Kitchen notes

How the tins are meant to be used

Short recipes from the dining room. Kachampuli at the end. Chilli off the flame. The roast is already done for you.

50 min · serves 4

Koli Barthad

Coorg fried chicken, the semi-dry kind that is better the next morning. Akkavva's roast, finished with Subbi's kachampuli.

With Coorg Chicken Masala

15 min · serves 2

Eggs with bird-eye tadka

Poovamma's chilli, bloomed in coconut oil, poured over soft eggs. Breakfast in Madikeri, without ceremony.

With Bird-Eye Chilli Powder

25 min · serves 3

Mushrooms, dark masala

The same roast and vinegar, without meat. Button or oyster mushrooms, cooked until they take the colour of the masala.

With Coorg Chicken Masala