• South Palmer Sun Dried Anjeer 500 g packs
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Sun Dried Anjeer

Rs. 700.00
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  • One ingredient

    Dried figs. No sulphur, no bleaching agent, no glucose coating, no added sugar.

  • Soft, not leathery

    Dried slowly in moving air and vacuum packed the same week, so they stay tender.

  • Grown and packed by us

    From our own land and contract farms. Not bought in and relabelled.

  •  Flat Rs 79 delivery

    Anywhere in India. Despatched within two working days.

Where they grow

This is what ripe looks like

Figs stay on the tree until the skin softens and the neck bends. Pick a week early and you get a fig that never sweetens.

Ours come off at full ripeness. That is where the sweetness comes from, and why they will never look uniform.

Picked this morning

Four days in the sun

Figs go from the tree to the drying beds the same day they are picked. Four days under polytunnel with the air moving, turned by hand. No sulphur to hold the colour, no oven to rush it, no glucose coating to firm them up.

Slow drying is why they stay soft and taste of fig rather than sugar. It is also why ours are darker than the pale, uniform ones on a supermarket shelf.

Inside the drying house

From our farm

  • Weighed at the farm

    Every lot goes on the scale before it is packed.

  • Laid out the same day

    Straight from the orchard onto the beds.

  • Turned by hand

    Each fig is opened and turned so it dries evenly.

  • Four days later

    The same figs, dried through and ready to pack.

Questions

Why are they so soft, and why so dark?

Because nothing was done to stop either. Pale, uniform figs are treated with sulphur to hold their colour and often coated with glucose to firm them up. Ours get neither.

Dried slowly in moving air and vacuum packed the same week, they stay tender instead of going leathery, and the sweetness is the fruit's own. Untreated fruit browns as it dries — the colour and the softness are the proof, not a fault.

How do I eat them?

Two figs soaked overnight in water, taken in the morning, is the oldest habit in the Indian kitchen and still the best way to eat them. Otherwise: straight from the pack, chopped into curd or porridge, simmered into a kheer, or baked.

How long do they keep?

Best before 12 months from the packing date printed on the pack. Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Once opened, keep sealed and refrigerate in warm weather.

Natural sugars may crystallise on the surface over time. That is normal in untreated dried fruit and does not affect quality.

Delivery and charges

We ship across India. Delivery is Rs 79 to any pin code. Orders are packed and dispatched within two working days.

Payment

UPI, cards, net banking and wallets, through Cashfree. Prices include GST.

Who are we?

South Palmer is a food brand built on our own farmland. We grow and contract-farm what we sell, dry it and pack it ourselves, and print our FSSAI licence number on every box. Anjeer is where we have started — more is coming.