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Where to buy organic foods and eat vegan in Bangalore
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Where to shop for organic foods
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24 Letter Mantra
24 Letter Mantra offers a wide range of dry organic foods including different types of flour and rice, dhals, pulses and beans, spices and masalas, cold-pressed oils, sugar and jaggery, dried fruits and nuts, jams and marmalades. Their products are available at Spencer’s outlets.
Adi Naturals
620, 6th B Main, 11th Cross
JP Nagar Phase III
Bangalore 560078
Tel: 9945384494 / 9945517525
Open on Saturdays only from 10:30am to 5:30pm.
Here you can find fresh organic fruits, vegetables, condiments, pulses, spices, manure. If you need anything in particular, phone in advance and it can be ordered for you. They also offer a weekly delivery service through Pristine Nature (see below).
Avani Organic
No.17, 1st Main, 1st Stage
Arekere Micco layout,
Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore – 560 076
Nearest Land mark : Reliance Mart, opposite to Festoon Fun School
Tel: 41317382 / 98451 34509
Open from Monday to Friday from 6pm to 9pm and Saturday and Sunday from 4pm to 8pm.
Avani Organic markets a range of genuine natural and eco-friendly products. The products are safe, natural and free from harmful fertilizers. Here you will find food mixes, spices, rice, dhal, pulses, ragi flour, cold pressed ground nut oil, coconut oil, unique products like hand made soaps, banana fibre bags, 1st Bites-certified organic food for toddlers and many more products.
Dharani
ISKCON, Hare Krishna Hill,
West of Chord Road
Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010
Tel: 2347 1956 / 2332 2346
www.iskconbangalore.org/contents/organicfarming/index.html
ISKCON encourages organic farming, in which grains, vegetables and fruits are grown naturally without the use of chemicals and fertilizers. ISKCON Bangalore’s 100-acre farm near Mysore, on the bank of the River Kaveri provides an active model of such farming. The farm’s products are made available in the temple’s natural foods shop on Hare Krishna Hill known as “Dharani”.
ECONET (Ecological Producers and Consumers Network)
ICRA “Samskruti”
No. 22, 5th Cross, Michael Palya 2nd Stage
New Thippasandra Post, Bangalore 560 075
Tel. 2528 3370 / 2521 3104
Open 9:30am to 5:30pm
Sells dry organic food products like dhals, rice and pulses, Navadarshanam organic products and other organic health products.
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Era Organic
348, Dollars Colony, RMV Club Double Road,
RMV Second Stage, Bangalore 560 094
Tel: 41606003 / 41606004 / 9900543881
Open 10am to 9:30pm
A 2nd shop opened in September 2008:
426/B, 3rd Block, 3rd Stage, 6th Main
Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore 560 079
(Close to Pavithra Paradise, next to Mathru Nursing Home.)
Tel: 9739241340
Open 10am to 1pm, 4pm to 8:30pm.
Era Organics has every single thing you require in the kitchen, from sugar to cooking oil, and fruits and vegetables. Era Organic has the distinction of being the first IMO certified, exclusive organic food store in the country.
Fabindia
Several locations across the city retail organic food products like cereals, grains, pulses, spices, sugar, tea, coffee, fruit preserves and herbs.
Food World Gourmet
88 Shariff Bhatia Towers, MG Rd, Bangalore
Tel: 4147 4789 / 4147 4689
www.gourmet-foodworld.in
The store offers organic vegetables, rice, dhals, spices, pickles, jams and tea.
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Fresh Earth
730 CMH Road
Indiranagar, Bangalore
Tel: 2521 5738
www.freshearth.net
Offers a range of organic food products. Fresh organic vegetables and fruits are available on Saturdays.
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Gramya
K-43, 2nd Floor 14th Cross
19th ‘B’ Main 1st Block, Rajajinagar
Bangalore 560 010
Contact Person: SM Hebbal
Tel: 2332 0789 / 2312 3652 / 98801 55332
Open from 10:30am to 6:30pm.
Food products such as organic rice, wheat products, ragi dosa mix, spices and masala powders, herbal tea and aloe vera juice are available here. Fabrics are other products for the home made from natural fibres are also available.
