JhaJi Store

JhaJi Store We sell traditional homemade pickles made by women using authentic recipes from Mithilanchal

Kalpana and Uma Jha started this business to take Mithila’s authentic taste to people who have once lived in the region but have since moved out for work or education. Over the last 30 years, both of them have been shipping pickles to friends and family everywhere from New Delhi to New York. In 6 short months, the business has sold pickles worth more than Rs. 35L to 5000+ customers all over the co

untry, and has received ~400 5-star reviews. The pickles are made using local, all-natural ingredients and spices sourced from small-scale farmers and traders in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur. JhaJi’s pickles are completely free of all artificial or chemical preservatives and colors. JhaJi Store is an honest and conscious business that employs mostly underprivileged women, but also men, who have seen their family income triple in the few months they have been working with JhaJi. The business also spends 2% of its revenues directly towards the cause of girl child education.

क्या आप बता सकते हैं ये कौन सी चीज़ है, जो बिहारी घरों में बनती है?साल का वो एक समय याद कीजिए, जब पूरी रसोई मानो एक पारि...
27/08/2026

क्या आप बता सकते हैं ये कौन सी चीज़ है, जो बिहारी घरों में बनती है?

साल का वो एक समय याद कीजिए, जब पूरी रसोई मानो एक पारिवारिक मिलन बन जाती है। नानी, मम्मी, चाची, सब अपनी-अपनी जगह बैठ जाती हैं, हाथ काम में लगे रहते हैं, बातें चलती रहती हैं, और एक बड़ी सी थाली सबके बीच घूमती रहती है।

वो खुशबू याद कीजिए, जो उन शामों को पूरे घर में फैल जाती थी, और बता देती थी कि त्यौहार बस कुछ ही दिन दूर है।

वो टिन का डिब्बा याद कीजिए, जो हर बार नानिहाल जाने वाली ट्रेन यात्रा में आपके साथ होता था, उन हाथों से पैक किया हुआ जो जानते थे कि आपको कितना चाहिए होगा।

बहुत लोगों के लिए ये सिर्फ खाने की चीज़ नहीं है। इसके साथ एक खास इंसान, एक खास शाम, एक खास घर जुड़े होता है।

कैरोसल स्वाइप कीजिए और देखिए क्या ये यादें आपकी यादों से मिलती हैं।

कमेंट में अपना अंदाज़ा लिखिए। जिसकी याद आई, उसे टैग कीजिए।



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Namaste ji 🙏Over the past five days, we introduced you to five women from our team. Today we want to say something Kalpa...
06/05/2026

Namaste ji 🙏

Over the past five days, we introduced you to five women from our team.

Today we want to say something Kalpana Ji herself. About what she has learned from all of them, and from the four lakh families who have trusted us with their tables.

In 2020, she looked around her in Darbhanga and noticed something she could not ignore. Women with real knowledge, pickling traditions passed down through generations, with no formal way to apply it.

She did not have a plan. She had a conviction. That the answer was already in the hands of the women around her, and that someone needed to build a space for it.

Five years later, she will tell you she has learned more from that decision than she gave. Kalpana Thakur taught her what it looks like to show up every day without being asked. Priya showed her that mastery is the same task done with full attention, hundreds of times, until your hands know what your mind cannot explain. Leela reminded her that when you find something good, the first instinct of a generous person is to share it.

Each of these women is also a mother. And in each of them, Kalpana Ji sees what mothers have always done. Held things together quietly, kept going without anyone watching, and passed something real forward.

To every mother reading this, from Kalpana Ji and everyone at JhaJi Store, thank you. For everything you have preserved, in jars and otherwise.

Happy Mother's Day. 🙏

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Namaste ji 🙏Today, we want to introduce you to Leela Devi, one of JhaJi's Masala Roasters, and someone whose story doesn...
06/05/2026

Namaste ji 🙏

Today, we want to introduce you to Leela Devi, one of JhaJi's Masala Roasters, and someone whose story doesn't end with her own.

When Covid hit, the income that held her family together disappeared. Four children at home, and no clear path forward. Leela found JhaJi, learned the work, and got on with it.

Three years later, she can tell by smell and touch alone when the mustard has released its oils, when the coriander is ready, when the fenugreek is one moment away from turning.

That knowledge doesn't come from a manual. It comes from thousands of mornings of paying complete attention.

But what stays with us most is what she did after she found her footing. She went back to her village and told the women there. Brought them in. Said, there is work here, let us do it together.

Her children are growing up watching that. A mother whose first instinct, when she found something good, was to share it.

Happy Mother's Day, Leela. 🙏

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Namaste ji 🙏Today, we want to introduce you to Maalti Devi, JhaJi's Masala Roaster, and one of the most dependable peopl...
05/05/2026

Namaste ji 🙏

Today, we want to introduce you to Maalti Devi, JhaJi's Masala Roaster, and one of the most dependable people in our kitchen.

When the income from the farm wasn't enough to hold a family of six together, Maalti didn't look around for someone to fix it. She went looking for work. She found us, and she hasn't stopped since.

