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Haldiram's Golden Mixture is a fine-cut namkeen of thin sev, fried split lentils, peanuts and small crisp flakes, seasoned with a mild everyday masala. The pieces are smaller than in a Punjabi or Bombay mix, which makes it easy to eat by the spoonful and just as easy to scatter over food.

Best with

• Tea-time snacking
• Topping chaat, dahi or poha
• Filling small bowls for guests

Pack and storage

150 g pack. Keep in a cool, dry place and seal the pack after opening.

Haldiram's Boondi Masala is tiny gram flour droplets fried into crisp golden pearls and coated in a warm, salty spice mix. The boondi is light enough to shatter between your teeth, so it works as much as a topping as it does a snack in its own right.

Best with

• Tea-time snacking
• Scattering over curd rice, dal or raita
• Adding crunch to chaat

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Keep in a cool, dry place and reseal after opening so the pearls stay crisp.

Haldiram's Boondi Plain is gram flour boondi fried crisp and salted, with none of the masala coating. Because it is simply seasoned it takes on whatever you put it with, which is why it is the version cooks keep for raita and rice.

Best with

• Stirring into boondi raita
• Topping curd rice, dal or khichdi
• Plain snacking for anyone avoiding spice

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Store in a cool, dry place and seal the pack after opening.

Haldiram's Chana Dal namkeen is split Bengal gram fried until crisp and seasoned with salt and a light dusting of spice. Each piece keeps a firm, nutty bite rather than shattering like sev, so it is a slower, more substantial snack.

Best with

• Serving with drinks
• Chai in the afternoon
• Mixing into homemade namkeen blends and chaat

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Store in a cool, dry place and reseal tightly after opening.

Haldiram's Gujarati Mixture is a namkeen mix of fine sev, fried lentils, peanuts and crisp flakes seasoned in the Gujarati manner — a little sweetness set against the salt and chilli. That sweet-salt balance is what distinguishes it from the hotter Bombay and Madras mixes.

Best with

• Afternoon chai
• Snack bowls for guests
• Topping dhokla, poha or chaat

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Store in a cool, dry place and reseal the pack after opening.

Haldiram's Kaju Mixture is a namkeen built around whole cashews, mixed with fine sev, fried lentils and crisp flakes in a mild masala. The cashews make it the richest of the mixtures and the one worth putting out when you have people over.

Best with

• Serving with drinks and at gatherings
• Chai in the afternoon
• Gifting alongside sweets at festivals

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Keep sealed in a cool, dry place. Contains cashews.

Haldiram's Navrattan Mix is a many-part namkeen — fine sev, fried lentils, peanuts, crisp flakes and raisins in a masala that balances salt against a touch of sweetness. The variety of pieces is the point: every handful comes out a little different.

Best with

• Chai and evening snacking
• Snack bowls for guests
• Mixing into homemade bhel

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Keep in a cool, dry place and seal the pack after opening.

Haldiram's Panchrattan is a five-part namkeen mix bringing together sev, fried lentils, peanuts, crisp flour pieces and masala-coated bits in one bag. It is a savoury mix rather than a sweet-sour one, with a steady, moderate spice running through it.

Best with

• Afternoon chai
• Snacking with cold drinks
• Topping chaat or curd rice

Pack and storage

200 g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Udhaiyam / Lakshmi Palm Candy is panangkalkandu — crystallised palm sugar in irregular amber lumps, 200g.

It is the traditional South Indian sweetener: less sharply sweet than white sugar, with a faint caramel and palm note. It is stirred into hot milk and filter coffee, dropped into herbal kashayam and ginger decoctions, used in payasam and other festival sweets, and offered during pooja. Many households simply keep a jar and let people take a piece after a meal.

The crystals dissolve more slowly than granulated sugar — crush the larger lumps first if you are adding them to a cold drink. Store in a dry, airtight jar away from moisture.

Udhaiyam Black Urid Whole are whole black lentils with a deep, earthy flavour and creamy interior. A staple for Dal Makhani, these lentils slow-cook beautifully to create rich, indulgent gravies.

