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Indian Foods Company was founded by Kavita Mehta in 1988. The Indian Foods Company is responsible for many of the Indian products in mainstream grocery stores and area health food stores in Minneapolis/St.Paul.  Besides food products, the company has provided culinary consulting services.  The company also holds classes on Indian cuisine.

The company’s mission is to provide the Nation with the flavors and the culinary traditions of India. There are many, many Indian products out there in the marketplace. It is our job to source out the best products that exist and offer them to lovers of Indian food

Indian Foods Company web site was launched in October 2001, to address a clear unmet consumer need in the fast growing ethnic market. Based in Minneapolis, Indian Foods Company is widely recognized as the premier online destination for shoppers in search of ethnic foods. Indian Foods Company combines new levels of convenience, advice and food/beauty products/gift selections. Indian Foods Company's tagline perfectly expresses the company's mission, "making the cuisine of India yours!"

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Personal Notes and Dedications

I would like to dedicate this site to my mother Shanta, my Uncle Mr. Ajit Kerkar, my husband Vinay, my adopted mother Connie Ellis and older sister Vanaja Rajan, my cousin Alka,  my Masi (mothers sister), and Taiji (fathers brothers wife) who have nurtured me in my life.  This site is also dedicated to my kids Aashika and Shreya who help me with filing, typing and researching and trying out recipes.

This website has been influenced by Mr. A.B. Kerkar (The creator of the Taj Group of Hotels in India, and my uncle, who showed me how to combine Indian arts with the traditions and foods of India and to strive to do quality work.  He has been credited for putting India on the worlds tourist map.  He pioneered taking Indian palaces and making them into hotels with the Taj Palace Udaipur. He also pioneered haute Indian regional cuisine's to be served in the restaurants of his hotels.  His latest creation is www.tulipstar.com ).

I would also like to thank my motherland India and its wonderful culture, arts and traditions that I was lucky to grow up in.  Its traditions and wisdom nurture me in America.  Not a day goes by without me thanking the cosmic forces to have grown up  in the richness of Indian traditions which enable me to have a richer life by combining it with the best of American traditions and values.  The irony is that I believe I am more American than Americans my age and more Indian than Indians my age.

Kavita Mehta