Yog Masala

Our place is based in Kharigaon, Vasai, where we spend our time making masalas. If you come anywhere near the shop, you will definitely smell the spices before you even see our sign. We spend most of the day cleaning, drying, and then grinding different kinds of red chilies, turmeric, and coriander seeds. It is a very hands-on process and it can be quite tiring standing on your feet for so many hours. The air in the room is always thick with the scent of spices, which sometimes makes us sneeze, but we have gotten used to it after all these years. Our workshop in Kharigaon is not very big, so we have to be very careful about where we put the heavy sacks of raw ingredients. We pack everything into small plastic bags by hand and get them ready for the local shops in the market. Vasai is a lively place with a lot of history, and we feel like we are part of that long tradition of making good food for the family. We do not use any big fancy machines or have a huge factory with a lot of noise. It is just a small local operation where we focus on getting the flavors right for the customers. We do not talk about quality or missions, we just make sure the masala is good.