Our story

Our Story · Since 1987

A family kitchen in Balehonnur, making pickles by hand, one small batch at a time.

Every jar still starts where it always has: in a family kitchen in Balehonnur, with hand-picked produce from the Malnad hills and the recipes we have made since 1987.

1987The year it all began
39Years of the same recipes
19Products on the shop today
4.7★From 78 customer reviews

Wild mango✦Citron✦Lime✦Gooseberry✦Bamboo shoot✦Garlic✦Mustard✦Fenugreek✦Red chilli✦Groundnut oil✦Wild mango✦Citron✦Lime✦Gooseberry✦Bamboo shoot✦Garlic✦Mustard✦Fenugreek✦Red chilli✦Groundnut oil✦

Groundnut oil✦Red chilli✦Fenugreek✦Mustard✦Garlic✦Bamboo shoot✦Gooseberry✦Lime✦Citron✦Wild mango✦Groundnut oil✦Red chilli✦Fenugreek✦Mustard✦Garlic✦Bamboo shoot✦Gooseberry✦Lime✦Citron✦Wild mango✦

How a jar is made

From the hills to your table

01
Hand-picked in Malnad
Wild mangoes, citron, lime, gooseberry and bamboo shoot, picked from the hills around us.
02
Cut and salted
The fruit is cut the way each recipe asks, and mixed with salt.
03
Spiced the old way
Chilli powder, mustard and fenugreek, in the amounts the family has always used.
04
Into the jar
Most of our pickles are finished with groundnut oil, then packed by hand.
05
Sent to your door
Packed in Balehonnur and delivered to your home, anywhere in India.

A home table set with pickle, curd and flatbread

Where it began

A family kitchen in Balehonnur

Vanasri started in 1987 in Balehonnur, Chikkamagaluru. The first pickles were made from what grew around the house, for the family’s own table.

39 years on it is still the same family and the same recipes, made in batches small enough to check every jar, so it tastes the way your grandmother’s pickle did.

What customers say on vanasri.in

★★★★★

Quality Number 1 Pickle . I would Rather Not Hesitate To State That , This Appimidi Pickle Is The Best , I Have Ever Testrd In My 75 Years Of Life . I am Fully Satisfied With This Home Made Magnificent Tasty Item & The Excellant Personalised Prompt Service .

ANAND D NADGOUDA · on Appemidi Mango Pickle

From the kitchen