Ingredients Grown at Our Coorg Estates
Everything we make starts here. These are the coconuts, chillies, and wild mushrooms gathered directly from our family estates in Coorg, grown without chemicals and brought straight to your kitchen.
These are coconut saplings at our Uttam Sagar Estate, the very beginning of our cold-pressed coconut oil. We let them sprout naturally before planting, ensuring a healthy start for our trees.
These are coconut saplings at our Uttam Sagar Estate, the very beginning of our cold-pressed coconut oil. We let them sprout naturally before planting, ensuring a healthy start for our trees.
This is the Parangi-molu, or Bird's Eye chilly, growing wild on our estate. This fiery little pepper is a key ingredient in many Kodava dishes, adding a distinct heat and flavor.
After the rains, we forage for these beautiful wild kaatola kumm mushrooms. They are a local delicacy, similar to enoki, and I love using them in traditional dishes like Akki Otti Kumm curry.
About From Our Coorg Estate
When you buy from us, you aren't getting mass-produced ingredients. That cold-pressed coconut oil you see in our shop starts as those sprouts you see in the photos, grown right by the Kaveri river. Because we do everything in small batches, availability changes with the season, especially for wild-foraged ingredients like our kaatola kumm mushrooms.
Our kitchen in Bengaluru is essentially an extension of our home in Coorg. We believe that if you want the true taste of Kodava cuisine, you cannot cut corners with your ingredients. That is why we refuse to source mass-market supplies for our pantry staples.
The Source of Our Flavour
Everything we process in our kitchen is harvested from our family estates, Uttam Sagar and Karthakaad. We treat the land with respect—no chemical fertilizers or shortcuts.
- Cold-Pressed Coconut Oil: We wait for our coconuts to mature naturally. They are dried and pressed in small batches, resulting in an oil that is clear, filtered, and fragrant enough to elevate a simple pork fry or vegetable curry.
- Bird's Eye Chilly (Parangi-molu): This is the heat that defines our pickles and curries. It grows wild amidst our coffee and pepper plants. It is not just about the spice; it is about that specific, sharp flavour profile you cannot get from regular store-bought chillies.
- Wild-Foraged Mushrooms: After the rains, we look for kaatola kumm. These are delicate, wild mushrooms that we often use in traditional dishes. Because they are foraged, they are available only during specific windows in the year.
We prefer to keep our production small. It keeps the quality high and the connection to the earth intact. If you have been looking for an honest pantry source in Bengaluru that understands the difference between 'food' and 'sustenance,' you have found it. Reach out to us if you want to know what we have just harvested this week.
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