Curry & Cupcakes Cookbook

When I left my ex-cult, I left with one silver lining — I had become an excellent cook of Indian food. I received so many compliments and requests for my recipes over the years that I decided to create this cookbook. What’s more, I experienced so many negative things in the cult, that I want to memorialize the positive aspect of my life there — learning to cook delicious Indian food from the beautiful Indian cooks from whom I learned to cook in the ashram kitchen.

Once a week, I had to whip up a meal for 50 to 500 people! There was no time for complicated steps. I have simplified the often-complex process of making delicious Indian food. I created recipes that minimize effort, while maximizing flavor.

Curry and Cupcakes — My Silver Lining Cookbook contains recipes I created, tested, and improved over the years — delighting hundreds of residents and guests with vegetarian meals, like peas and paneer, a variety of dals, and curries, and my many sweets, like my famous egg-less cheesecake.

Both Indian guests and ashram residents loved my cooking — often rushing to the community dining hall at mealtime when I was in the kitchen! I can’t wait to share my recipes and delicious dishes with you — so you can delight your family and friends with vegetarian Indian meals that they’ll love.

Here are just a few of the recipes I share in Curry and Cupcakes — My Silver Lining Cookbook:

• Peas and paneer
• Sumptuous Toor Dal
• Spicy Toor Dal
• Coconut Veggie Curry
• Veggie Curry with Paneer
• Savory Indian Veggie Patties
• Carrot and Peanut Salad
• Tasty Stir-Fried Chickpeas
• Devi-Fried Rice
• Delightful Zucchini Cupcakes (no eggs!)
• Out-of-this-World Peach Cobbler