Our Story
It began with our Aama.
AAMA means mother. MAYA means love. Together they became the name of everything we are building.
It began with our Aama
Our mother lives in Darchula, in the far west of Nepal. She teaches Social Studies. Outside the classroom, she has spent years making achar for our family — chilli, timur, whatever the season allowed.
Why we started
Relatives ate with us and asked for a jar to take home. Then people beyond the family began asking too, and paying for it. It happened slowly and without any plan behind it.
Eventually the question became hard to ignore: could a taste from our home travel much further than our table?
AAMA + MAYA
We wanted a name that credited the person the recipes came from rather than something invented in a meeting. AAMA and MAYA joined together, and AAMAYAA was there.
What we're building
Production begins in Darchula. Jars travel to Kathmandu, where we handle orders, marketing and delivery. We are starting with pickles because that is what we know best — but AAMAYAA is being built as a Nepalese food brand, not only a pickle label.
The Journey
- Darchula
- Kathmandu
- Nepal
- The World
We are at the beginning of this line, not the end of it.
From Nepal, with a mother's love.