An idea that was in the making for a year-and-a-half came to fruition during the lockdown—curries in a bottle. Mumbai-based Brijesh Jacob and Prajanya Advait are friends and business partners who co-founded Curry Tree, and have been selling ready-to-cook curry pastes online since July. They started off with popular Indian curries from the south they are familiar with: Goa's cafreal, Kerala's roast and Tamil Nadu's Chettinad.

Each bottle can serve up to eight people and costs a reasonable R249, except the cafreal which comes at Rs 289. You can add meat, vegetables, paneer or eggs to the curry pastes to cook a mouthwatering dish. One bottle lasts for six months before you open it and one week after you open it. "Indian curries and sauces don't get the applause they deserve. Much like others, we grew up relishing flavourful curries cooked by our mothers and grandmothers," says Jacob, adding that he wasn't satisfied with the authenticity of the flavours provided by the restaurants he would order from.