Since 1984

Forty years at the counter

For four decades our family has stocked unpolished grains, whole spices, and daily kitchen staples for the Bazar Lane neighborhood.

Family trade

Two generations behind the scale

The counter opened in 1984 with five brass tins of whole spices and three jute bags of unpolished toor dal. Today, the sons weigh the same heritage grains on balanced scales every morning.

We still refuse chemical polish, sulfur fumigation, and artificial food gloss. Every bag of flour, pulse, and mustard seed is inspected by hand before filling our wooden bins.

The counter code

A home kitchen depends on an honest measure. We weigh true, check the grain twice, and sell only what we cook at home.

Kailash Sharma, Founder

Direct origins

Sourced direct every fortnight

Karnataka and MP

Unpolished pulses and millets

Small farmer cooperatives de-husk our toor, chana, and moong without water polish or oil gloss. The lentils retain their mineral skin and cook soft with natural sweetness.

Rajasthan and Kerala

Sun-dried whole spices

Cardamom pods, black pepper, and dry red chillies arrive whole directly after sun-curing. Keeping spices unground preserves their essential oils until pounded fresh in your mortar.

Visit the Bazar Lane counter

Step in to inspect our new harvest pulses, smell sun-dried spices, or have staple grains measured to your weekly household tins.