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From Grandma's Storage Room to Your Fridge: The Evolution of Pickle Preservation

Mangai Thokku (Grated Cooked Mango Pickle) by Girijapaati
“My grandmother never refrigerated her pickles, why do we need to refrigerate yours?”

You may or may not have asked us this question, either way we want to share the reason behind asking customers to refrigerate our pickles.
We have two types of pickles, cooked and uncooked and the natural life of both are completely different.

Milagai Curry - Green Chilli Tamarind Cooked Pickle - from Girija Paati

All COOKED pickles such as Thokkus, Curries and Pastes have been grated, finely chopped or mashed and then heated with oil and spices. While made with lots of love, whether by your grandmother or Girijapaati, these pickles are short-life pickles for immediate consumption. To extend their life, refrigeration is a must as it prevents bacterial growth and spoilage, which can affect the quality and safety of the pickles.

Nellikai Thokku - Amla Cooked Pickle by Girijapaati

Girijapaati's UNCOOKED pickles, though they traditionally have a long shelf life, should also be refrigerated as customers may not be able to follow traditional storage methods used by grandmothers.

Some steps traditionally followed by Indian grandmothers to preserve pickles:
  • Keeping in a dark, cool, dry place: The containers are kept in a dark, cool, dry place to prevent spoilage.
  • Turning the pickle regularly: The pickle is turned regularly with a dry ladle to ensure even fermentation.
  • Topping up with oil: The pickle is topped up with oil to ensure there's a protective layer on top.
  • Skimming off yeast formation: A yeast layer may form on top of fermenting pickles as part of the natural process. Grandmothers usually just skim this off before turning and topping off with oil. However, today people are uncomfortable with this formation and feel that the pickle is spoilt.
  • Usage and Handling: The pickle is always taken out in small quantities for daily usage in a container and not used from the main storage container. No wet spoons are used. Containers are sterilised and 100% dried before storing for long-term or short-term use.
    • Girijapaati Avakkai Raw Mango pickle with Garlic www.girijapaati.com
    Following these steps helps to preserve the pickles and gives them a unique flavour and texture that cannot be achieved by modern methods. We follow all these steps in our preparation method, however once it’s shipped to a customer we cannot expect them to do the same given their extremely demanding lifestyles. Refrigeration is a convenient and reliable method of preserving pickles without the need for preservatives or complicated storage techniques. One more reason we recommend refrigeration for certain pickles, such as Avakkai (Crunchy Raw Mango) and Kadugu Mangai (Tender Mango) is to keep them crisp. If these pickles keep fermenting, the fruit will naturally get softer and not everyone enjoys that.

    Kadugu Mangai - Tender Mango Pickle by Girijapaati

    Ultimately, we need to preserve our food traditions while adapting to an evolving world and ever faster lifestyle. This approach encourages more people to eat traditionally healthy foods despite their hectic lifestyles, rather than opting for convenient but significantly lesser healthy options. 

    Try our traditional, cooked pickles such as Mangai Thokku (Mango), Nellikai Thokku (Amla), Milagai Curry (Green Chilli Tamarind), Kovil Puliyodharai (Tamarind Rice Mix Paste), Puli Inji (Ginger, Tamarind Jaggery).

    Enjoy our old-fashioned, long-life pickles such as Avakkai (Chunky Cut Mango), Spicy Lime, Kadugu Mangai (Tender Mango), Mahani (Sarsaparilla)

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    21 comments

    Received the avakai pickle today. Very prompt delivery. The pickles are just awesome. Reminds me of my mother’s taste. Thank you

    Chitra Ramachandra Rao,

    The pickle of tender mangos was very tasty and we recommend to have with curd rice dish

    The pickle,

    Received my parcel of Kadugu Mangai. Couldn’t wait to taste it. It was awesome

    Yashaprabha ,

    Kadugu mangai pickle was very tasty, but it was too spicy. The spiciness is not allowing to relish the pickle. If you reduce the spiciness it would be better.

    Mercy Selvan ,

    Packing is very good.I have not tasted it.hope it will be good..prompt delivery on time.

    Prof.Ramamoorthy,

    Excellent 📦 packaging, was searching for good vadumangai pickles, and at last got it from girijapatti.
    Thanku and wishing you a very happy deepavali.

    Sundaram Sethu ,

    I received my parcel pickle are very tasty very nice 👍 packing but I have not received sample of halwa which you mentioned in packing slip

    Syed Ejaz Alam ,

    Uppu Sheedai was just like my mom used to make crispy n tasty. Will try soon one by one other items too. Awesome taste n genuine products used to make it so yummy. Thank you

    Anuradha Raghavan Iyengar ,

    Received the product.All pickles are
    very tasty.Thankyou and Namaskarams mami.

    R.Meena Sreenivasan Is,

    Kadugu mango pickle reached me. Tasted the slurry which was yummy. Which is the next best pickle to try?

    Sunil P Aiyer,

    Received my avakkai, well packed.
    I have to taste it yet, but it looks yummy.

    Lalita Laxmi Narayan ,

    We have received the avakkai mango and kadukku mango. Tq.
    Small doubt whether we have to keep it in the fridge or not. Pl. Guide us🙏🙏🙏

    gomathi nayagam,

    Namaskaram Girija Patti🙏
    I’m extremely beholden to you for starting your venture and giving time tested info on our traditional ways..and kindled interest in it..

    Shyamala Moorthy,

    Pickle taste is very good

    prabu selvaraj,

    Will write about the experience of tasting traditional pickles from Girijapaati,once we receive the consignment and tasting it.
    As of now thank you

    K Vasumathy Srinivas ,

    Mavudu pickle is very tasty, and mainly there’s no much oil.
    Package is also good.
    I and our family liked the taste very much.

    TG Balaraju Mudaliar,

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