About Us

True Condiments is a handcrafted chilli oil brand based in Guwahati, Assam. We make our chilli oils in small batches, with the idea of creating something that fits naturally into the way we eat.

The story began with a recipe that one of our founders used to make at home and share with friends. For nearly four years, friends kept coming back for it and telling us that it tasted different from the chilli oils they had tried before. Last year, we decided to take that recipe beyond our kitchens and build True Condiments around it.

Our idea was to create a more Indianised chilli oil. By Indianised, we do not mean simply adding Indian flavours or spices. We wanted to make a chilli oil that works with the food we already eat. You can have it with noodles, dumplings and other Asian food, but you can just as easily drizzle it over dal, alu pitika, other kinds of pitika, panta bhat or almost anything else on your plate.

Our current range includes three chilli oils: Signature Chilli Oil, Bamboo Shoot Chilli Oil, which draws from the flavours of the Northeast, and Bhoot Jolokia Chilli Oil, made with one of the region's most distinctive chillies. We also make Chilli Butter in small batches from time to time, which is not part of our regular range.

We are still a very small brand, and our journey is only a year old. Yet, in this short time, True Condiments has been featured in The Hindu and has received a great deal of love from people who have discovered and made our chilli oils part of their meals. For us, that has been the most rewarding part of the journey.