Dharani Agro Farms, Ramanathapuram
Dharani Agro Farms at Kanikarai in Ramanathapuram has been abuzz with activity over the past three weeks. The farm’s founder, Dharani Murugesan, who transformed a stretch of barren land into a thriving enterprise 15 years ago, continues to create employment opportunities for local women. Every Deepavali, he engages women from neighbouring villages to prepare traditional sweets and savouries. “We decided to offer value-added products, and that’s how Dharani Food Products was launched seven years ago,” says Murugesan. Nearly 80% of the raw materials used for the preparations are sourced from his farm.
Red rice adhirasam
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The farm supplies red rice adhirasam and murukku for weddings through the year, while during the festival season, it offers an array of sweets including Mysore pak, jangiri, boondi laddu, paal koa, adhirasam, wheat halwa, dry fruit laddu, and badusha. Under savouries, the popular choices are ribbon pakoda, mixture, murukku, and pepper sev. No preservatives or white sugar is used, and everything is prepared using A2 ghee and cold-pressed oils.
Orders can be shipped pan India. Call 9488728194.
Pudhugai Organics, Pudukottai
Ahila Bharathi, CEO, Pudhugai Organics in Pudukottai, is busy handling orders from across the country this festive season. “Ours is a collective of 1,364 farmers from around 54 villages in Pudukottai district. All raw materials are sourced from this network of farmers,” says Ahila. Production is taken up by women hired during the season to prepare traditional sweets and savouries. This year, the brand has introduced millet cookies in eight varieties, priced at ₹70 for a 100 gram box. “No maida is used, and nattu sakkarai (country sugar) is our sweetening agent,” she adds.
Thooyamalli murukku
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For Deepavali, Pudhugai Organics offers kavuni rice adhirasam, boondi ladoo, thinai manoharam, Madras mixture, murukku, ribbon pakoda, and kara sev. The team has also developed a ready-to-use adhirasam maavu, allowing customers to buy the mixture, shape it into small discs, and deep-fry at home. “We wanted to simplify this otherwise labour-intensive and time-consuming process,” says Ahila. The adhirasam mix is available in kavuni arisi (₹150), thooyaalli rice (₹100), and thinai (₹120) variants.
Orders can be shipped across India. Call 9965593143.
Kamarkat Srini, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai
RSrinivas, a mechanical engineer, made a bold career shift in 2013 to pursue his passion for wholesome, traditional food. He launched Marabu Suvai in Thiruvanmiyur for organic and vegan food products. The brand has recently been rebranded as Kamarkat Srini and has become known for its kamarkat, a traditional Tamil Nadu candy made with coconut and jaggery.
Srini remains committed to traditional methods in every step of food preparation. His sweets and savouries are made using cold-pressed groundnut and coconut oil and are cooked in clay pots and cast iron vessels. Raw ingredients are sourced directly from farms in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, with a focus on heritage rice, organic jaggery, and coconut. All products are completely vegan.
Heritage rice laddu
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For Deepavali, Kamarkat Srini offers hampers, starting at ₹120 for a 50-gram selection of kamarkat, ladoos, and mixture. Corporate orders are customisable, for clients to select products of their choice. Heritage rice ladoos made with mappilai samba, kattuyanam, iluppaipoo samba, and black kavuni rice are particularly popular. For traditional snacks like murukku and thattai, he uses mappilai samba and thooyamalli rice
Pan Inida and overseas shipping is provided. Call 7200477403.
Sempulam, T, Nagar, Chennai
Sempulam Sustainable Solutions, an organisation that has been working on preserving native and heritage rice varieties of the country and supporting small and marginal farmers, has cookies and savoury items , made with heritage rice for the festive season. Heritage bites (₹700), their traditional rice cookies assortment has butter bites (mullankaima rice), choco delight (black rice), vegan delight (thanga samba) and shortbread (seeraga samba). The cookies are maida free, gluten free and made with jaggery.
Heritage rice savories
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Their other gifting option, rice savouries delight, is priced at ₹700 ). These savouries are baked, vegan and gluten free. Made from traditional rice, the savoury snacks comprise kachori papdi, moringa bites, gongura lavash, nutty aval mixture and spiced curry leaf biscuits. They also offer a cookies and savouries combo priced at at ₹1,100. All products have a shelf life of 90 days.
Pan India delivery is available. Order online at www.sempulam.com/gifting.
Published – October 08, 2025 03:01 pm IST
