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Kitchen favouriteAmritsari Chhola Masala100 gfrom₹115

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अमृतसरी छोला मसाला

Amritsari Chhola Masala

The secret behind naturally dark Pindi chhole — with dried amla, slow-ground the Punjabi pind way.

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A traditional thali of home-cooked dishes — Sunday dastarkhwan

Whole spices laid out for grinding — Ammi's masala box

गरम मसाला

अम्मी की विधि

जीरा — 4 चम्मच
बड़ी इलायची — 6
लौंग — 12
दालचीनी — 2 टुकड़े
धीमी आँच पर भूनें, सिल पर पीसें

Est.1984

Maa Ki Rasoi Se

A family recipe, carried from the lanes of Lucknow

Imam Dasta began in a small kitchen in Chowk, where every masala was roasted on an iron tawa and ground by hand. We still follow those same recipes — small batches, whole spices, and not a pinch of colour or filler. What reaches your kitchen is exactly what reached ours.

A masala is honest only when its aroma reaches the room before the dish does.

— Ammi, our first masala-maker

Years of family recipes: 40+
Happy kitchens: 50K+
Added colour or filler: 0%

Read Our StoryThe Imam Dasta Family

From one kitchen to yours

1984
A kitchen in Chowk
Ammi roasts and hand-grinds the first batch of garam masala for the mohalla.
1998
The mohalla favourite
Word spreads across old Lucknow — families start queuing for our biryani blend.
2015
Small-batch unit
A clean, FSSAI-certified unit — but the same recipes and the same slow grind.
2026
Every Indian kitchen
Freshly ground jars now reach 50,000+ homes across India.

Why Imam Dasta

From farm to jar, purity at every step

Four slow, honest steps stand between the farm and your kitchen. No shortcuts, no colour, no fillers — and a lab report to prove it.

Origin regions

Whole spices bought directly from the regions that grow them best — no traders, no mixed lots.
- Guntur chilli
- Erode turmeric
- Kutch cumin
- Kerala cardamom
Every lot is air-cleaned, sieved and hand-sorted, so only whole, stone-free spice reaches the grinder.
- Stone & dust free
- Hand-sorted
- Sun-dried
Ground slowly at low temperature, the way a sil-batta would — the natural oils, colour and aroma stay in.
- Natural oils retained
- True colour
- Fuller aroma
Sealed within hours of grinding in airtight jars, batch-coded and lab tested before it leaves Lucknow.
- Airtight jar
- Batch coded
- Lab tested

The difference you can taste

Imam Dasta / Ordinary masala
	Imam Dasta	Ordinary masala
Grinding	Slow & cold-ground	High-heat, high-speed
Colour	Only the spice's own	Often artificially boosted
Fillers	No starch, husk or salt	Bulked up to cut cost
Freshness	Packed within hours	Sits for months
Testing	Every batch, lab tested	Rarely, if ever

Imam Dasta · Quality Lab

Purity Report

ID/GM/2609
Batch: Amritsari Chhola Masala
Sample: 12 Sept 2026
Tested on

Artificial colour: Not detected
Starch & fillers: Not detected
Lead chromate: Not detected
Moisture: 7.8% (limit 10%)
Volatile oil: Retained

Every batch is tested before dispatch.

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Reviewed productAmritsari Chhola Masala

Best chhola masala I have used
Tangy, balanced and that deep dark colour without any shortcuts. Guests asked for the recipe — the secret is this masala!

Fatima KhanHyderabadJuly 2026

Average rating: 4.8

Verified reviews: 8,420

Would buy again: 97%

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