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TRS Toor Dal, also called tuvar or arhar dal, is split pigeon pea — the everyday lentil behind sambar and most North Indian dals. It cooks down to a smooth, mildly sweet, golden purée.

This is the plain variety, not the oily-coated type. It needs no washing off before use beyond a normal rinse.

Best for

• Sambar
• Dal tadka and dal fry
• Gujarati dal, and rasam

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times. A 20 minute soak shortens the cooking but is not essential. Pressure cook with about 3 parts water to 1 part dal for 3 to 4 whistles, or simmer for 35 to 45 minutes until it collapses when pressed. Finish with a tempering of mustard seeds, cumin, garlic and curry leaves.

Pack and storage

1 kg. Store in a cool, dry place in a sealed container.

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Barilla Capellini No.1 Pasta 500g

Heer Extra Long Basmati Rice is prized for its exceptional length, delicate fragrance, and fluffy texture when cooked. Ideal for biryanis, pilafs, and everyday meals.

Annam Sona Masoori is a medium-grain raw rice and the everyday table rice of Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka. Cooked grains are soft and slightly clingy rather than long and separate, which is exactly what you want under sambar, rasam or a curry.

Best for

• Everyday steamed rice with sambar, rasam or curd
• Lemon rice, curd rice and tamarind rice
• Pongal, bisibelebath and light pulao

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times until the water runs mostly clear. In a pressure cooker use one cup of rice to two cups of water for two whistles, then let the pressure drop on its own. In an open pot use one cup to two and a half and drain any excess. A twenty minute soak makes the grains a little softer and slightly quicker to cook.

Pack and storage

5 kg bag. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Barilla Rigatoni, 500g — the short, wide tube with straight-cut ends and deep ridges running along the outside.

Rigatoni is built for heavy sauces. The ridges hold what a smooth pasta would shed, and the wide bore traps sauce inside the tube as well as around it, so it is the shape to use for ragù and bolognese, for sausage and cream sauces, for amatriciana, and for baked pasta al forno where it keeps its shape under cheese and time in the oven.

Cook in plenty of well-salted boiling water to al dente, drain a minute early if it is going into the oven, and keep a ladle of the cooking water to loosen the sauce. Store the pack sealed in a cool, dry cupboard.

Annam Ponni Boiled Rice is parboiled Ponni, the staple table rice of Tamil Nadu. Parboiling before milling firms the grain, so cooked rice stays separate and does not go pasty, and it holds up well to being reheated.

Best for

• Daily steamed rice with sambar, rasam and kuzhambu
• Curd rice and lemon rice
• Lunchboxes, where it holds its texture for hours

How to cook it

Parboiled rice needs more water and more time than raw rice. Rinse twice, then pressure cook one cup to two and a half cups of water for three to four whistles, or boil it in plenty of water for about twenty-five minutes and drain. Soaking for thirty minutes first shortens the cooking and gives a more even grain.

Pack and storage

5Kg bag. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Annam Brown Sona Masuri is the same medium-grain South Indian rice left unpolished, so the bran layer stays on the grain. That gives it a tan colour, a firmer, chewier bite and a nuttier taste than white Sona Masoori, and it needs more water and more time in the pot.

Best for

• Everyday steamed rice with sambar, rasam or curry
• Curd rice and lemon rice, where the firmer grain holds up
• Pulao and one-pot rice dishes

How to cook it

Soak it for at least an hour before cooking; without a soak the bran keeps the grain tough. Pressure cook one cup with two and a half to three cups of water for four to five whistles and let the pressure fall naturally. In an open pot, boil in plenty of water for about thirty-five minutes and drain. Rest it covered for ten minutes before fluffing.

Pack and storage

5kg bag. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Barilla Girandole No.34 Pasta 500g

Barilla Mini Penne Rigate No.66 Pasta 500g

Annam Black Gram (Urid Dal Chilka) is urad split in half with the dark skin left on, which is what the word chilka refers to. It cooks softer than whole urad but keeps more texture and a deeper, earthier taste than the skinless white dal.

Best for

• Urad chilka dal with ginger and garlic
• Mixed dal, panchmel dal and dhaba-style lentils
• Adding body to dosa and adai batters

How to cook it

Rinse until the water runs clear and soak for about an hour. Pressure cook one cup with three cups of water and a pinch of turmeric for four to five whistles, then finish with a tempering of cumin, garlic and chilli in ghee. It thickens as it stands, so keep a little hot water aside to loosen it before serving.

