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PURVEYORS OF FINE MUKHWAS & MASALAS · KOLKATA
16 recipes from Maa’s kitchen, made in small batches with no added colour. Pick a jar, then order it on WhatsApp.
After-meal blends to freshen the breath and finish a feast.
Thanda
A cooling after-meal mukhwas
The cool, sweet paan from every Kolkata biye-bari feast, minus the paan shop, the supari and the colour.Maa
Fennel seeds, sugar, gulkand (rose petals, sugar), desiccated coconut, dried betel leaf, cardamom, dried rose petals, menthol.
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Shahi
A royal almond mukhwas
Roasted almonds and saunf, sweetened with crushed mishri, the way Maa packs it for guests.Maa
Fennel seeds, almonds (XX%), sugar-coated fennel, melon seeds, rock sugar (mishri), cardamom.
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Saunf &
A mellow after-meal mukhwas
Saunf, dhania dal and a little mulethi: the old after-dinner mix from Maa’s steel dabba.Maa
Fennel seeds, roasted coriander seed splits (dhania dal), mulethi (liquorice root), rock sugar (mishri), ajwain, black salt.
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Chatpata
A tangy roasted flaxseed mukhwas
Maa’s answer to “eat your alsi”: roast it, spice it, and nobody complains.Maa
Roasted flaxseed (alsi), lemon juice, black salt, dried mango powder, roasted cumin, black pepper, rock salt.
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Classic
Dry-roasted, lightly salted flaxseed
Maa’s one rule: a spoon of alsi every day. Roasted, it’s easy to keep.Maa
Roasted flaxseed (alsi), rock salt.
Order on WhatsAppKhatta-meetha bites for after a heavy meal or a long journey.
Amrit
Hand-rolled khatta-meetha digestive
Khatta-meetha amla goli, rolled by hand and sun-dried on Maa’s terrace.Maa
Amla (Indian gooseberry), jaggery, ajwain, cumin, black salt, rock salt, black pepper, dried ginger, asafoetida (hing).
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Khatta-Meetha
Sun-dried spiced amla shreds
Grated amla, spiced and dried on Maa’s terrace in the winter sun.Maa
Amla (Indian gooseberry), sugar, black salt, roasted cumin, black pepper, dried ginger.
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Khatta-Meetha
Sun-dried sweet amla pieces
Amla soaked, sugared and dried on Maa’s terrace: the sweet way to eat your amla.Maa
Amla (Indian gooseberry), sugar, black salt.
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Chatpata
Spiced dried-fruit bites
Maa’s travel tin: chopped dried fruit, a toss of masala, gone by the first station.Maa
Dried fruit (mango, pineapple, papaya, amla), sugar, black salt, dried mango powder, roasted cumin, black pepper.
Order on WhatsAppSmall-batch blends, roasted and ground at home.
Maa’s Everyday
One blend for dal, sabzi & more
Maa never had twelve jars by the stove. She had this one.Maa
Coriander, cumin, dry red chilli, turmeric, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, dried ginger, salt.
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Kolkata
The street-style ghugni blend
Kolkata’s evening ghugni-moori, the way the thela-wala makes it. Maa just adds extra lebu.Maa
Roasted cumin, coriander, dry red chilli, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, dried ginger, black salt, salt.
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Kolkata
The street-cart spice blend
The jhalmuri-wala’s secret, roasted and ground at home in Kolkata.Maa
Cumin, coriander, dry red chilli, black salt, dried mango powder (amchur), black pepper, bay leaf, salt, nutmeg.
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Cooling
A roasted-jeera buttermilk blend
A pinch in cold chaas, and the afternoon slows down.Maa
Roasted cumin, black salt, dried mint, black pepper, dried ginger, asafoetida (hing), salt.
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Nimbu
A tangy lemonade spice blend
Summer lemonade the old way: stirred with a steel spoon, a chutki of masala on top.Maa
Black salt, roasted cumin, black pepper, dried mint, dried mango powder, rock salt.
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Special
A ginger & elaichi chai blend
Street-stall chai, the way Maa makes it at home: more ginger, more elaichi.Maa
Dried ginger (sonth), cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, nutmeg.
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Roasted
A roasted-gram summer drink
The farmer’s lunch and the student’s breakfast. Maa just adds nimbu.Maa
Roasted Bengal gram flour (chana sattu), black salt, roasted cumin, dried mint, dried mango powder, black pepper.
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