Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 500F.

Combine dry ingredient in a medium-large bowl from brown rice flour through baking powder, and whisk to combine.

Collect the coconut CREAM that has risen to the top of the chilled coconut milk can first in a liquid measuring cup. I use a large spoon but you may also have good luck with a small spatula. For the last bit I poured the milk through a fine strainer and collected the cream remained on top of the strainer. I had about 3/4 cup coconut cream in my can. Combine thin coconut milk with hazelnut milk or other non dairy milk to have a cup of liquid. Warm the thin liquid in a microwave until barely warm. If you heat it so that it is hot rather than warm, just let it sit until lukewarm. Whisk sugar into your warm dairy-free milk and then add your yeast. When it foams, pour into your bowl with the dry ingredients. Then add your coconut cream and whisked egg and fold together. You should have a fairly thick batter that is not runny but not firm enough to pick up with your hands.

Spoon out large rounds of dough onto your parchment paper about 4 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch high. (Or smaller, to your preference. Larger may be difficult to manage.) Smooth out top with a large spoon. If you like you can dampen your hands with water and make the tops really silky and smooth.

Bake in the oven on 500F until golden brown. In my rather freakish gas oven, it took about 15 minutes but yours may take less time so watch carefully. Then I finished them off under the broiler for a little extra browning. Watch them like a hawk during this step! Golden brown is one thing and char-grilled is quite another.

Microwave with a tablespoon of water or steam your slices of sweet potato until the potato loses its crunch and is slightly soft. Drain.

Heat your olive oil on medium high in your favorite skillet and add your sweet potato discs in a single layer. season with ground cumin and coriander to taste. If you want a strongly Indian dish, add more. Remember you can always add more spices but you cant take them away, so be careful! Season with salt and saute until browned on one side. Turn over. As the sweet potato shrinks you may have additional space in your pan. Move your sweet potato to one side (still in a single layer) and add your red onion slices to the empty spot in the pan. Saute. Once the sweet potato is browned on both sides, you can mix the onion and sweet potato together and continue until the onion has softened and starts to turn translucent. Add your kidney beans, saute for another minute or two, and add your tomato pieces, heat through and then toss in your arugula or spinach. I used fresh arugula from our garden (score!) but if you don’t like it spinach is fine. Combine and season with (optional) garam masala to serve. I buy mine from Penzey’s because I can’t be bothered to mix it, but there are tons of great recipes for garam masala online if you are so inclined.

Mix together your flours, corn starch, tamari, ginger, scallion paste (ground up in a mini food processor), white pepper and water. You want a thick batter, like pakora batter or a slightly thick pancake batter.

Immerse your cauliflower in boiling water, rinsing with cold water when they are crisp tender and then spinning dry in a salad spinner (or pat dry in a kitchen towel).

Cover a cookie sheet with a sheet of wax paper and then put a cooling rack on top of the cookie sheet for cooling your fried cauliflower.
Heat several inches of canola or other high smoke point oil to medium high in your favorite deep frying pan. I use a soup pot, but you could use a wok if you prefer. Dip dry cauliflower florets in your batter and pull out by the stem, trying to keep covered with batter. Drop carefully (watch out for splattering!) into your hot frying oil. Just put a couple in at a time, so that they don’t get crowded and stick together. Turn if needed to get both sides equally browned. When both sides are golden brown, carefully remove with a slotted spoon or mesh ladle and place on your cooling rack. Sprinkle with salt and continue until you have fried all of your cauliflower.

This fried cauliflower makes a delicious snack. Baby Yum loved stealing it from the rack and kept saying “more, more”. That girl loves her cauliflower!

If you want to really amp it up, prepare a sauce for the full Gobi Manchurian experience.

Whisk together liquid ingredients (water, ketchup, srirachi sauce, tamari) along with sugar and salt in a bowl.

Heat your 3 sesame oil in a wok. Add your garlic clove and let it brown, flavoring the oil. Turn once. When both sides are brown, remove the garlic from the oil. Add your grated ginger, and saute for a few seconds. Then add the chopped onions, and the white parts of the scallions. When the onion becomes translucent, add your liquid ingredients in the bowl to the wok. At medium heat simmer for about 3 minutes.

Whisk the corn starch with the water to make a cornstarch slurry and add to the pan, stirring in and letting the sauce begin to thicken. Toss in your fried cauliflower and fold into the sauce until each floret is coated in yummy sauce. To serve, sprinkle with the green onions and enjoy with rice or quinoa!

