Deep red Pure Desi kesar saffron threads in a white dish beside the corked glass jar
Pure Desi saffron jar seated in its red gift tray, printed The world's most precious spice
Corked glass jar of Pure Desi authentic saffron threads, 1g net
Pure Desi saffron jar in front of its white gold-foiled gift box
Pure Desi saffron threads gift box with window, viewed from above
Pure Desi authentic saffron threads gift box, net weight 1g

Saffron Threads – Kesar

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This is the kesar we steep into our kesar peda and kesar motichoor: whole, deep crimson threads in a corked glass jar, boxed so it can go straight onto a gift.

Soak a good pinch in two spoons of warm milk for ten minutes and the milk turns the colour of a marigold and smells of honey and hay. That one pinch will carry a whole pot of kheer or a biryani for eight. Saffron this strong is measured by the thread rather than the spoon, which is why a single gram lasts a household for months.

Look for whole threads with a trumpet-shaped tip, deep red along the full length and only a little yellow at the base. Powder can be stretched with turmeric or dye, but a whole thread cannot hide anything. Ingredients: 100% pure saffron.

Choose 1g for the occasional pot of kheer or a festival thali, or 2g if kesar doodh is a weeknight habit in your house. Both sizes come in the same corked jar and gift box; the 2g is simply filled fuller.

The jar sits in a red tray inside a white window box stamped in gold, so it is ready to hand over as it is. Pair it with a mithai gift box and the two travel in one parcel. Bring India home: the first thing your guests notice is the colour of the kheer.

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$13.00
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  • Choose your delivery date at checkout
  • Order by 1PM for next business-day dispatch
  • Delivery is charged once per order. Add it to a sweet order and pay no extra freight
  • Free pickup from Arndell Park, Kellyville, Woodridge or Campbellfield
How to bloom saffron

Saffron gives up its colour slowly, so never drop the threads straight into the pot.

1. Take a generous pinch, around 15 to 20 threads for a litre of milk, and crush them lightly between your fingers.

2. Soak in two tablespoons of warm (not boiling) milk or water for 10 to 15 minutes, until the liquid is a deep marigold gold.

3. Stir the soak and the threads into your dish near the end of cooking. The colour keeps deepening for a few minutes after.

For kesar doodh, add the soak to a glass of hot milk with a little sugar and a crushed cardamom pod.

  • Kheer and phirni: a pinch per litre of milk, added in the last ten minutes.
  • Biryani: soak in milk and drizzle over the top layer of rice before the dum.
  • Shrikhand: fold the soak through hung curd with sugar and cardamom.
  • Kesar doodh: hot milk, a few threads and a spoon of sugar before bed.
  • Kulfi and rabri: bloom in the reduced milk for colour and scent.
  • Badam milk, halwa, zarda and kesari bhath: anywhere you want that colour and that smell.

Used by the thread, one gram comfortably covers a dozen family-sized pots.

  • Keep the cork in and the jar in its box, in a cool cupboard away from light and the stove. Light and heat fade the colour first, then the aroma.
  • Not the fridge, since moisture dulls the threads.
  • Use dry fingers or a dry spoon each time.
  • The best-before date is printed on the box.

PACKAGING: A corked glass jar seated in a red tray, inside a white window box with gold foil. Ready to hand over as it is, or add a free gift note in the cart.

DELIVERY: Express courier Australia-wide from $20. The exact cost is shown at checkout before payment, and you choose your delivery date. Delivery is charged once per order, so a jar added to a sweet order costs nothing extra to send.

PICKUP: Free from any of our four stores in Arndell Park, Kellyville, Woodridge or Campbellfield.

Courier partners do not operate on weekends.

$13.00
Saffron Threads – Kesar
From $13.00