{"title":"Pantry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe shelf behind our mithai. These are the ingredients our kitchens actually cook with — the kesar that colours the peda, the ghee every burfi is fried in, the chai blend that gets poured at the counter — packed so you can keep them at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one is a small jar or tin that slips into a gift box, so a mithai order can carry a proper pantry gift without a second parcel or a second delivery charge. Order online for delivery Australia-wide, or pick up from Arndell Park, Kellyville, Woodridge or Campbellfield.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ghee-2l","title":"Pure Desi Ghee (2L)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ghee our kitchen runs on. Pure New Zealand ghee in a two-litre tub — the same ghee every besan ladoo is roasted in, every burfi is set with and every jalebi is fried in, packed down for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes deep gold and grainy-soft when cool, and the second it meets a hot pan it smells of toasted milk and caramel. That smell is most of the reason besan ladoo tastes like besan ladoo. With the water and milk solids cooked off, it takes a high flame without smoking and lives in the cupboard, not the fridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat two litres does.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tadka for dal, parathas brushed on the tawa, halwa that actually tastes of ghee, a spoon over hot rice, puris on a Sunday, the Diwali batch of ladoos. This is the size for a household that cooks every night — a small jar disappears in a fortnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow we use it.\u003c\/strong\u003e A spoon, never a splash. Warm it until it turns clear and starts to smell nutty, then add the cumin or the spices — it is ready when they sizzle on contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBring India home: it is the smell of ghee warming in the pan that tells the whole house dinner has started.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Desi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638600122655,"sku":"PD-GH-2L","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/0724\/0735\/files\/9023-PureDesi159.jpg?v=1707831057"},{"product_id":"saffron-threads-kesar","title":"Saffron Threads – Kesar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good pinch soaked for ten minutes in two spoons of warm milk turns the milk the colour of a marigold and smells of honey and hay. That one pinch is enough to carry a whole pot of kheer, a biryani for eight, or a Sunday batch of shrikhand. Saffron this strong is measured by the thread, not the spoon, which is why a single gram lasts a household for months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhole threads, never powder.\u003c\/strong\u003e Look for a trumpet-shaped tip and deep red along the full length, with only a little yellow at the base. Powder can be stretched with turmeric or dye; a thread cannot hide anything. Ingredients: 100% pure saffron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo sizes, one jar.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGift-ready as it comes.\u003c\/strong\u003e The jar sits in a red tray inside a white window box, stamped in gold. Pair it with a mithai gift box and the two travel together in one parcel. Bring India home: the first thing your guests will notice is the colour of the kheer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Desi","offers":[{"title":"1g","offer_id":52799237030175,"sku":"PD-SF-1G","price":13.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2g","offer_id":52799237062943,"sku":"PD-SF-2G","price":19.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/0724\/0735\/files\/pure-desi-saffron-threads-kesar.jpg?v=1787310351"},{"product_id":"tea-blend-masala-chai","title":"Tea Blend – Masala Chai","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the chai we pour at the counter, jarred. Black tea leaves blended in small batches with peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, rose petals and a few threads of saffron — whole spices you can see through the glass, not a dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoiled hard with milk the way it is meant to be, it comes out the colour of terracotta: cardamom and rose first on the nose, then pepper and clove warming the back of the throat, and a faint sweetness from the fennel before the sugar even goes in. It holds up to milk instead of disappearing under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe perfect cup\u003c\/strong\u003e, straight off the jar: add 10g — two full teaspoons — to 250ml of water. Add ginger and sugar to your liking. Add 150ml of milk and let it boil away. Twelve cups to the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is in it:\u003c\/strong\u003e black tea leaves, peppercorn, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel, rose petals, saffron. Small batch. Gluten free. 125g glass jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a chai-time gift, pair it with a box of mathi or a slab of besan burfi — the way it is actually drunk — and everything arrives in one parcel. Bring India home: the kitchen smells of cardamom before the first cup is poured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Desi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52799241683231,"sku":"PD-TEA-125","price":12.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/0724\/0735\/files\/pure-desi-tea-blend-chai-glass.jpg?v=1787310827"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/0724\/0735\/collections\/pure-desi-tea-blend-chai-with-mathi.jpg?v=1787310828","url":"https:\/\/www.puredesi.shop\/collections\/pantry.oembed","provider":"Pure Desi ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}