No Maharashtrian homemade thali is complete without the accompaniment that can perk up the blandest of dishes. Made with green or red chillies and garlic, the thecha rescues every Maharashtrian kid from the monotony of varan-bhaat. The coarsely pounded chutney that sometimes also uses shengdana (peanut) and naral (coconut) is the subject of experiments at Nomad Food Project. Giving a bacon and fat twist to the green and red thecha, Pune-based ‘serial jammers’ Advaith Inamke and Aditya Rai are bringing you a range of savoury jams.

As excited as this writer was to get her hands on the jar, the late delivery to her Mumbai home was a party pooper. While they promise you delivery in two to four business days, two weeks later, there was still no sign of the parcel. It was only when we wrote to the team that we received an  instant apology, and delivery within two days.