Name: Pantry Gems Trio
Brand: PODI life
SKU: pantry-gems-trio
Price: 50.0 USD
Availability: InStock

ships by Dec 7th

What do biryani, butter chicken, and Sunday roast have in common? For one, they have a wonderful way of bringing people together. But each also has a fascinating history of being reinvented, adapted, and made personal by the people who cook it.

And that’s precisely what Alak loves about them.

Alak’s Pantry Gems Trio brings together three of her own flavor explorations, shaped by the cooking she grew up with, her travels, and the happy experiments that have become part of her kitchen repertoire.

Each of the three spice blends has its own flavor personality and is ready to find a place in your pantry... and perhaps become part of a few new family traditions.

MEET YOUR PANTRY GEMS
1. Biryani Masala
A beautifully fragrant blend with the earthy depth of black cardamom, the delicate sweetness of mace, and a whisper of rose petals. Made for that glorious pot of biryani you’ll want to bring straight to the table, surrounded by hungry friends and family.

2. Butter Chicken Masala
Vibrant Kashmiri chilies, warming spices, and the unmistakable aroma of kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves). Everything you need to begin exploring the flavors of this much-loved classic. And why stop at butter chicken? Think paneer, vegetables, and all sorts of delicious detours.

3. Sunday Roast Masala
Now here’s where things get interesting! What happens when a Sunday roast meets the famed flavors of Chettinad cooking? Alak’s answer is a fragrant, peppery blend of fennel, black pepper, coconut, curry leaves, and warming spices. A rather wonderful way to give the Sunday roast a new story to tell.

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

Butter Chicken Masala Ingredients: Kashmiri & Byadigi chilies, fennel seeds, red chili powder, cinnamon, star anise, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, kasuri methi, turmeric.

Sunday Roast Masala Ingredients: Coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper, red chili powder, dry coconut (copra), roasted Bengal gram, turmeric, cinnamon, green cardamom, dried curry leaves, cloves.

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

Pantry Gems Trio

$50.00

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.

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One pot. Centuries of stories. Now, your turn.

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