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🫙 Small-Batch Homemade Chutney

The Original Imly Chutney.
Made the Desi Way.

Crafted with hand-picked tamarind, plump dates, pure jaggery & heirloom spices — no preservatives, no artificial colour, no shortcuts. Just pure, finger-licking desi goodness in a jar.

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No Preservatives
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Small-Batch Made
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Handmade
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Real Spices
🤲 Handmade in Small Batches
🌿 Zero Preservatives
🚚 Ships Pan-India
💯 100% Natural Ingredients
🗓️ 12 Mo Shelf Life
🚫 0 Artificial Additives
📦 3–5 Day Delivery
Desi Jar Imly Chutney 200ml jar
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What is Imly Chutney?

The Soul of Indian Street Food

Tamarind chutney — lovingly called Imly Chutney in Hindi — is the heartbeat of Indian street food culture. Made from the sticky, tangy pulp of the tamarind pod, this deep-brown, sweet-sour condiment has been served across India for centuries.

At Desi Jar, we follow the same heirloom recipe our grandmothers used: whole tamarind soaked overnight, slow-simmered with pure jaggery, plump Medjool dates, and a hand-roasted blend of cumin, ajwain, red chilli and rock salt. The result is a thick, velvety chutney with layers of flavour that no store-bought bottle can replicate.

Zero water. Zero thickeners. Zero shortcuts. Just the richest, most complex Imly Chutney you will ever taste.

🌿 Gluten-Free 🥦 Vegan 🍯 Jaggery Sweetened 🧪 No Artificial Colour 🌱 No Preservatives ❄️ 12-Month Shelf Life
Our Range

Pick Your Jar

Every jar is made fresh to order — because real chutney should never sit in a warehouse.

Bestseller

Classic Imly Chutney

200g

The OG recipe — tamarind, jaggery & spices in perfect harmony

₹199
Khajur Imly Chutney 200g jar New

Khajur Imly Chutney

200g

Extra dates for a deeper, richer sweetness — pairs magic with chaats

₹199 ₹219
Desi Jar Family Pack — multiple chutney jars Family Pack

Desi Jar Family Pack

500g

Double the chutney, double the love — best value for families

₹399 ₹450
What Goes In

Just 4 Real Ingredients. That's It.

We believe you should know exactly what's in your food. No mystery fillers, no chemical names — only four honest ingredients you'd find in your nani's kitchen.

Imly — Hand-picked Tamarind
IMLY
Hand-picked Tamarind
— the soul of the chutney
Khajoor — Plump Medjool Dates
KHAJOOR
Plump Medjool Dates
— natural sweetness
Gur — Pure Jaggery
GUR
Pure Jaggery
— no refined sugar
Indian Spices — Red chili, Cumin, Ajwain, Salt
SPICES
Red Chili · Cumin · Ajwain
— bold Indian flavours
No preservatives. No artificial colour. No added water. No vinegar. No thickeners.
Just Imly, Khajoor, Gur & Spices — slow-cooked and jar-sealed with love. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Why We're Different

Why Desi Jar?

There's a reason your chai tastes better with the right chutney. We obsess over the details so you don't have to.

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Made in Small Batches, Always Fresh

We never mass-produce. Every batch of Desi Jar chutney is handmade in small quantities, ensuring the freshest flavour reaches your table — not a warehouse shelf.

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Zero Preservatives. Ever.

No sodium benzoate, no potassium sorbate, no citric acid — nothing you can't pronounce. The natural acidity of tamarind and jaggery keep Desi Jar shelf-stable naturally.

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Jaggery Over Sugar, Always

We use only pure jaggery (gur) — never refined white sugar. Jaggery adds a deeper, more complex sweetness and carries minerals that regular sugar destroys.

Desi Jar Imly Chutney on an Indian table
Our Story

Born in a Home Kitchen. Made for Every Indian Table.

Desi Jar started because we couldn't find a store-bought imly chutney that tasted like the one our mothers made. Every bottle we tried was too sweet, too thin, too artificial — nothing like the thick, tangy, spice-kissed chutney that made our chaats sing.

So we went back to the original recipe. Hand-picking tamarind. Using real jaggery. Roasting cumin ourselves. And the result? A chutney that tastes like a Sunday afternoon at home.

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Our Method

Slow-Cooked. Not Mass-Produced.

Commercial chutneys are made in minutes using concentrates, stabilisers, and high-heat pasteurisation that strips flavour. We do the opposite.

Every batch of Desi Jar is slow-cooked over low flame for hours — letting the tamarind, dates, and jaggery meld into one rich, layered sauce. No shortcuts. The result speaks for itself.

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Desi Jar Imly Chutney served with Indian dishes
From Scratch

How Every Jar is Made

Four honest steps. No machine shortcuts. Just traditional craft, scaled small.

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Source & Clean

We hand-pick fresh tamarind pods and Medjool dates, then clean and de-seed each one — no paste, no concentrate.

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Slow Cook

Tamarind, dates and jaggery go into the pot with water and cook low and slow until they meld into one thick, glossy sauce.

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Spice & Balance

We add roasted cumin, ajwain, red chili and salt — tasting and adjusting until the balance of sweet, sour, spice and salt is perfect.

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Jar & Ship

Hot-filled into sterilised glass jars, sealed immediately, labelled by hand, and shipped directly to your door within days.

Where to Find Us

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