mango pickle

Once grown across Powai and Thane and favoured by the British, the rare Cawasji Patel mango—named after a philanthropist who helped shape Mumbai—is making a comeback on a Maharashtra farm.

Starting from the roadside, Krishna Yadav established ‘Shri Krishna Pickles’, a successful enterprise with over 250 varieties of products and a five-storey factory.

Sai Vardhan Goud from Thotapalli village in Andhra Pradesh launched Farm Org Food to sell organic mangoes and pickles that see demand across the world.

Sri Ganesh Ram’s 777 was established in 1933 by two Iyer brothers in Chennai. Today, the Made in India brand generates revenues of 60 crore a year.

A quick tour through Palakkad's Ponnu mami's house reveals her inherent obsession with pickles. She has been making and selling various types of pickles for over 30 years now.

“Slowly, people started coming to me with particular needs and tastes. Some would want the pickle in olive oil, others liked it spicy, and so I began to customise.”