Keshav Achar Murabbe & Chatni

If you go to Vijay Chowk in Lakshmi Nagar and look for L-9, you will find us there. The smell of vinegar and spices is usually a good giveaway. We make all kinds of pickles, murabbe, and chutneys right here. It is a family thing, and we have been doing it for a long time. The shop is filled with big glass jars and plastic containers. Every morning we spend time checking the jars and making sure the lids are tight. Some of the recipes we use are very old, passed down through the family. We don't use any fancy machines, mostly just hand-cutting the vegetables and fruits. Lakshmi Nagar is always crowded, so we get a lot of foot traffic. People stop by to taste a little bit before they buy a kilo of mango or lime pickle. Sometimes we run out of the carrot murabba because it is popular in the winter. The floor can get a bit sticky from the syrup, so we are always cleaning up. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. We just put the jars out on the shelves and wait for people to come in. It is a lot of work during the pickling season when the fresh produce arrives. We just focus on the jars and the customers who have been coming to us for years. That is how the business stays alive. We just keep our recipes simple.