Pack and storage

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

Annam Black Gram (Urid Dal Gota) is whole urad with the skin removed, so the grains are round and white rather than black. This is the form used for batter, because it grinds to a smooth paste that traps air and gives idli and vada their lift.

Best for

• Idli and dosa batter, ground with rice or idly rawa
• Medu vada and thayir vada
• Papad and batter-based tiffin dishes

How to cook it

For batter, rinse and soak four to six hours with a teaspoon of fenugreek seed, then grind with very little cold water until light and fluffy. Combine with soaked rice in roughly one part urad to three or four parts rice, add salt and ferment overnight in a warm place. For vada, grind thick and use the batter straight away.

Pack and storage

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

Daawat Basmati Extra Long in the 5 kg green bag is the long-grain line Daawat is best known for. The grains are matured before packing, so they cook dry and separate and stretch noticeably in the pot rather than swelling and going soft.

The green bag is the Extra Long grade. It is a different grain from Daawat's Rozana and Super lines, which sit at different lengths and price points — worth knowing if you have cooked with those before and are expecting the same result.

Best for

• Biryani, where length and separation are the whole point
• Pulao and ghee rice
• Everyday steamed rice with dal, sambar or curry

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times until the water runs clear, then soak for 20 to 30 minutes — extra-long grains need the soak to cook evenly. Use about 1.5 parts water to 1 part rice, bring to the boil, cover and cook on low for 10 to 12 minutes, then rest for 5 minutes off the heat.

Pack and storage

5 kg green bag. Store somewhere cool and dry, sealed after opening.

Annam Idly Rawa is rice broken into coarse granules, made so you can build idli batter without grinding rice at all. You grind only the urad and stir the rawa in, which is why it is the shortcut most households in a hurry rely on.

Best for

• Quick idli batter, paired with ground urad
• Uttapam and thick set dosa
• Rava idli and steamed tiffin dishes

How to cook it

Soak the idly rawa in water for about thirty minutes, then squeeze out the excess by hand. Grind soaked whole urad separately until light and fluffy, and fold the squeezed rawa into it at roughly two parts rawa to one part urad. Add salt and ferment eight to twelve hours in a warm place until risen, then spoon gently into greased moulds and steam twelve minutes.

Pack and storage

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

Annam Pigeon Peas (Toor Dal) are split pigeon peas, the yellow lentil at the base of everyday South Indian cooking. They cook down to a soft, slightly sweet purée that carries tamarind and tempering better than firmer lentils do.

Best for

• Sambar and vegetable kootu
• Everyday dal with tomato and tempering
• Dal palak, dal fry and pappu with greens

How to cook it

Rinse until the water runs clear and soak for twenty to thirty minutes, which makes a noticeable difference to how evenly it breaks down. Pressure cook one cup of dal with two and a half to three cups of water and a pinch of turmeric for three to four whistles, then mash it smooth. Salt goes in after cooking, since adding it early keeps the lentils firm.

Pack and storage

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

Annam Red Parboiled (Matta) Rice is the bold, reddish-brown rice of Kerala, parboiled before milling with part of the red bran left on the grain. It has a distinctly earthy taste and a firm, chewy bite, and it is the rice that Kerala meals are actually built around rather than a substitute for white rice.

Best for

• Kerala meals with fish curry, sambar or thoran
• Kanji, the rice gruel eaten with pickle and pappadam
• Puttu and other ground rice preparations

How to cook it

It takes far longer than ordinary rice. Rinse, soak for an hour, then boil in plenty of water in an open pot for thirty-five to forty-five minutes until the grains are soft but still have bite, and drain. In a pressure cooker use one cup to three cups of water for five to six whistles. Keep the starchy drained water for kanji.

Pack and storage

5Kg bag. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Udhaiyam Mung Dal is split green gram with the skin removed, leaving small flat yellow grains. It cooks faster than almost any other dal, needs no soaking, and breaks down into a smooth pale-gold purée with a mild, clean flavour that never fights the tempering. This is the 2kg bag for kitchens that cook dal most days.

Best for

• Khichdi and ven pongal
• Everyday yellow dal and light broths
• Kosambari, payasam and sweet dishes

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times until the water runs clear. Pressure cook one cup with two and a half to three cups of water for three whistles, or simmer it uncovered for about twenty-five minutes, skimming the foam that rises early on. For a fuller, nuttier flavour, dry-roast the dal in a pan until it smells toasty before cooking — worth doing for pongal. Temper at the end with ghee, cumin, asafoetida and green chilli.

