Curries & Pickles

If you walk down 2nd Main Road in Kasturi Nagar, East of NGEF Layout, you’ll find Curries & Pickles at number 443. It’s not a big restaurant, more of a tiny place where people pick up stuff for dinner on their way home. We started this because we had so many family recipes for pickles that were just sitting in old notebooks for years. My mother still does most of the spice mixing herself because she doesn't trust the pre-made stuff from the stores. The kitchen is always smelling strongly of mustard oil and roasted chilies. It can be a bit overwhelming for your nose if you aren't used to it. We have a few small tables but most of our floor space is taken up by big jars and plastic containers. We don't use any fancy packaging for our products. It is mostly just simple glass jars and labels we print out ourselves on a basic printer. Sometimes we run out of the lemon pickle because the lemons at the market weren't good enough that week. We only buy what looks fresh and ripe. It’s a small operation with just three of us working here every day. It gets especially busy around lunchtime when the office workers nearby want something that tastes like a home-cooked meal. We don't have a website or any big marketing plan. People just know where we are. We just try to make sure every batch tastes right. It’s a simple life and we like it that way. We just keep our heads down and work on the next batch of jars.