Scrumptious Macaroons (eggless and super-easy)
We get some fantastic-tasting unsweetened grated dried coconut at Whole Foods in bulk and this inspired me to make some macaroons. They came out beautifully. 3 1/2 cups unsweetenedd grated…
Ethiopian Delights
A couple weeks back, I noticed that they were selling Ethiopian bread at the Central Square 7-11. (Yes, at 7-11 -- it's Central Square, after all). I bought a large…
Rachael’s Falafel
In December '07 my sister Natasha and I joined our brother Alex in Paris for a short visit. We stayed in Alex's friends apartment in Porte de Montreuil and spent…
Basic (Indian) Lentil Recipe
This is a basic lentil recipe that I wrote up for my friend Libby. This lentil is like a side dish--it should be soft, but not completely soupy, and can…
Vegetable Korma (includes vegan version)
Korma is a savory vegetable dish served in many Indian restaurants. I offer two versions here, one with heavy cream, and a vegan version using coconut milk. Korma gets it…
Apple Pie
Pie Crust (adapted from Field of Greens by Annie Somerville) (makes two 9-inch crusts) 2 c. unbleached white flour ¼ t. salt 1 t. sugar ½ Lb. (2 sticks) cold…
Hazelnut Scones
My mother shared this recipe with me a while back. It came from a magazine, but I don't remember which one. These scones are delicious: not too sweet, light, and…
Cinnamon Rolls
This August, we had a visit from some cousins from England: Daksha Hathi and her daughters Krishna and Nirali. Jagdish (her husband) couldn't make it, and these cinnamon buns were…
Gluten-Free Coconut Cake
This recipe is adapted, very distantly now, from the Ukranian Poppy Seed Cake recipe in Mollie Katzen's Moosewood Cookbook. It makes a relatively dense, buttery cake with a subtly Indian…
Thepla (Indian flat bread)
This recipe is adapted from an old New York Times Magazine recipe for Cabbage-Poblano flatbread and it's essentially what my (Indian) mother-in-law makes and calls "Thepla". Thepla (in its various…