Hot rice, ghee, a spoon of podi. The taste we grew up on.

A Telugu-led pantry

It tastes like home.

Six signature podis, made for the way we eat today.

Plain to Parnasala

One spoon changes the whole dish.

Drag the line. Same plate, before and after a single spoon of podi.

Before one spoon of podi Before Plain idli
After one spoon of podi After · one spoon Idli with podi-oil dip
Idli Karam Podi A glossy podi-and-oil dip for idli and dosa. Shop Idli Karam →

The same podi that finishes hot rice has one more move…

the signature ritual

Folded into butter.

Vellulli Karam, whipped into soft butter and spread on hot toast. Bold, creamy and made to spread. It melts, it vanishes, it ruins you for plain butter forever. This is Podi Venna — and not every podi belongs in butter. This one does.

Shop Vellulli Karam → you're welcome.

the telugu pantry begins here

Meet the Signature Six.

Dip·Mix·Sprinkle·Coat·Finish·Fold

Six podis. Six distinct jobs. One complete introduction to Parnasala.

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Meet each one

Six podis. Find yours.

Six is what a Telugu pantry actually runs on — mastered, not multiplied. You'll know yours the moment you read it.

The Sunday-breakfast one

Idli Karam Podi · ఇడ్లీ కారం పొడి

Turns a plain idli or dosa into a breakfast worth waking up for.

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★ Start here

The one your amma made

Kandi Podi · కంది పొడి

Hot rice, a pool of ghee, a spoon, mixed by hand. Pure comfort — where every Telugu child begins.

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The one grandma insists on

Karivepaku Podi · కరివేపాకు పొడి

Curry leaf, roasted and ground fine — an aromatic sprinkle for rice, curd rice and upma.

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Kid-friendly

The one the kids fight over

Palli Podi · పల్లి పొడి

Sweet, nutty and gentle — the easiest first taste; loosen with a little oil into a spread. Contains peanuts.

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The soul of the curry

Koora Podi · కూర పొడి

One finishing spoon, and a plain sabzi tastes like it simmered all afternoon.

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The butter one

The one that wakes a plate up

Vellulli Karam Podi · వెల్లుల్లి కారం పొడి

Roasted-garlic karam — bold over rice, and our Podi Venna hero folded into butter.

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★ Choose how Parnasala comes home

One favourite, or the whole pantry.

Take the Taster to find your favourites, carry the Passenger, or bring home all six — for less than buying them one by one.

Everyday

One Favourite

200 g · one podi

₹279 · one-time

Pick the one your kitchen runs on. A single 200 g Pantry Tin, for everyday use.

  • Any one of the Signature Six
  • Reorder whenever you run low
Choose one podi →
Start here

The Taster

6 × 50 g · one of each

₹599.00 · one-time

All six in taster tins. Find the two or three you can't live without before you commit to full 200 g.

  • One of every Signature podi
  • No commitment, just a taste
Travel & gift

The Passenger

6 × 100 g · carry & share

₹849.00 · one-time

Six 100 g tins in a travel-and-gift box. Small enough to carry, generous enough to share.

  • Made to carry and to give
  • The whole shelf, travel-sized
Best value

The Signature Six

6 × 200 g · the full pantry

₹1,674.00₹1,499.00 · one-time

Save ₹175.00

One full-size 200 g tin of each of the six — cheaper than buying them one by one.

  • One 200 g tin of each of the six
  • Less than six single tins (₹1,674.00)
  • Reorder any tin whenever you like

The Pantry Refill subscription — coming soon.

Stone-ground · small-batch · milled in-house in Telangana

The Passenger — six Parnasala podi tins in a vintage suitcase, packed among folded clothes and maps

Packed between folded clothes, old maps and postcards — six tins on their way to another home.

A box built to travel

The Passenger.

Podi travels. In suitcases, school bags and train compartments. Across cities, countries and the distance between one home and another.

Our 100 g tin is small enough to carry and generous enough to share — six of them, one of each Signature Podi, in a travel-and-gift box.

Inside · six 100 g tins · Idli Karam · Kandi · Karivepaku · Palli · Koora · Vellulli

Some tins never stay home.

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Deepthi and Dheeraj, founders of Parnasala

Deepthi & Dheeraj — the founders.

The people behind it

Home taste, made consistently.

We started Parnasala to preserve the flavours we grew up with — and make them easier to carry into everyday life.

— Deepthi & Dheeraj

Made with process and consistency. Created to preserve the taste of home.

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bring it home

Bring home the table.

Start with one. Meet all six. Carry a little home wherever you go.

Choose one podi →

Made with process and consistency. Created to preserve the taste of home.