Cooking food over open flame can impart smoky flavor and seal in savory juices, but cooking food over an eternal flame can get a bobsledding team kicked out of the Olympics. Get your fill of the tandoor oven's flame-cooked fare with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Indian cuisine and drinks at Pickles Indian Cuisine in Artesia.

The culinary guides at Pickles Indian Cuisine wield a menu that catalogs a wealth of traditional tandoori dishes and vegetarian-friendly fare. Hone flavor-sensing devices on appetizers such as avocado papadi chat, which unites crust wafers and sweet potatoes with garbanzo beans plus tamarind and mint chutneys ($6.99). Meanwhile, the lamb vindaloo binds together a mélange of coconut, vinegar, and hot chili peppers with potatoes ($12.99) to obliterate hunger like a bulldozer clearing a forest of Styrofoam. Or pair a palak paneer—which incorporates creamed spinach with garlic, cumin, and paneer ($10.99)—with a mango, sweet, or saltly lassi beverage ($4).

Guests are free to feast eyes on Pickles Indian Cuisine's colorful abstract artwork, and advocates of moving images can peep at the flat-screen television monitors or create a flipbook out of napkins. Cushioned booth benches line the walls, and red curtains, elegant hanging lights, and white tablecloths that drape eating desks reflect a sophisticated flair.