• Whole black lentils with skin retained
• Essential for slow-cooked Dal Makhani
  

Udhaiyam Brown Lentils in the 500g pack are whole masoor, skin on, for a household that cooks them occasionally rather than weekly. The skin is what keeps them intact in the pot, so unlike split red lentils they finish as separate lentils in a broth rather than as a thick purée.

Best for

• Whole masoor dal
• Soups, stews and warm lentil salads
• Khichdi where the grain should stay distinct

How to cook it

Rinse and check for stones. Thirty minutes of soaking helps but is not required. In a pressure cooker, two and a half parts water to one part lentils for three or four whistles; in an open pot, thirty-five to forty minutes at a simmer with the lid ajar. Add salt towards the end rather than at the start, and temper with cumin, garlic and chilli in hot ghee just before serving.

Pack and storage

500g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Chana Dal (split Bengal gram) is a versatile pulse with a slightly sweet, nutty flavour. Used in dal preparations, chutneys, snacks and South Indian tempering, it is a true kitchen essential.

• Split Bengal gram with nutty, sweet flavour
• Ideal for dal, chutney and South Indian tempering
  

Udhaiyam Chana Dal (split Bengal gram) is a versatile pulse with a slightly sweet, nutty flavour. Used in dal preparations, chutneys, snacks and South Indian tempering, it is a true kitchen essential.

• Split Bengal gram with nutty, sweet flavour
• Ideal for dal, chutney and South Indian tempering
  

Udhaiyam Green Mung Beans Whole are whole green gram with the skin on, mild and slightly earthy, and among the quickest of the whole pulses to cook. They are also the standard bean for sprouting at home, since they germinate reliably in a couple of days.

Best for

• Sprouting for salads and sundal
• Whole moong dal and pesarattu batter
• Curries, soups and stir-fries

How to cook it

Rinse and soak for four to six hours, which is enough for a bean this size. Pressure cook with three parts water to one part beans for three or four whistles for a soft dal, or two whistles if you want them to hold their shape. To sprout, soak overnight, drain thoroughly, and keep them in a covered colander or tied cloth at room temperature for a day or two, rinsing once a day until the tails show.

Pack and storage

500g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Idly Rice is the short-grain parboiled rice used specifically for idli batter. Parboiling changes how the starch behaves, and that is why a batter ground from idly rice ferments well and steams into a soft, white idli, where the same recipe with ordinary raw rice gives a flatter, denser result.

Best for

• Idli batter, ground with whole urad dal
• Dosa and uthappam batter
• Plain steamed rice, where a firmer grain is wanted

How to cook it

For batter, soak four parts idly rice and one part urad dal separately for four to six hours, adding a teaspoon of fenugreek to the dal. Grind the dal first with cold water until light and airy, then the rice to a slightly grainy paste, and combine them by hand. Add salt, cover, and leave in a warm place for eight to twelve hours until risen. Steam idlis for ten to twelve minutes in greased plates.

Pack and storage

1kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Maida is refined wheat flour, milled fine and with the bran removed, so it is soft, white and low in the coarse particles that give atta its character. It makes the stretchy, soft dough that Indian fried breads and restaurant-style breads need, and it behaves like a plain all-purpose flour in baking.

Best for

• Bhatura, naan and poori
• Samosa and kachori pastry
• Cakes, biscuits and general baking

How to cook it

Maida takes less water than atta, so add it gradually. For bhatura or naan, make a soft dough with curd and a raising agent and rest it somewhere warm for two hours before shaping. For samosa pastry, work oil or ghee into the flour first until it holds its shape when pressed, then bring it together with cold water into a stiff dough and rest it thirty minutes, which is what gives a crisp, blistered shell rather than a soft one.

Pack and storage

1kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Mixed Lentils in the 1kg pack is a blend of several dals for cooking as one. The point of a mixed dal is the texture: the softer lentils break down and thicken the pot while the firmer ones keep their shape, which gives a result no single dal manages on its own.

Best for

• Mixed dal and panchmel-style dal
• Dal khichdi
• Hearty lentil soups

How to cook it

Rinse until the water runs clear, then soak for an hour or more. Soaking is worth the time with a mix, since the lentils in it soften at different speeds and an unsoaked batch finishes with some still firm. Pressure cook with three parts water to one part lentils for four or five whistles and let the pressure fall naturally. Loosen with hot water to the consistency you want, salt at the end, and pour over a tempering of cumin, garlic and dried chilli fried in ghee.