Rinse and drain split peas, and put in a soup pot with the water, bay leaf and 1/2 cup onion. Bring to a boil, and then simmer on medium-low for an hour or until tender. Add water as needed if split pea mixture gets too dry or starts to brown on the bottom and stick to the pan. Stir occasionally as needed. Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet on medium and add your cumin seeds. When they turn brown, add your onion and saute for a few minutes. Add the ground spices and mix together. Turn heat to medium low and let onion turn translucent and start to caramelize. Add your tomato and saute until tomato softens, 4 or 5 minutes. Ladle spice and onion mixture on top of your softened split peas and gently fold together. If desired, you can add some water to your skillet, swirl it around the pan to collect all the yummy spices that are left on the bottom of the pan, and pour that into the split pea mixture as well. Turn heat to low and let flavors mingle for 5 minutes or so. Turn off heat and serve!

Clean zucchini and pattypan squash and towel dry. Cut Baby zucchini in half lengthwise, and cut pattypan squash in half horizontally so that you have two circlets, one having a pumpkin-like stem and os one not.

Heat 1 tbsp. of oil in a large nonstick pan on medium high and then add your baby zucchini so that you have one layer in the pan. You may have to do this in batches. Let it brown for a minute or so and then lower the heat. Let brown for 8 minutes, turning halfway through to get even browning. Remove zucchini from pan and reserve. Heat the remaining oil on medium high again and put a single layer of your pattypan squash in the pan. After a minute or so, lower heat and brown for 5-6 minutes. Turn halfway through or as soon as the bottom layer is brown and brown the other side. Add the zucchini back into the pan and add your spices, mixing thoroughly. Let the spices heat up and brown slightly. Add the cubed tomatoes and mix again. Let the tomatoes cook down slightly and then take off burner. Taste and season with additional salt if needed. Serve!

Combine pakora batter ingredients in a small bowl.

Pour enough canola oil in a small, deep pan for deep frying. Heat on high until hot but before reaching smoking point. If oil is too hot, fritters will burn. If not hot enough, the fritters will absorb too much oil. Oil is ready when a drop of batter rises to the surface immediately and sizzles. Lower heat to medium high to keep at correct temperature.

Dip your squash blossoms into the batter, coating all sides evenly. Drop them into hot oil, turning frequently so that the blossom browns evenly.

Remove fritters from oil with tongs or metal strainer and set on rack to drain. You can reheat them later in the oven on 375 and they will taste hot and fresh!

Sprinkle lightly with salt if desired.

Heat sesame oil in your rice cooker and then add your black mustard seeds and cumin. Heat until seeds pop and then add your quinoa. Heat the rice cooker again (by pressing cook), stir the quinoa, and let it cook a few minutes. Open rice cooker and add your peas, water, lime juice, turmeric, and salt. Stir. Start your rice cooker cycle again and let cook. Can keep warm in the rice cooker for a bit or serve immediately. Enjoy!

Heat oil in your wok on high to medium-high. (My stove is really hot, so I have to turn it down to medium/medium high to avoid burning.) When hot, add 1 tsp of your cumin seeds and let them start to pop. Add your potato (or potato substitute) and mix into the cumin, letting it brown slightly. Add your carrot and follow with your cauliflower florets. Mix together and let surface of florets begin to brown. Add your peas, mix, and then add chilies and ginger. Sprinkle generously with salt and let brown further. When it seems almost done (think al dente), make a well in the middle of the wok and add at least a tablespoon more of oil. When it is hot add your bay leaves, cinnamon stick, remaining teaspoon of cumin seed, and cloves. Let them sizzle and then add your quinoa, mixing in thoroughly and sprinkling with additional salt. Let flavors permeate the dish. Add your turmeric and fold into the quinoa. Turn off heat and let dish sit for a few minutes. To serve, squeeze lemon or lime juice onto the pulao, and garnish with tomato and cilantro.

Serve with a delish dal!

Heat oil in a large skillet (nonstick ok) with a lid on medium or medium high. Add your mustard seed and bay leaf to the oil and let it sizzle. Add your cumin seeds and wait a few seconds before adding the onion. Saute onions until they start to soften and turn brown. Add ginger, tomatoes, and turmeric. Let soften and then add your quinoa, stirring it in gently and sprinkling with salt. Reduce heat and cover, cooking for 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir once, sprinkle with cilantro, cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Fluff and serve.