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50 min · serves 4
Filipino-Style Sesame Daliya Lugaw
A savoury rice-porridge-style bowl made with daliya, built on the same garlic and ginger base that opens a Filipino lugaw.
vegetarianvegangluten free
45 min · serves 4
French Lentil Salad with Mustard Dressing
Whole lentils dressed while still warm so they drink the vinaigrette instead of sitting in it.
vegetarianvegan
35 min · serves 24
French Sesame Sable Biscuits
A sandy French shortbread rolled in sesame seeds, where overworking the dough is the only real mistake.
vegetarian
35 min · serves 6
Georgian-Style Cornmeal and Daliya Flatbread
A rustic pan-fried flatbread borrowing mchadi's cornmeal base, with fine daliya added for a slightly different texture.
vegetarian
60 min · serves 5
German Linsen Eintopf Lentil Stew
A one-pot lentil stew finished with vinegar, in the German style where a sharp splash at the end is expected, not optional.
vegetarianvegangluten free
60 min · serves 8
German Sesame-Crusted Pretzel Rolls
Pretzel-style rolls dipped in a baking soda bath before baking, which is what gives the crust its dark, distinctive chew.
vegetarianvegan
40 min · serves 5
German-Style Sesame Red Lentil Frikadellen
Pan-fried patties built on mashed red lentils and toasted sesame, shaped and rested before frying so they hold together.
vegetarianvegan
65 min · serves 5
Ghanaian-Style Jollof Daliya
A jollof-style tomato and pepper base cooked down hard before the daliya goes in, borrowing the technique rather than claiming to be jollof rice.
vegetarianvegangluten free
20 min · serves 16
Gomashio and Everyday Sesame Dressing
One pan of toasted sesame becomes two things: a crunchy sesame salt for the table, and a pourable dressing for greens.
vegetarianvegangluten free
60 min · serves 5
Greek Lentil Soup with Bay and Vinegar
Greek fakes, where a hard splash of vinegar at the table is not optional but structural.
vegetarianvegangluten free
65 min · serves 10
Greek Semolina and Olive Oil Cake
A syrup-soaked semolina cake with a coarse crumb, poured cold syrup over hot cake so it drinks rather than sogs.
vegetarian
25 min · serves 16
Greek Sesame Pasteli Bars
Sesame and honey cooked to a precise stage and set thin, the oldest energy bar there is.
vegetariangluten free