Dried Black Mulberries
fromRs 1,250Darker, jammier, faintly tart — the wilder cousin of the white mulberry.
Low stock in some sizes
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Hand-pittedNo added sugarLimited harvest
Dried Cherries
A tiny Skardu harvest — deep, sour-sweet, and gone by winter.
- Origin
- Skardu & Shigar valleys, 2,200–2,700 m
- Harvest
- Picked late July, pitted by hand, dried 8–10 days
Rs 1,650≈ Rs 11,000 / kg
In stock, packed in Gilgit
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Why it's different
Three things worth knowing
- 01
Pitted one by one
No pitting machine exists at this scale, so every cherry is opened by hand. It is slow, and it is the reason for the price.
- 02
Genuinely seasonal
One harvest a year, sold until it runs out. We do not top up with imported fruit when we sell through.
- 03
Dried, not candied
Most 'dried cherries' on shelves are sweetened with sugar or apple juice. These are just cherries.
About this one
Cherries are a small story in Gilgit-Baltistan. The orchards are modest, the season is short, and most of the fruit is eaten fresh long before anyone thinks about drying it.
What we get is pitted by hand — one at a time, which is why this is the most expensive thing per kilo that we sell — and dried slowly until it is chewy rather than brittle. The flavour concentrates into something close to sour cherry jam, with the sweetness arriving second.
We buy what a handful of families in Skardu and Shigar can spare. That is usually a few hundred kilos, and it does not last the winter.
How to use it
- Eat sparingly and slowly — the flavour is concentrated.
- Fold through a chocolate brownie batter or dark chocolate bark.
- Simmer with a splash of water into a sauce for duck or lamb.
- Add to a cheeseboard next to something hard and salty.
Keeping it
Airtight, cool, dark. 9 months. Keep away from strong-smelling foods — cherries pick up odours.
Sizes
- 150 gRs 1,650
- 300 gRs 3,100
- 500 gRs 4,950
From Rs 1,650. Prices include GST where applicable.
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