5 Traditional Pickles Sample Pack
Every jar in this pack traces back to a named place and a named hand.
Not a supplier code. A person, a village, a month. Ask us where any ingredient came from - we'll tell you exactly.
- Malda mango from Samastipur, red chilli from Ballia — named places, not a supplier code
- Every jar made by name - Kalpana Jha's kitchen, with 50+ home-chefs from Darbhanga
- Five flavours, five places, one pack - so you taste the range before choosing a favourite
Delivers in 5-7 days, pan-India · COD and UPI both available
📅 18 months (pickles) · 12 months (Tomato Garlic Chilli Chutney) · 6 months (Kheer Mixes) — see FAQ for why the Tomato jar is different
Malda mango, from Samastipur
Banarasi red chilli, from Ballia, stuffed by hand
Oal, sourced from Jalpaiguri, Bengal
garlic, ginger, chilli from local Darbhanga mandis
tomato from local Darbhanga mandis
THE INGREDIENT REVEAL
Ask where any ingredient in this pack came from. We'll tell you exactly.
The mango is Malda, from Samastipur. The chilli is Banarasi, from Ballia. The oal comes from Jalpaiguri, in Bengal. The garlic, ginger, and tomato are bought fresh from local mandis in Darbhanga - the same market Kalpana Jha has shopped in for years.
Nothing here is a supplier code. Every ingredient has a place it came from, and someone who chose it.
THE PROCESS
Not one spice in this pickle is roasted. Here's why that matters.
Roasting is the shortcut most masalas take to round out flavour fast. This recipe doesn't take it. Every spice goes in raw, kept bright and true to itself — the mustard oil does the rounding instead, slowly, the way it's always been done in Mithila kitchens.
Saunf is coarsely cracked and never touched by heat, so its cool sweetness survives. Ajwain stays whole, doing its quiet work underneath. Yellow mustard is crushed for only a few seconds and added dead last, so it never turns sharp before it's meant to. Nothing here is roasted to save time - the oil and the sun-curing are what round every flavour out.
THE BALANCE
A good pickle isn't the one where one flavour shouts the loudest.
It's the one where every ingredient knows its place. Here's the order this pickle is actually built in:
- The mango cures alone first - 2 full days in salt and turmeric, before any masala comes near it.
- The oil is kept lean ― enough to support the spices, never enough to drown them.
- Coriander and cumin build the base - the flavour most people expect from a mango achar.
- Ajwain and fennel add lift - warmth underneath, coolness on top, neither one crowding the other.
- Mustard and hing finish it — mustard added last so it stays clean, hing in the smallest
WHO ACTUALLY MAKES THIS
Made by Kalpana Jha and Uma Jha, in Darbhanga — not a factory, not a formula.
Every batch is hand-mixed, oil-sealed, and sun-cured the way it's always been done in Mithila. No shortcuts, no preservatives standing in for time.
TASTE IT WITH
Already trust the process? Try it alongside the rest.
QUESTIONS
Before you order
Is this pickle very spicy?
No — heat is present but stays in balance with the other spices, never the dominant note.
Does it contain garlic or onion?
No. This recipe has no garlic or onion in it.
Will every jar taste exactly the same?
Almost always, yes — but not with lab-level precision. Since there are no chemicals or stabilisers involved, getting the exact same consistency batch to batch is genuinely difficult with real food. What we rely on instead is getting each batch to roughly 95% consistency with the last, backed by our quality check and tasting process before anything ships.
Is it very oily?
No. The oil is kept deliberately lean — enough to preserve and support the spices, not to soak the mango.
How long does delivery take?
5 to 7 days, delivered pan-India.
What payment options do you accept?
Both COD and UPI are available at checkout.
How long does it last?
12-18 months from the date of manufacturing, unopened.
How should I store it?
Keep it in a cool, dry place - not the fridge. Always stir the pickle and use a dry spoon each time you take some out.
Does it contain preservatives?
No artificial preservatives — mustard oil and traditional sun-curing do the preservation work.
Same Balance, Every Jar.
Nothing roasted. Nothing hidden. Nothing shouting over anything else.