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Take Honavar home, without the extra luggage

Loved the pepper, kokum and coconut flavours of the coast? Skip carrying them in your bag. Buy them online from a farmers' collective in the Western Ghats and have them delivered to your door.

Bird eye chillies growing in a home garden near Honavar

Why shop online

Shop now, carry nothing

Spices, oil and ghee are heavy and can leak in a suitcase. Buy them once you are back home, fresh from the same hills you drove through on the way to Jog Falls.

Travel light

Don't stuff your bag with spice packets. Order online and they reach your home, anywhere in India.

Straight from the farm

Malenadu is a farmers' collective from the Western Ghats region of Karnataka. Produce comes directly from member farmers.

The taste of your trip

Cook the flavours you ate in Honavar at home: kokum, pepper, coconut oil and ghee.

Support local growers

Every order supports small farmers and the traditional mixed gardens of the Malnad hills.

Spices of the Pepper Coast

The spices that once sailed from Honavar to Arabia and Europe, grown on small farms in the Malnad hills.

Black Pepper

Kari menasu

Black Pepper

Whole black pepper from Malnad farms, where it climbs areca and coffee trees. This is the spice that made the Pepper Queen famous.

White Pepper

Bili menasu

White Pepper

Whole white pepper: ripe berries with the skin removed. Milder and earthy, good in soups and light-coloured dishes.

Cardamom

Elakki

Cardamom

Whole green cardamom from the hills. A pod or two lifts tea, payasa and every festive sweet.

Clove

Lavanga

Clove

Whole cloves with a strong aroma, for biryani, garam masala and spiced tea.

Nutmeg

Jaayikaayi

Nutmeg

Whole nutmeg to grate fresh into sweets, milk and masalas.

Mace

Jaapatre

Mace

The lacy red cover of the nutmeg seed, with a warm, delicate flavour.

Turmeric Powder

Arishina

Turmeric Powder

Turmeric powder from the farms of the Malnad region, deep yellow and fragrant.

Bird Eye Chilli

Gandhari menasu

Bird Eye Chilli

Tiny, fiery chillies grown in home gardens across the coast. A little goes a long way.

The coastal kitchen

The sour, rich flavours behind Honavar's fish curries, saaru and cooling drinks.

Kokum Rind

Murugalu

Kokum Rind

Dried kokum rind, the souring agent of the Konkan and Kanara coast. Soak it to make a cooling kokum drink on a hot day, or add it to fish curry.

Monkey Jack Powder

Vate huli

Monkey Jack Powder

Powder of the dried monkey jack fruit, a traditional souring agent used in Malnad and coastal cooking.

Arrowroot Powder

Koove hittu

Arrowroot Powder

Naturally gluten-free arrowroot powder, used for porridge, halwa and to thicken dishes.

Oil and ghee

The fats that every coastal kitchen cooks with.

Wood Pressed Coconut Oil

Kobbari enne

Wood Pressed Coconut Oil

Unrefined coconut oil, pressed the traditional way. The everyday cooking oil of the coast. Good for hair and skin too.

Desi Cow Ghee

Tuppa

Desi Cow Ghee

Ghee hand-churned by farmer families and tested by an NABL-accredited lab. The secret behind a good tuppa dosa.

Natural sweeteners and sweets

From the bees of the Western Ghats and the jaggery of the coast.

Honey

Jenu

Honey

Natural honey from beekeepers in the Western Ghats, with no added sugar.

Liquid Jaggery

Joni bella

Liquid Jaggery

Thick, golden liquid jaggery, eaten with dosa, chapati or holige in Malnad homes.

Coconut Jaggery Burfi

Bellada kobbari mithai

Coconut Jaggery Burfi

A traditional sweet of coconut, jaggery and sesame.

See everything on malenadu.com

Malenadu Natural Producer Company is a collective of farmers and producers from the Malnad region of Karnataka. Browse the full range, including festive gift boxes, on their website. Orders, delivery and payment are handled by malenadu.com.

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Honavar.com links to malenadu.com for your convenience. Product details and availability are on their site.