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Masala Central Seeds celebrates the desi kitchen garden. Indian and Indian-inspired varieties grown for flavor, tradition, and everyday cooking. And because we trial every variety in our own California garden, you can trust that these seeds actually thrive in our climate.
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Why Masala Central Seeds?
Seeds for the Indian kitchen
and California soil.
We’re building the seed company we always wished existed: reliable, region-aware seeds for Indian and Indian-adjacent cooking. From methi and dhania to lauki and bhindi, we focus on varieties that make sense in real home gardens, not just catalog photos.
Trialed in a real backyard, not just in a greenhouse.
We grow our seeds in a small suburban California garden — with heat waves, cold snaps, kids’ soccer schedules, and all the chaos you’re dealing with too.
Focused on Indian flavors.
Every variety earns its spot by tasting great in real food: Gujarati shaaks, dals, curries, chaats, and all the mash-up, weeknight “Indian-ish” cooking we actually do.
Clear notes for new and seasoned gardeners.
We tell you what we wish someone had told us: where it fits in the garden, how big it really gets, how much heat it takes, and how we use it in the kitchen.
From our family garden to yours
A desi kitchen garden in a little corner of California.
Masala Central Seeds grew out of Puja’s cooking and our family’s obsession with fresh, home-grown ingredients. We started by cramming methi, green chilies, ridge gourd, and curry leaf into every sunny corner we could find. Now we’re sharing the varieties and notes that actually worked — so more people can have a little taste of “back home” right outside their door.
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Notes from the Indian kitchen garden
Seasonal notes, sowing reminders, and real-life lessons from our California garden for anyone who wants their bhaji, dal, and sabzis to start in the soil.
Fall–Winter Gardening in California: What to Plant and Why This Season Is the Best
If you garden in California, don’t skip the fall–winter season. A lot of people think winter means shutting down the garden, but honestly, this is when things get easy. Cool weather + natural moisture = plants that mostly take care of themselves. As someone who grows a ton of Indian herbs and vegetables here in […]
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The Truth About Growing from Seed
Perhaps you were taught the same simple story I was: that all plants start from a seed. The truth is far more interesting. Even in nature, plants have countless ways of reproducing. Some grow the way we were taught, from seed. Others, like the curry leaf tree, also grow from seed, but only if the […]
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The Many Uses of Neem Oil
From sacred Indian tree to every gardener’s toolkit If there’s one product that perfectly captures the bridge between ancient Indian wisdom and modern sustainable gardening, it’s neem oil. Extracted from the seeds of the Azadirachta indica tree — known across India as “the village pharmacy” — neem oil has been relied on for thousands of […]
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