It has none of the rich curries found in the typical Indian cuisine. Except for linseed oil, which is used to grease pots for cooking vegetables, oil is not used. However, oils are used on the skin and hair. Typically, Kui homes are rectangular in shape, with wooden plank walls, dirt floors, and thatch roofs. The houses are usually shared with the farm animals.
Doorposts keep the cattle from entering the family's sleeping quarters.
The chickens and goats share a single inside area, and the pigs live in their own section of the house. Village homes are generally built near the fields. The men prepare the hill plots for farming by clearing the land, moving large rocks, and leveling the wet paddy fields. Only the men are allowed to plow since it is considered taboo for women to even touch a plowshare. Both the young and the old watch the fields to protect them from birds and deer that might steal the rice seedlings.