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Turmeric or haldi is widely used for its medicinal properties. From boosting immunity to battling dandruff, it offers a plethora of benefits.

After losing her husband and facing financial hardship, Jodhpur’s Nirmala Shekhawat transformed her struggle into ‘Marwadi Manwar’, a thriving business bringing the traditional flavours of Rajasthan to the world.

Engineer Nitu Viluo quit his IT job to launch The Rumbling Spoons, a Bengaluru-based venture that makes delicious pickles with spices and ingredients sourced from Nagaland that sells across India and 14 countries.

Ashok Kumar Vashist from Haryana made the switch from traditional farming and has expanded his mushroom cultivation to make and sell a variety of products, including pickles, jams, sweets and more. He makes over 80 types of products from the fungi.

Each ingredient carefully cleaned, cut, dried and cured under the scorching sun, homemade pickles in India are much more than a condiment. So we decided to make a Pickle Map of India with traditional varieties from every corner of the country.

Foodzeee is an Instagram page run by Bengaluru-based Shivboojitha and Swarnalakshmi Srinivasan. With dishes like Thathe idli, curd rice and filter coffee, their over 7 lakh followers can't get enough.

Hafez Rahman and Akshay Raveendran launched Athey Nallatha, a small-scale pickle manufacturing business, which employs Kerala's homemakers.

After spending a grueling 10 hours a day to make pickles, Deeja Satheesan shares what keeps her going to fulfill orders from all over India.

From managing about 100 orders a month to now fulfilling 2000 orders month-on-month, Gulabs is a brand that has grown.

“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.”