A living archive of Indian grandma wisdom
The timeless nuskhe
our grandmothers
never wrote down.
Twelve dadis from every corner of India, each with a lifetime of kitchen hacks, home remedies, beauty rituals and quiet wellness — remembered here, in English and in her own language.
Sharma Dadi
Punjab & Delhi · Hindi
Chapter one
Meet the Dadis
Each dadi is imagined from a corner of India — her remedies, kitchen wisdom and home traditions reflect her land and her language. Click a tile to open her diary.
Sharma Dadi
Punjab & Delhi · Hindi
"Turmeric, ghee and a lot of love."
Deshpande Ajji
Maharashtra · Marathi
"Kokum in the amti, moon in the modak."
Nair Amma
Kerala · Malayalam
"Coconut oil, curry leaves, and time."
Mehta Ba
Gujarat · Gujarati
"A little sweet, a little tangy, always right."
Roy Thakuma
West Bengal · Bengali
"Mustard, mishti, and monsoon rain."
Iyer Paati
Tamil Nadu · Tamil
"Filter coffee, kolam, kashayam."
Reddy Ammamma
Andhra Pradesh · Telugu
"Gongura, ghee, and grandmother's karam."
Kaur Biji
Punjab · Punjabi
"White butter, warm dal, endless sewa."
Devi Aaji
Odisha · Odia
"Pakhala, bel, and temple calm."
Baruah Aita
Assam · Assamese
"Khaar, tenga, and Brahmaputra breeze."
Rathore Dadisa
Rajasthan · Rajasthani
"Ghee, gud, and desert wisdom."
Shetty Ajji
Karnataka · Kannada
"Coconut, mallige, filter coffee."
Today's nuskha
Neem twigs in flour
Two neem sticks in the atta drum keep bugs out for months.
— Kaur Biji, Punjab
Why we made this
The wisest women in the room were never asked to write a book.
Dadima ke Nuskhe is a small love letter to Indian grandmothers — the original kitchen scientists, home doctors and beauty chemists. Every tip here was tested by generations before it was tested by any lab.