Pack and storage

2kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

India Gate Sona Masoori is a medium-grain, lightly polished rice from South India — softer and more absorbent than basmati, and not trying to be it. The grains are shorter, cook fluffy, and take on the flavour of whatever they are served with, which is exactly why it is the everyday rice across Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka.

It is lighter to eat than a long-grain basmati, and the 10 kg bag is sized for a household that cooks rice most days.

Best for

• Everyday steamed rice with sambar, rasam or dal
• Curd rice, where a softer grain is what you want
• Lemon rice, tamarind rice and other South Indian rice dishes
• Idli and dosa batter, ground with urad dal

How to cook it

Rinse two or three times. Sona Masoori needs no long soak — 10 minutes is plenty. Use about 2 parts water to 1 part rice, or cook it in a pressure cooker for 2 to 3 whistles. It is more forgiving than basmati and reheats well.

Pack and storage

10 kg bag. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening.

Aashirvaad Multigrain Wheat Flour is an atta with other grains and pulses milled in alongside the wheat, which gives a roti a denser bite and a nuttier flavour than plain wheat atta. The dough also behaves differently: it drinks more water, it is less stretchy, and it repays a longer rest before you start rolling.

Best for

• Everyday chapati and phulka
• Paratha, plain or stuffed
• Thepla and puri

How to cook it

Add the water gradually, as this flour takes noticeably more than plain wheat atta, and knead to a soft dough that does not stick to the fingers. Cover it and rest it for at least twenty minutes so the bran softens, or the rotis will come out tough. Roll a little thicker than a plain chapati, since rolled thin this dough tears. Cook on a hot tawa until the surface bubbles, turn once, and press gently with a folded cloth to make it puff.

Pack and storage

5kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, and keep it in an airtight container away from damp.

Aashirvaad Whole Wheat Flour is atta with the bran and germ left in, the everyday flour for Indian flatbreads rather than for cakes or pastry. It absorbs more water than a white flour and produces a soft dough that rolls thin without tearing, which is what gives a roti the pliability to be folded around a curry. This is the 5kg pack.

Best for

• Chapati, roti and phulka
• Paratha and thepla
• Puri and dough for rolls and wraps

How to cook it

Use about two parts flour to one part water by volume, adding the water gradually rather than all at once, and knead for a good five minutes until the dough is smooth and springs back when pressed. Cover and rest for fifteen to twenty minutes before rolling. Cook on a tawa that is properly hot, turn once when the surface bubbles, and finish over a flame or under gentle pressure from a cloth so the roti puffs and the steam inside keeps it soft.

Pack and storage

5kg pack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening, and keep it airtight; atta picks up damp and odours quickly.

Aashirvaad Chakki Atta is whole wheat flour ground on a chakki, a stone mill, so the bran and germ stay in the flour instead of being sifted out. It is what a North Indian kitchen means when it says atta, and it makes rotis that stay soft and pliable for hours rather than stiffening as they cool. This is the 10kg sack for a household that makes roti daily.

Best for

• Everyday chapati, roti and phulka
• Paratha, stuffed or plain
• Puri, bhatura and roti dough for the freezer

How to cook it

Work to roughly two parts flour to one part water by volume, adding the water in stages and kneading for five minutes until the dough is soft and smooth. Rest it, covered, for fifteen to twenty minutes; kneading and resting are what make the difference between a soft roti and a leathery one. Roll evenly, cook on a tawa hot enough that the roti starts to blister within seconds, turn it once, then lift it onto an open flame or press it with a cloth to puff.

Pack and storage

10kg sack. Store in a cool, dry place, sealed after opening. Keep working quantities in an airtight container and the rest of the sack closed and off the floor.

Aachi Fish Curry Masala is a coastal-style spice blend with tamarind, kokum and warming spices that perfectly complement fish and seafood. It creates rich, tangy South Indian fish curry gravies with minimal effort.

• Coastal spice blend with tamarind notes
• Perfect for South Indian fish curry and gravy
  

Aachi Fish Fry Masala is a crispy coating spice mix that gives fried fish a beautifully spiced, golden crust. Packed with chilli, turmeric and aromatic spices, it is the go-to masala for South Indian fish fry.

• Crispy coating spice mix for pan or deep-frying
• Bold chilli and turmeric flavour profile
• Wholesale tray: 100g x 10 packs per tray

Aachi Kulambu Chilli Masala is a tangy, bold spice blend for South Indian kulambu (thick tamarind-based gravies). It balances chilli heat with tamarind tartness and aromatic spices for an authentic flavour.

• Tangy tamarind-based gravy spice blend
• Perfect for chettinad kulambu and tamarind curries