Buy dry fruits online in Hyderabad

Buying dry fruits online in Hyderabad

Hyderabad cooks with dry fruit the way other cities cook with onions. Qubani ka meetha is built on dried apricots, double ka meetha is finished with fried cashew and almond, and a pot of haleem in Ramzan is not complete without its crown of fried onions and nuts. The month of fasting also means dates on every iftar table, and Eid morning brings sheer khurma, thick with chuara, pista and badam, carried from house to house. Around all of that sits the ordinary daily habit of a few soaked almonds and a bowl of nuts for whoever drops in.

Orders to Hyderabad usually take 3–5 days by courier. At our counter in Rajasthan each order is weighed to the gram and sealed airtight, so the chuara and khajur arrive as soft or as dry as they left. Orders start at ₹1,000, and delivery costs nothing. We accept online payment only.

What Hyderabad orders before Ramzan and Eid

• Dates for iftar. Kimia Black Dates are soft and moist, the kind people like to break a fast with.
• Chuara for sheer khurma. Chuara / Kharak is soaked and slivered so it softens into the milk.
• Apricots for qubani ka meetha. Turkish Apricot is soft and stoneless; it cooks down quicker and a little sweeter than the traditional dried apricot with the stone in.
• Cashew for haleem and double ka meetha. Regular Cashew, fried golden in ghee just before serving.
• Pista for the garnish. Kernels or ready-cut katran, whichever suits the dish.

Storing dry fruits in Hyderabad’s heat

The Deccan summer is dry and fierce, and it is the dates that suffer most. Soft khajur left in a warm cupboard dries at the edges and can start to ferment where it is sticky, so keep them in a closed box in the fridge and bring them out an hour before iftar to lose the chill. Chuara is far more forgiving and can sit in a sealed jar on the shelf.

Nuts want the same cool, dark place, and anything you have fried for garnish should be eaten within a day or two rather than stored.

Every variety we keep is on the dates shelf, and our guide on how to judge a khajur before you buy it is worth a read before the Ramzan order.

Family elsewhere in Telangana or across the border? See Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Gulbarga and Kurnool.