Kitchen notes

Short ways to use Idukki spices — not a recipe blog, just what we cook at home.

Golden turmeric milk

A nightly cup from Idukki rhizomes.

Pepper chicken roast

Tellicherry pepper, coconut slices, curry leaves.

Kerala fish curry with kudampuli

Coconut, chilli and smoked garcinia.

Cardamom Chai, the Idukki way

Crush green pods into boiling milk tea.