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Calicut Cravings

For the Malayali diaspora

Send Malabar food home.

Written by Abdulla K P, Founder.

How a typical order works

  1. 1. You browse from wherever you are. Pick the snacks or hamper you want your family to enjoy. The site loads cleanly on phones, on slow networks, and through any browser.
  2. 2. Enter their address, not yours. At checkout, the delivery address is where the food goes — usually a parent's, grandparent's or sibling's home in India. The billing address is wherever your card is registered.
  3. 3. Add a handwritten note. We write what you say, by hand, on Calicut Cravings stationery. No charge.
  4. 4. We cook, pack and ship the same day. Orders placed before 14:30 IST go out that afternoon. Fresh items ship frozen with insulated packing; bakes ship at room temperature.
  5. 5. Your family receives, often without warning. Many of our customers send hampers as surprise gifts — let us know in the note if you want a heads-up sent to their phone first.

Where we deliver, city by city

Most Indian metros have well-established Malayali communities and reliable courier coverage. Here's a quick view of the cities we ship to most often. Each links to a city-specific page with notes on transit times, courier behaviour and the local food context.

  • Bangalore

    A large Malayali population; deliveries by major couriers reach most pincodes in 2–4 days.

    Read the Bangalore guide →

  • Mumbai

    Strong Malayali enclaves in Mulund, Andheri, Powai; 3–5 day transit from Calicut.

    Read the Mumbai guide →

  • Hyderabad

    Growing Malayali tech population; 3–5 day transit.

  • Chennai

    Closest large metro to Kerala; 2–3 day transit.

  • Pune

    Sister-city of Mumbai for diaspora orders; 3–5 day transit.

  • Delhi NCR

    Established Mappila community; 4–6 day transit.

The festival calendar

Festival hampers are the single most-ordered category from abroad. Order 2–3 weeks before the festival to give the kitchen and courier comfortable lead time.

Frequently asked

  • Can I order from outside India and have it delivered to my family in India?

    Yes — this is one of the most common things we ship. Pay from anywhere with a card; we deliver to the Indian address you enter at checkout. International cards are accepted.

  • Do you ship to the Gulf / UK / US directly?

    Not yet. International outbound shipping (especially of meat-containing items like Kozhi Ada) involves customs, halal-certification reciprocity and food-import licensing we're still working through. Until then, the most-used pattern by far is: Malayali abroad orders, family member in India receives.

  • Can I include a handwritten gift note?

    Yes — add the message at checkout, and we write it by hand on Calicut Cravings stationery before packing.

  • Will the items survive Indian summer transit?

    Frozen items (Kozhi Ada, Unnakaya) ship with insulated packaging and gel packs designed for 3–4 day transit. Room-temperature bakes (Maamoul) are heat-stable. We do not ship perishables to addresses that require more than 7 days transit during the hot months — checkout will warn you if that's the case.

  • Can my parents call you if there's a delivery issue?

    Yes. Once we publish the kitchen phone number on the Contact page, your family can call us directly. Until then, all enquiries route through the website.