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When life gave chef Lisa Costa lemons in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, she started a bakery out of her home kitchen in Queens and made lemon-blueberry scones. 

The pastry purveyor was part of a flurry of New Yorkers who spent lockdown cooking in their residences — some of whom have emerged from the pandemic with successful food businesses.

Now, as the Big Apple reopens, here’s how these entrepreneurs are continuing to provide quality nourishment, as well as much-needed hope by dedicating sizable portions of their earnings to charity.

Currying flavor for her neighbors

For Nupur Arora, feeding her fellow Rego Park residents healthy Indian fare during the pandemic helped her survive the ills of the outbreak. 

“Making people happy through food gave me the will to carry on through these difficult times,” Arora, 48, told The Post

A native of New Delhi, Arora began preparing, selling and personally delivering plant-based delicacies of her homeland to her neighbors in Queens last May.   

After making them some traditional Indian favorites — such as the celebrated kidney bean curry, rajma masala, and the hearty split lentil dish, chana dal palak — she found herself flooded with requests for her homestyle vegan cooking. 

“Once friends put my food on Facebook, people from all over the city began reaching out to me on social media for meals,” the fashion designer-turned-chef said. 

Arora named her cooking services Queens Curry Kitchen, and it feeds a hungry clientele from her borough as well as Manhattan and Long Island. 

She now single-handedly whips up her recipes from the kitchen of her husband’s restaurant during off-peak hours, and safely delivers the entrees, sides and handmade roti bread to each customer’s doorstep. 

Orders for her weekly meal platters, ranging from $45 to $80, roll in on a regular basis via phone, email and social-media direct messaging. 

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