mom’s famous pindi chhole

I have a fuzzy memory of this one time my dad asked my mom to make chhole for the millionth time. In my family, “chhole”, or channa, simply meant the gravy-simmered chickpea dish you generally see in Indian restaurants (fast food and regular), paired with bhature, the maida-based fried puffy bread, and sliced (not chopped,…

honey & harissa carrot salad

A friend asked in one of my group chats recently about how to scale a recipe for 15 portions down to 3. My brain immediately started trying to divide all the quarters and thirds and tablespoons and teaspoons by 5. (Shoutout to all the Kumon math alums, and our ability to think we’re human calculators…