How Kokora is made

Before the pack,there's a story.

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An old masala maker in a saffron turban unrolling a long cloth scroll beside an oil lamp

Seven short steps, from whole spice to a sealed pack.

Illustrated in the style of Phad, the scroll painting of Rajasthan.
  1. 01Source
  2. 02Choose
  3. 03Prepare
  4. 04Toast
  5. 05Grind
  6. 06Blend
  7. 07Pack
A woman picking coriander beside chilli plants and a tree, a basket of fresh turmeric at her feet

01

It starts
at the source.

Every memorable flavour starts with the ingredients — whole, unground, still carrying everything they were grown with.

The woman and the masala maker sorting whole spices into baskets and brass bowls

02

Chosen for
character.

Coriander, cumin, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, bay and star anise. Each one picked for what it brings to the blend.

  • Coriander
  • Cumin
  • Black pepper
  • Cardamom
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Bay leaf
  • Star anise
The woman winnowing seeds while a boy turns red chillies drying on a charpai

03

Prepared
with care.

Cleaned, sorted and dried before anything else happens to them.

The masala maker roasting whole spices in an iron kadhai over a wood fire

04

Heat wakes
them up.

A dry pan, caught at the moment the oils come forward and just before anything catches.

Two women turning a stone chakki with golden powder spilling out, a boy pounding spice in a brass mortar

05

Then they
come apart.

Whole spice goes in. Fine golden powder comes out.

The masala maker weighing powder on a brass balance over a wide bowl of blended masala

06

Where flavours
come together.

Separate powders, weighed and folded into one blend — the part that makes a masala a recipe rather than an ingredient.

The woman filling plain pouches and boxes while a boy leads a camel loaded with them

07

Sealed.
Packed. Ready.

Into the pack, closed, and off to the kitchen it was made for.

Where it was always heading

From spiceto table.

Where all of it was always heading — dinner, on a weeknight, in your kitchen.

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