Malnad Ice Creams

Malnad Ice Creams is our small operation located on 3rd Main, number 565, in Dasarahalli near Kanakapura Road. Running an ice cream place is mostly about fighting the heat. We have these large freezers that hum all day and night. If the power goes out, we all start panicking a bit. We try to bring in flavors that remind us of the Malnad region, which is where the name comes from. It’s a lot of fruit and cream. The kitchen is always cold, and we wear sweaters even when it’s boiling outside. We don’t have a big marketing team or anything like that. It’s just a few of us mixing the bases and making sure the textures are right. Sometimes a batch doesn't turn out perfect and we have to start over. That’s just part of the job. Kanakapura Road is a busy stretch, and we get a lot of people stopping by when they’re headed out of the city or coming back home from work. The shop is simple, with just a few stools and the display cases. We spend a lot of time cleaning the floors because ice cream is sticky and kids tend to drop things. It’s a local business and we like it that way. We just want to keep the freezers running and the customers happy with a cold scoop on a hot day. It is a lot of work but it keeps us busy.