Whole Indian spices, turmeric, chilies, and aromatics arranged on a wooden table

Pleasanton, California

Spices and millets, still close to the farm.

Manam Foods buys turmeric, Byadgi chili, ragi, thinai, and the rest of the South Indian pantry straight from growers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — then packs them for Bay Area kitchens.

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Browse the pantry How we source

Why Manam

Named for the feeling of cooking with what is ours.

Manam means heart, mind, and “ours.” We started this company in Pleasanton so families here can cook with the same spices and millets that farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka grow for their own homes — not the faded dust at the back of a supermarket jar.

Lots are small. Grinds are honest. We do not cut turmeric with starch or dye chili for extra red. If a harvest is late, we wait.

2Indian states we buy from

20spices & millets in the first pantry

CApacked and sold from Pleasanton

Crispy dosa on a banana leaf with chutneys and spice powders

This season

From the first catalog

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The route

Grown in India. Sold in Pleasanton.

Sorghum and millet fields under an open sky

Grow

Tamil Nadu & Karnataka

Ragi from Mandya, Byadgi chili from Haveri, turmeric from the Erode belt, millets from rainfed Deccan farms.

Grain field representing the handshake between buyer and grower

Choose

Direct from farmers

We buy lots from growers and small aggregators, not from anonymous commodity blends.

Wooden spoons holding turmeric, chili, and masala powders

Cook

Bay Area kitchens

Retail bags and wholesale cases from Pleasanton, CA. Email us to order.