Pack and storage

1kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Mixed Lentils is a blend of several dals in one pack, for the mixed dal that many households cook when no single lentil is quite what they want. Cooked together the different lentils give a dal with more body than a single-pulse one: some break down and thicken the pot while others stay whole.

Best for

• Mixed dal, panchmel-style
• Dal khichdi
• Thick lentil soups and stews

How to cook it

Rinse several times until the water runs clear and soak for at least an hour, which matters more here than with a single dal because the lentils in the mix cook at different rates and soaking evens them out. Pressure cook with three parts water to one part lentils for four or five whistles, then let the pressure drop by itself. Mash lightly against the side of the pot, adjust the consistency with hot water, and finish with a tempering of cumin, garlic, dried chilli and ghee.

Pack and storage

500g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, in an airtight container.

Udhaiyam Mung Chilka is split green gram with the skin on, providing a richer flavour and more fibre than skinless mung dal. Ideal for nutritious dals, khichdi and Bengali moong preparations.

• Split green gram with skin for added nutrition
• Richer flavour than skinless split mung
  

Udhaiyam Red Lentils (Masoor Dal) are premium split red lentils that cook quickly to a smooth, velvety consistency. Used worldwide in soups, stews and traditional Indian dal dishes.

• Quick-cooking split red lentils
• Perfect for dal, soups, stews and curries
  

Udhaiyam Red Lentils (Masoor Dal) are premium split red lentils that cook quickly to a smooth, velvety consistency. Used worldwide in soups, stews and traditional Indian dal dishes.

• Quick-cooking split red lentils
• Perfect for dal, soups, stews and curries
  

Udhaiyam Tamarind Seedless is pressed tamarind pulp with the seeds and most of the fibre already taken out, so it goes straight into hot water without the picking-over that whole tamarind needs. It is sharply sour and sticky, and it is what gives sambar, rasam and kuzhambu their backbone.

Best for

• Sambar, rasam and vatha kuzhambu
• Pulihora and tamarind rice
• Chutneys, sauces and chaat

How to cook it

Break off a piece about the size of a small lime for a pot serving four, soak it in a cup of hot water for fifteen to twenty minutes, then squeeze it out with your fingers and strain the liquid, discarding the fibre left behind. Use that extract rather than adding the block to the pot. Let it boil for a few minutes before the dal goes in, as raw tamarind tastes flat. Add it in stages and taste as you go.

Pack and storage

200g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening; keep it wrapped, as tamarind dries out and hardens in open air.

Udhaiyam Toor Dal in the 2 kg pack — split pigeon pea, the base of sambar and the everyday dal across South India. Mild, faintly sweet, and it cooks down to a smooth golden consistency.

The 2 kg size suits a household cooking dal several times a week.

Best for

• Sambar
• Dal tadka, dal fry and rasam
• Kootu, and anywhere a little dal is used to thicken

How to cook it

Rinse until the water runs clear. Pressure cook with roughly 3 parts water to 1 part dal for 3 to 4 whistles, or simmer for 35 to 45 minutes. Temper with mustard seeds, cumin, dried chilli and curry leaves to finish.

Pack and storage

2 kg. Keep in a cool, dry place in a sealed container.

Udhaiyam Urid Chilka is split black gram with the black skin left on, so the grains are cream-coloured and flecked with dark husk. It holds its shape better than skinned urid and cooks to a creamy dal with a fuller, earthier flavour and a slight bite from the skin.

Best for

• Everyday urad dal tempered with cumin and garlic
• Punjabi-style dal with tomato and ginger
• Rustic dosa and vada batter where you want the flecks

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times, then soak thirty minutes to an hour to soften the skins. Pressure cook one cup with three cups of water for four to five whistles and let the pressure drop on its own — the grains should mash easily against the side of the pan. Finish with a tempering of ghee, cumin, dried red chilli, garlic and asafoetida poured over the top, then simmer a few minutes more so it thickens.

Pack and storage

500g pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.