Monsoon food from the hills

The monsoon shelf: what keeps, and what goes with a wet afternoon.

In the hills the rains run from July into September, and the kitchen leans on what keeps: pickles in mustard oil, ground salts, spices and dals stored dry. A wet afternoon is for tea, something fried, and a spoon of achaar.

Damp is the enemy of hill food. Keep loon, spices and flours in airtight jars, use a dry spoon in every pickle, and sun dals for an hour on a clear day if they feel soft.

The season has ended for this year and comes round again in July 2027. The shelves below are open all year.

Gifts on sale now

• Garlic pickle — Rs 367.00
• Kala namak — Rs 114.00
• Pahadi dhaniya raw — Rs 367.00
• Pahadi Tea Lemon Grass — Rs 252.00
• Bhatt dal 1 Kg — Rs 263.00
• Moms Tree Diwali Pahadi Taster Box — 4 hill staples — Rs 701.00
• Adrak lahsun lal mirch Flavoured Salt — Rs 194.00
• Haldi 200 gm — Rs 153.00
• Pahadi Tea Tulsi — Rs 252.00
• Moms Tree Pahadi Sunday thali kit — 4 items — Rs 828.00
• Sweet lemon pickle — Rs 367.00
• Hing Jeera Flavoured Salt — Rs 206.00
• Chai masala — Rs 298.00
• Kasturishri Herbal Fusion Drink Sugar Free — Rs 365.00
• Moms Tree Pahadi Sunday thali kit — 4 items — Rs 967.00
• Mix Achar Pickle (500 Gm) — Rs 286.00
• पहाड़ी लूण लहसुन शिल पिसा Sil Pisa Lahsun Loon 80g — Rs 137.00
• Uttraksh Enterprises Pahadi Sunday thali kit — 3 items — Rs 782.00
• Nettle Leaf Tea — Rs 252.00
• Moms Tree Pahadi Sunday thali kit — 4 items — Rs 759.00
• Mango achar Pickle 2.5 kg — Rs 510.00
• The Whole Salt Shelf — 15 Pahadi Noon — Rs 1804.00
• Moms Tree Diwali Pahadi Taster Box — 4 hill staples — Rs 647.00
• Tea — Rs 516.00

Gifts from the hills

Monsoon food from the hills · Basket of Pahad