Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
SPICE BLEND + LIVE MASTERCLASS

Alak's Biryani Experience

One pot. Centuries of stories. Now, your turn.
limited spots
  • ships by Dec 7th
Inspired by memories, travels, and experiments, Alak's pantry gems are an invitation to cook with curiosity, play with tradition, and gather to share something wonderful.

Ask ten cooks what makes a great biryani, and you’re likely to get ten different answers! Over centuries, this much-loved dish has traveled across regions, kitchens, and generations, picking up new ingredients, techniques, and traditions along the way.

And that’s part of its magic. There’s so much to discover, and so much room to make it your own. With Alak’s Biryani Experience, we’re inviting you to roll up your sleeves, get curious, and create a beautiful pot of biryani worth gathering around... without worrying about getting everything “right”.

INCLUDED IN THE EXPERIENCE
1. Alak’s Biryani Masala
A fragrant, carefully balanced blend of warming spices, with the earthy depth of black cardamom, the delicate sweetness of mace, and a whisper of rose petals. A wonderful starting point for a biryani that’s rich in flavor and entirely your own.

2. A Live Cooking Masterclass with Alak
Come cook with Alak as she shares her approach to making biryani, from building layers of flavor to the little techniques and shortcuts that make all the difference. Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your appetite for experimentation!

The goal? To leave you feeling confident enough to make biryani not just for special occasions, but whenever you want to turn an ordinary meal into something worth celebrating.

INGREDIENTS
Kashmiri & Byadigi chilies, red chili powder, cumin, fennel, cinnamon, star anise, black pepper, black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, mace, ajwain, rose petals.

 

Made during our kitchen’s final production run, in very limited quantities.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Alak's Biryani Experience
Alak's Biryani Experience
Regular price$50.00
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Made for the love of gathering

Good things are meant to be shared.

Open Alak’s pantry, and you’ll find more than ingredients.

There are flavors from her childhood in South India, discoveries from her travels and life in Europe, memories of home-cooked meals, and little experiments that taught her to trust her own taste and feed friends and family.

All of these have found their way into our last holiday offfering - Alak’s Pantry Gems: three special spice blends for two crowd-pleasing classics, biryani and butter chicken, and a Chettinad-inspired Sunday roast.

But the stories don’t end in her pantry. They’re meant to find their way into yours, and onto tables filled with good food and even better company.

After all, a gathering begins long before anyone sits down to eat. It begins with the pleasure of making something wonderful for others.

And to make that experience even more special, we’re pairing two of these blends with cooking sessions hosted by Alak, where we can learn, experiment, and share a little more together.

These were made during our kitchen’s final production run.
Available in very limited quantities.

Biryani: One Dish, A Thousand Stories

What does an exiled king have to do with potato in your biryani? And why does everyone seem to have such strong opinions about how it should be made?

Follow the fascinating journey of a dish that’s traveled across empires, regions, and generations, gathering new flavors and fierce loyalties along the way.

A chef peeking over a copper pot of biryani
A bowl of butter chicken with naan and tomatoes

Butter Chicken: Of Happy Accidents and Fenugreek

Did one of the world’s best-loved curries really begin as a clever way to rescue leftover chicken? And what does fenugreek have to do with maple syrup?

From disputed origin stories to the surprising science of flavor, there’s much more to butter chicken than its luscious tomato gravy.

Sunday Roast: Who Says a Roast Always Needs an Oven?

What does a British Sunday roast have in common with a family lunch in Kerala? More than you might expect!

Discover how Sunday meals became cherished rituals across cultures, why a Kerala roast might never see an oven, and how Chettinad spices found their way into Alak’s version.

A Sunday roast chicken on a platter with roasted vegetables