There is something about the way Maalti works that is hard to put into words. She doesn't need to be directed. She reads what the kitchen needs and fills that space, every
single day. The masala that goes into every jar has passed through her hands and her instincts, built over years of simply showing up.

Her children are in school. Her home is running. She did that, quietly, without making it anyone else's problem.

We are grateful to have her. More than she probably knows.

Happy Mother's Day, Maalti Devi. 🙏

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05/05/2026

A mother sees summer and thinks of winter.

When mangoes arrive, she is not just eating them. She is already thinking about a Sunday in December, the family around the table, the parathe on the tawa. She knows that moment will come, and she prepares for it today, quietly, without telling anyone.

She picks every ingredient herself. She takes no shortcuts with the masala. She uses what is pure, does what is right, and seals it all into a jar that will sit on a shelf and wait. For you. For exactly the right moment.

No one else plans that far ahead for us. No one else loves that quietly.

This Mother's Day, JhaJi Store is celebrating Maa Ke Haath, the hands that preserved not just fruit, but a lifetime of care.

Share this with your mother and thank her. 🙏

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Namaste ji 🙏Today, we want to introduce you to Choti Devi, our Packaging Manager, and one of the faces without whom JhaJ...
05/05/2026

Namaste ji 🙏

Today, we want to introduce you to Choti Devi, our Packaging Manager, and one of the faces without whom JhaJi would not be what it is today.

Formal education wasn't something life gave her. What it gave her instead was sharper. She knew how to show up, figure things out, and keep everything moving.

Today she runs the entire packaging floor at JhaJi, every batch, every shipment, every team member. No system, no spreadsheet. Just her memory, her instincts, and years of doing it right.

There's a quiet pride in the way she talks about her family now. A stability that wasn't there before. A home that feels different. She built that, with her own hands.

We didn't give Choti a career. She came and made one for herself.

Happy Mother's Day, Choti.

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Namaste Ji 🙏Priya jab pehli baar aayi, toh unke paas koi bada plan nahi tha.Bas ek seedha sa khayal tha,"Ghar chalana th...
03/05/2026

Namaste Ji 🙏

Priya jab pehli baar aayi, toh unke paas koi bada plan nahi tha.
Bas ek seedha sa khayal tha,"Ghar chalana tha… toh kuch karna tha.”

Aur wahi se shuru hui unki kahani.

Aaj Priya humari Masala Specialist hain.

Har batch mein jo swaad aap mehsoos karte hain, woh sirf recipe nahi, unke haathon ki samajh hai.

“Masala sahi ho toh achar sahi hota hai” — yeh unhone kahin padha nahi, kaam karte karte seekha

We are grateful that Priya ne humare saath yeh safar chuna.

Aur humein yakeen hai unke haathon ka swaad aap tak pahunchta rahega ❤️

Happy Mother’s Day, Priya. 🙏

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Namaste Ji 🙏When Kalpana first walked in, she didn't come with a resume or a pitch. She just came ready to work — and th...
02/05/2026

Namaste Ji 🙏

When Kalpana first walked in, she didn't come with a resume or a pitch. She just came ready to work — and that's exactly what she did.

Four years later, she runs production at JhaJi. Every pickle line, every batch, every jar that leaves our kitchen has passed through her watch.

Her 3-point check - taste, smell, colour - isn't written down anywhere. It lives in her hands and in her instinct, built over years of showing up every single day.

We're grateful she found us. And honestly, we think JhaJi found the right person too.

Happy Mother's Day, Kalpana. 🙏

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[Indian Moms, Mothers, Mother's Day 2026, JhaJi Store, Women Entrepreneur, Indian Family Moments, Maa ke Haath]

Namaste Ji 🙏Some things you grow up with, you never really see.Until one day, out of nowhere, you do.This Mother's Day, ...
02/05/2026

Namaste Ji 🙏

Some things you grow up with, you never really see.

Until one day, out of nowhere, you do.

This Mother's Day, pickling hit different. Swipe to see why. 👉

What's something your mother made that you took for granted for way too long? Drop it below. 👇

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[Indian Moms, Mothers, Mother's Day 2026, JhaJi Store, Women Entrepreneur, Indian Family Moments, Maa ke Haath]

नमस्ते जी 🙏🏻चलिए आज माँ को याद करें।वो माँ, जिन्हें मौसम बदलने से पहले ही उसकी आहट महसूस हो जाती थी।वो माँ, जिनके हाथों ...
02/05/2026

नमस्ते जी 🙏🏻

चलिए आज माँ को याद करें।
वो माँ, जिन्हें मौसम बदलने से पहले ही उसकी आहट महसूस हो जाती थी।
वो माँ, जिनके हाथों में पीढ़ियों का सहेजा हुआ ज्ञान था।
वो माँ, जो चुपचाप पूरे घर को थामे रहीं — और हमें कभी एहसास भी नहीं होने दिया।
वो माँ, जिनका प्यार शब्दों में कम, हमारी थाली में ज़्यादा दिखता था।

आपकी उनसे जुड़ी सबसे खूबसूरत याद क्या है? कमेंट्स में ज़रूर साझा करें। 🤍

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Address

404, Ambience Park, East Boring Canal Road
Patna
800001

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+916201268880

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