Sidhu flattens bread dough, sticking it to the side of a tandoor clay oven with two stainless steel rods. Then he inserts a steel skewer of chicken marinated in yogurt and spices. Kam is making a ...