Buy dry fruits online in Mumbai

Buying dry fruits online in Mumbai

Mumbai’s year has two big dry fruit moments, and they come close together. Ganeshotsav brings modak in every form, and more homes now make a dry fruit modak of dates, cashew and almond that needs no steaming. A few weeks later the Diwali faral begins: karanji, chivda with cashew and raisins, and boxes of nuts for everyone from the building society to the office. In between is ordinary city life, where a small box of almonds and kishmish rides along in the tiffin on a long local train commute.

We usually get an order to a Mumbai address in 2–4 days by courier. Each one is weighed to the gram at our counter in Rajasthan and sealed airtight, which matters more here than almost anywhere. Orders start at ₹1,000 and ship free. Payment is taken online only.

What Mumbai buys for Ganpati and Diwali

• Soft dates for dry fruit modak. Kalmi / Safawi Dates blend into a smooth, sticky base that holds its shape.
• Cashew for chivda and karanji. Kaju Faad fries evenly and costs less than whole kaju for something that gets mixed in.
• Almonds for the tiffin. Roasted Almonds keep their crunch in a closed box through a long day.
• Kishmish for the faral. Regular Dakh puffs up nicely in hot oil for chivda.
• Makhana for the fasting days. Roasted in a little ghee, it is a light snack on the days of the festival people keep a fast.

Keeping dry fruits safe in a Mumbai monsoon

From June to September the air in Mumbai is close to saturated, and it gets into everything. Nuts go soft, raisins turn sticky and clump, and anything left in a paper bag can grow mould in a week. Ganeshotsav often falls right at the end of this, which is when most of the year’s cooking stock is bought.

Keep every opened pack in an airtight steel or glass jar, never plastic that sweats, and keep it away from the kitchen window. Store what you will not use within a fortnight in the fridge, and let it come to room temperature before opening so that moisture does not condense inside.

For the festival table, the whole dry fruits shelf is weighed to order, and our guide to putting together a Diwali dry fruit box covers what travels and keeps best.