Greenlife
4th T Block Jayanagar
Tel: 2244 9999
This is a cooperative run by growers. it is well-stocked and they do home deliveries. They plan to open outlets all over Bangalore.
Iha Naturals
Shop No. 2, No. 144, Bassappa Layout
Pattangere, Omkar Hills Road
BHEL Layout, Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Bangalore 560098
Tel: 9901520061
Open Monday to Saturday from 4:30pm to 7:30pm and Sunday from 11am to 1pm. You can find cereals and pulses, herbs and spices, cooking oils, tea, breakfast cereals, herbal powders and beauty products. Fresh fruits and vegetables are available on Saturdays.
In the Pink Organic Bazaar & Restaurant
93, 6th Cross, N.S. Palya,
Dollars Colony, BTM Layout
2nd Stage, Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore 560076
Tel: 99450 01003/99451 68462
Stocks vegan products like vegan bakey items, cakes, dakini products, soya milk, soy biscuits, salads, millets, jams. etc. They also plan to have a weekly vegan menu in their restaurant!
Jaivik Krishik Society
Near Nursery-Men Co-operative Society,
Double Road Gate, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore 560 004
Tel: 6562 4197
Located in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, this store offers organic rice, flour and pulses, apart from spices and other products. The best time to buy vegetables here is on Saturday when the produce comes in. Fruits are usually available, especially whatever is in season, like mango, banana, etc.
Janodaya Trust
#3, 5ht Main, 9th Cross, Jayamahal Extension, Benson town Post, Bangalore 5600046
Tel: 23332564, 23557777, Fax 23430155, jano_dayatrust@dataone.in, janodayamcp@gmail.com
Have a mobile van that sources from a large number of organic farmers and also does door to door deliveries of both fruits and vegetables and dry provisions.
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Khandige
Contact: Sudhakar Karanth, Tel. 26714599
vikasb@satyam.net.in, pureherbs@vsnl.net
Supplies organic food products like spices and spice powders, coconut oil, sesame oil, jaggery and ayurvedic health and beauty products. These are available at Namdhari Fresh stores, Jaivik Krishik Society and Spencer’s.
Lumiere
27/7, Sri Kote Ashirwad Towers
Outer Ring Road, Doddenakundi, Marathahalli, Bangalore 560037
Te:. 25405059/60
Lumiere’s eco-shop offers organically grown grains, pulses, honey, spices, nuts and food products like jams and squashes sourced from different parts of the country. There is also a thoughtful collection of handicrafts and organic food products, made out of natural materials which can add value to your everyday life. The handicraft range includes terracotta products and handmade bamboo products offering an aesthetic alternative to plastic items. A small range of natural cosmetics complete the range. There are plans to expand the range to offer an organic alternative to almost everything of daily use. There is also a bakery offering organic breads and cakes as well as an organic restaurant on site.
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Mother Earth
541 – 543, Amarjyothi HSBC Layout, Opposite Dell
Koramangala Intermediate Ring Road
Domlur, Bangalore
3 floors of natural and organic products including a wide selection of organic food, fair trade garments and a wide range of home linen apart, as well as a wide range of natural fibre products and handicraft decor, furniture and gift items. Fresh organic vegetables are available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Namdhari’s Fresh
Namdhari’s has over 15 food outlets in Bangalore. Though their fresh produce is NOT organic, they retail dry organic foods like rice, flour, lentils, spices, pickles and jams etc. supplied by other organic suppliers like Khandige, Navadarshanam Trust and ProNature.
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Namma Santhe monthly market
A monthly market for organic and natural produce held every first Sunday of the month from 8am to 12pm at Vyasa International School, Doddabommasandra, Near BEL North Gate, Vidyaranya Post, Bangalore. This initiative is conceptualized and organized by Navachetana Trust. For more information, contact Caleb David Tel. 99001 70424 or vanabhoomi.navachetana@gmail.com
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NatureCure Specialties and Products
No. 9 (Old 6/1), Cline Road, Cooke Town
Bangalore 560 005
(Opposite Rinku Nursery, Near Dr Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital)
Tel. 4090 0323 / 4090 0324
See the website to find out which products are available. Fruits and vegetables are not available at the moment but if there is demand they have stock these once a week.
