[Photograph: Vicky Wasik] Tishpishti is a traditional Sephardic cake, in the spirit of nutty, sweet, syrupy North African and Middle Eastern desserts like baklava. Though it’s commonly served at Passover, when flour and leavening action are forbidden, I like it any time I need a gluten-free dessert. This is my Americanized version: a heady mix of spices and citrus, with grated apple added to the traditional nut-based cake. Rather than rose blossom syrup, I opt for a ginger-infused syrup that’s boozy with Applejack, America’s own apple brandy.

Chickpeas might be one of the most versatile ingredients in the entire world. You can toss them on salads and use them in stews, but you can also make them into pasta and turn them into puffy, Cheetos-esque snack foods. And now chickpeas can also make a sweet, toasty, protein-packed alternative to peanut butter. As Extra Crispy’s Rebecca Firkser points out, most peanut butter alternatives are made with seeds or different kinds of nuts, and while all those nut butters are pretty great in their own right, it’s worth noting that peanut butter is not technically a nut butter at all. As we all learned from Saturday Night Live in the ’90s, “the peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.” It’s a legume, and so are chickpeas. The Amazing Chickpea‘s creamy chickpea butter is designed to be sticky and spreadable like peanut butter, with the same sweet, salty, protein-rich flavor profile. It’s made of dry-roasted chickpeas, sunflower seeds, olive oil, and cane sugar, and basically you can do anything with it that you’d do with ordinary peanut butter. You can use it for toast, sandwiches, or cookies. Eating it straight with a spoon is also an option. “So if […]

Mambazha Mor Kuzhambu (translated to mango in curd based gravy) is a traditional Palakkad recipe. It’s a seasonal recipe and can be made and savoured during mango season. The Mambazha Mor Kuzhambu is a beautiful mix of sweetness (from the mangoes) and spice from the chilli and ginger that are added to the kuzhambu. The Mambazha Mor Kuzhambu can be made in a jiffy with all available ingredients in the pantry. I hope u all enjoy making it and relishing it just like how we did. Serve Mambazha Mor Kuzhambu Recipe along with Steamed Rice, Chow Chow Thoran and Elai Vadam for a weekday meal. If you like this Mambazha Mor Kuzhambu recipe, you can also try other Mango recipes which you can make for your everyday meals: Raw Mango Puliyogare Gojju Recipe Tamil Nadu Style Raw Mango Thokku Recipe Raw Mango Prawns Curry Recipe