Recipes with the why left in.

Three draft recipe concepts from Avi's kitchen notebook. Each one names its status plainly: the food images are illustrative, and no recipe here has completed a documented human test.

Concepts — not yet human-tested Prepared August 13, 2026 · publication requires owner approval

Heritage, decoded

Recipe concepts

Use normal kitchen judgment and check ingredients for your own dietary needs. These drafts may change after testing.

AI concept illustration of a copper bowl of golden dal as spiced ghee is poured over it, with a black cat watching from a shelf

Indian pantry concept

Tadka dal

A gentle pot of lentils finished with cumin, garlic, and chile bloomed in hot ghee.

Concept — not yet human-tested AI concept — illustrative, not a test record

AI concept illustration of a comal with blistered tomatoes, onion, garlic, and red chiles beside a molcajete of salsa

Mexican technique concept

Salsa roja asada

Tomatoes, onion, garlic, and chile are blistered in a dry pan, then pulsed and briefly simmered.

Concept — not yet human-tested AI concept — illustrative, not a test record

AI concept illustration of charred corn dressed with yogurt crema, red spice, white cheese, cilantro, and lime

Indian × Mexican concept

Masala elote

Charred corn brings elote and chaat seasoning ideas together with chile, lime, chaat masala, and cheese.

Concept — not yet human-tested AI concept — illustrative, not a test record

Different kinds of notes

Field notes & evidence notes

These are editorial notebooks, not recipes. The fermentation page is quarantined pending a qualified safety review; the turmeric page is a claims-review queue pending sources and editorial review.

Fermentation field note

Kanji, day 0

A proposed observation framework for a future kanji test. It intentionally withholds a replicable formula until kanji-specific food-safety review is complete.

Quarantined concept note

Evidence review

Turmeric claims ladder

A transparent look at which culinary observations are ready to state and which health-adjacent claims still require citations and review.

Sources & review required