Navadarshanam Trust
Organic farm at Gumalapuram, Anekal Tq.
Tel: 6599 6024 / 9243435467
A notable source for organic food products like unpolished rice, herbal tea, sprouted and roasted dalia, sprouted and roasted rava, peanut butter, tomato sauce with dry fruits, idly mix, pickles, jaggery, atta, sweets, dried fruits, masala powders, green tea and non-detergent soap. You can find their products at Namdhari’s Fresh outlets. They also have their monthly sales of organic food items at Buoyancee, 52 Diagonal Road, Jayanagar 3rd block (between post office and Ganesha Temple) every second Saturday between 4pm and 6pm; and on the second Sunday of every month at the home of N.S.Hema, 23, 17th Cross (between 6th and 8th Main (opposite Sri Sri Ravi Shanker Vidya Mandir), Malleswaram from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
Nisarga Foods
c/o Green Foundation
P.O. Box 7651, No. 30 Surya
4th Main, BTM 2nd Stage, N.S. Palya
(Near SMC Kalyana Mantapa), Bangalore 560076
Contact: Dr. Vanaja Ramprasad, Tel. 26784509 / 09449861043
Nisarga Foods supplies papad, ragi, rice and wheat flours; foxtail, little and pearl millet; 9 varieties of rice, spices, dals, jaggery, linseed, raisin, sesame, groundnuts, castor oil, groundnut oil, upma and idli mixes. Their products are available at Jaivik Krishik Society and Avani Organic (see above for details).
Organic Impulse
82, 5th Cross, Gottigere, Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore 560 083
Tel: 2696 7682 / 98440 54469
This is an organic delivery service offering dry organic foods like rice, flour, atta, dhals, grains, sugar, jaggery, tea, dry fruits, spices, oil, snacks, jams, pickles and wheatgrass powder. Check their website to see what’s available and place your order.
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Parisara Organic Junction
No.51, Behind Sri Krishna Sweets, 7th Cross,
Margosa Road, Malleshwaram, Bangalore 560003
Tel. 23468881 / 9900389403
Open from 9am to 9pm.
Offers a variety of dry organic staples like rice and dhal. Fresh produce is available on Friday evening and Saturday morning.
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Pristine Nature
Customer_service@pristine-nature.com
Pristine Nature started an organic box delivery service in January 2010. Log on to their website to see the produce which is currently available.
Deliveries on Saturdays to Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Banasankari, Basavangudi, Bannerghatta road, Gottigere, Girinagar, Padmanabhnagar, Kanakpura Road.
Deliveries on Wednesdays to Koramangala, HSR Layout, Sarjapur Road, Richmond Town, Cunningham Road, St. John’s Road, Cooke Town, Frazer Town, Cox Town, Cambridge Layout, Indiranagar, HAL 2nd Stage area, Marathahalli area and Whitefield, Mekhri Circle, RT Nagar, Malleswaram, Sadashivnagar, Hebbal, Jakkur.
ProNature
No. 29, “Govind Krupa” Building
1st Cross, Kaggadasapura, C.V. Raman Nagar
Bangalore, Karnataka 560093
Tel: 3298 3773
Contact: Varun Gupta, Tel. 9341974822.
ProNature produces organic staples like flours (atta / besan / soya / ragi) beaten rice, puffed rice, sooji/rava, daliya (broken wheat), pulses like tur dhal, moong, urad, kala channa, channa, etc, spice and masala powders, sugar and jaggery. All products are certified organic. These are available at MK Retail, Namdhari’s Fresh and Spar.
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Simply Organic
2069, 20th Main, 2nd Block,
Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010.
Tel: 2332 1314
Open from 9:30am to 8:30pm.
Producers directly sell organically-grown foods including different varieties of rice, ragi flour, jowar, wheat, millets and spices. Fresh fruits and vegetables are available on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.
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The Higher Taste
Garna Garnet 119/A/36, 9th Main
Behind Jain Temple
4th Block Jayanagar, Bangalore
Tel: 4206 8110
E-mail: charu@ecoagri.in
Open every day from 10am to 9:30pm.
Here you will find organic products like dhal, rice, oil and masala powders.
