₹701 · Moms Tree, Kamola. Cash on delivery across India. 4 favourites from Moms Tree's shelf, boxed together for Diwali. Each was picked for what buyers…
4 favourites from Moms Tree's shelf, boxed together for Diwali. Each was picked for what buyers rate, reorder and look at most in the shop.
In the box: • Kala namak — काला नमक — kala namak, black salt, the pinkish-grey salt with a distinctive sulphurous smell that north Indian kitchens use to finish food rather than to cook it. • Chai masala — चाय मसाला — chai masala, a spice mix for tea, in a 75 g pack from Moms Tree in Kamola, Uttarakhand. • Kasuri methi — कसूरी मेथी — kasuri methi, dried fenugreek leaves, from Moms Tree in Kamola, Uttarakhand. • Sweet lemon pickle — मीठा नींबू अचार — sweet lemon pickle in a 500 g jar from Moms Tree, whose listing records it as coming from Nainital, at about 1,400 metres.
Every item is the same one Moms Tree sells on its own, packed by the shop and sent as one parcel.
Yes. Moms Tree takes cash on delivery, so nothing is paid up front and nothing is charged until the parcel is in your hands.
Arrives by Mon, 16 Nov for most addresses. It is packed and sent by Moms Tree in kamola — not from a warehouse — so it leaves the hills the same week you order it.
Moms Tree, in kamola. Basket of Pahad does not hold stock or pack parcels — the shop does both. We take the payment and hold it until the order reaches you.
Food that has been opened cannot be returned. Anything that arrives damaged, leaking, short, or not what the page said is refunded in full — tell us within 48 hours.
Hill achaar is sour, salty and pungent from mustard oil, and usually less sweet than bottled brands. Galgal and lemon pickles are sharp and bitter-edged, lingda keeps a green crunch, and chutneys such as bhang ki chutney are nutty and tangy.
A small spoon goes on the side of every plate: with dal and rice, with parathas and madua roti, with aloo ke gutke and with khichdi. Chutneys are also stirred into raita or eaten with roasted bhatt as a snack.
Keep the pieces under the oil and the lid tightly closed, out of direct sun. Always use a dry, clean spoon. Fresh chutneys go in the fridge once opened, and in very humid weather the fridge is a safe place for an opened pickle jar too.
Oil-and-salt pickles usually keep for months sealed; fresh chutneys keep for much less once opened. The jar's label gives the shop's own best-before date.
Mustard oil can seep past a lid on a warm journey, especially if the jar is filled to the top. Wipe the jar, check the pieces are still under oil, and top up with a little mustard oil if needed.
Hill pickles are made with raw mustard oil, more salt and less sugar than most bottled brands, and are sunned rather than cooked. The sharpness mellows a little after a week or two once opened.
If it is fuzzy or smells off, it is mould, usually from a wet spoon or a piece above the oil, and the jar should be thrown away. Clouding in the oil itself in cold weather is just the oil thickening and clears when it warms.