SPICES & MASALAS
Whole spices first, ground fresh when you need them.
Guntur red chilli, Malabar pepper, Alleppey cardamom, whole cumin and coriander — sortex-cleaned, single-origin, packed in Punjab.
Guntur red chilli, Malabar pepper, Alleppey cardamom, whole cumin and coriander — sortex-cleaned, single-origin, packed in Punjab.
Ground spice loses its aromatic oils within weeks of milling — most of what sits on Indian supermarket shelves has been ground for six to twelve months and travelled through three or four warehouses before it reaches you. That's not a fault of the mill; it's the reality of retail turnover for a category that trades on freshness. The obvious workaround is to buy whole spice, store it airtight, and grind small quantities as you need them.
Healthy House stocks the everyday whole spices — cumin, coriander, black pepper, cardamom (green and black), cloves, cinnamon (cassia and Ceylon), fennel, fenugreek, mustard, ajwain — from named regions where the region actually matters: Guntur for red chilli, Malabar for pepper, Alleppey for cardamom, Kashmir for saffron. All sortex-cleaned. All packed in an FSSC 22000 facility. All at everyday prices, not premium boutique markups.
Why whole outlasts ground, home grinding, blooming vs dry-roasting, and how to build a spice pantry that actually stays fresh.
Read the full guide →The Healthy House spice range covers the daily-tempering staples (cumin, mustard, coriander, chilli, turmeric — whole and ground), the finishing spices (garam masala, chaat masala, kasuri methi, kala namak), and the specialty single-origins (Alleppey green cardamom, black cardamom, saffron, Malabar pepper). Ground versions are milled in small batches — no year-old inventory. See the jeera benefits guide for how to use cumin properly.
Every SKU is sortex-cleaned, packed under FSSC 22000 and dispatched from Punjab.
Every batch is milled and packed to global food-safety standards. Traceable, tested, dispatched from a certified facility in Punjab.
Optical-sorted for stones, dust and off-colour grain. No polish coats, no artificial glaze. What you see is what settles in the pot.
Four generations of the Arora family from Nawanshahr, Punjab. We source, mill and pack — no middlemen between the field and your kitchen.
Whole spices — cumin, coriander, pepper, cardamom — hold aromatic potency for 12-18 months if stored airtight, cool, and away from light. Ground spice loses potency within 3-6 months. Buy whole, grind small quantities in a small electric grinder or mortar as you need them.
Sortex is a brand-genericised term for optical sorting — the whole spice runs through cameras and air jets that reject stones, husks, damaged grain and off-colour material grain by grain. Every SKU on this page is sortex-cleaned before packing.
Yes. Ground spices are milled in small batches from whole stock and packed within days of grinding — not sitting in year-old warehouse inventory. Once open, transfer to a small airtight container and use within 2-3 months for peak flavour.
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