Tibetan Organic
Indo-Dubai Plaza, Rest House Road
Off Brigade Road, Bangalore
Tel: 2550 5425
Open from 11am to 7pm
Tibetan Organic produces a variety of organic products grown in Tibetan settlements across India which are available in their outlet. Here you can find spices and masala powders, rice, ragi, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, maize, wheat, pulses like cowpeas, different types of gram, soybeans, groundnuts, and oils, including ground nut, sunflower, mustard, niger and castor.
How to grow your own food
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Dr. B.N. Viswanath
Consultant in organic farming
& Organic Terrace Gardens
Bangalore
Tel. 9845627217
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Purna Organics
Contact Mallesh Tigali:
Tel: 9972322922, 26481680
#75 & 76, I Cross, Sahyadri Layout,
Panduranga Nagar, opposite IIMB, Bannerghatta Road, ,
Bangalore 560076
Tel. 2648 1680 / 4219 2852 / 97386 33570
Regularly organizes workshops and Terrace Garden trainings
Where to eat organic
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Please specify that you are ordering a vegan meal
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Lumiere
27/7, Sri Kote Ashirwad Towers
Outer Ring Road, Doddenakundi, Marathahalli,
Bangalore 560037
Te:. 25405059/60
They serve vegetarian and non-vegetarian organic food.
Where to eat vegan
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Please specify that you are ordering a vegan meal
Luo Han
No. 666, 27th Main Road, 13th Cross,
HSR Layout Sector 1, Bangalore 560 034
Tel: 6450 5304
Chinese vegetarian restaurant. Note that the mock meat is not vegan as it contains contains albumen.
E-inn Time Traveler
144 – C/1, KirloskarRoad,
Bommasandra Industrial Estate,
Hebbagodi, Bangalore 560 099
Contact the Restaurant Manager, Mr. Prakash Shetty at 9900545518 at least two hours in advance to request a vegan spread.
Completely vegetarian buffet with many vegan dishes available on request.
E-inn Urban Herbivore
144 – C/1, KirloskarRoad,
Bommasandra Industrial Estate,
Hebbagodi, Bangalore 560 099
Serves vegetarian Chinese dishes.
Kamat Hotels & Restaurants
For the addresses of various branches see: http://www.kamatyatri.in/Facilities.asp
An Udupi-style vegetarian restaurant chain where 70% of the food is vegan.
Where to find vegan cakes and treats
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Carnival Cakes
Manager: Mr Sadhish Kumar
No.65/3, Nr Shoba Onyx, Agara Post, Sarjapur Main Rd,
Sarjapur Road, Bangalore 560 034
Tel: 2572 3148 / 99167 54689
Email: cakecarnival@gmail.com
Operates on a delivery basis. For a list of their products see this page: http://veganbengaluru.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/vegan-cakes-and-more-in-bangalore/
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Kanti Sweets
To find the address of a branch near you: http://kantisweets.com/kantisweets/index.php?page=Branches
Two vegan burfis are available: anjeer (fig) dry fruit burfi and khajoor (dates) burfi.
There are 25 branches in Bangalore.
KC Das
No. 48, St. Marks Road
Bangalore 560 001
Tel: 2559 2021
For vegan soan papdis, made of rice bran oil and fructose instead of ghee and refined sugar.
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Mama Mia
For address of the Bangalore outlets, see website: http://mamamiaindia.com/location.htm
The sorbets are completely vegan.
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Vegan products available in supermarkets
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1. Bagel & Bakes muffins and bread
2. Bon Bon chocolates
3. Naturo fruit bars
4. Beginnings breakfast cereals
5. Staeta soya milk
6. Fry’s meat substitutes
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Where to holiday
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Our Native Village Soul Spa and Eco Resort
Hessarghatta, Bangalore
City office Tel: 4114 0909
The food served is mostly organic and largely vegan. Please specify that you would like a vegan meal.
Sai Vishram Beach Resort
Byndoor, Karnataka
City office Tel. 25595180 / 81
A vegetarian, non-alcoholic beach resort. Vegan diets can be accommodated. Just ask.
Connect with other vegans
http://veganbengaluru.wordpress.com
