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INDIAN RESTAURANT  India’s Clay Oven

150 Del Monte Ave, Monterey | 373-2529

In addition to providing patrons with excellent service and exquisite food, the folks at India’s Clay Oven also make sure to thoroughly represent the cuisine of India by offering vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes from regional recipes. Their most popular dishes are the chicken tikka masala, lamb curry, saag (a slow-cooked vegetarian dish of spinach, mustard greens and broccoli with cheese and potatoes) and eggplant bhartha (diced eggplant with a superb blend of spices cooked over slow heat until it takes on a thick, dip-like texture).