Where India meets Provence
Devaky composes her blends like a perfumer. Every blend is an accord, built note by note, from the first fragrance you catch when you open the jar to the final whisper on the plate. Also, from instinct, memory and the knowledge that the right combination of spices can make someone feel, for just a moment, like they are home.
I arrived in Marseille in 2000 with three French words. Bonjour. Merci. Au revoir. And a suitcase of Indian spices. For the first dinner I cooked for friends, I added Indian spices to the Bolognese. Their reaction was “Oh que c’est bon, mais ça pique! Qu’est-ce que t’as mis dedans?” I understood then what I needed to do. Spice is not heat. Spice is memory, fragrance, soul. I have spent 25 years celebrating that with the world.
— Devaky Sivadasan, Founder
What we make
Mama Spice reimagines seasoning as a sensory art. Indian spices and Provençal aromatic herbs, two great culinary cultures harmonised into elegant, modern creations. Every blend is ready–to–use, unsalted and composed purely of spices and herbs. Balanced for home-cooked meals and the professional kitchens.
Whether you cook for yourself or for your guests, our blends give you the language of spice, the freedom to make it your own, and explore flavour with confidence.
A gift that stays
Flowers fade, fine wine is savoured in the moment, yet a Mama Spice blend lingers. It becomes part of the meals you return to, the table you set with care, the aromas that fills the kitchen before anyone has even tasted anything. A thoughtful gift that unfolds slowly and becomes part of the moments you create, revealing memories through fragrance, taste and time.
How we think about food
Atithi Devo Bhava | अतिथिदेवो भव: | A guest is akin to God.
I grew up in a home where this was lived, every single day. My grand mother, my mother, my aunt cooked with whatever the season gave. They measured nothing by weight and everything by instinct. Ingredients were fresh, food was made to be eaten, and nothing was wasted. This is what sustainability means to us. It was just how we were raised.
The tastes and aromas from that kitchen are the foundation of everything Mama Spice makes. We carry them forward, across cultures and continents, into every jar we compose.
A better world begins at the table.
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