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How Brooklyn Delhi turned immigrant memory into a pantry staple
Chitra Agrawal’s Indian-American journey inspired a condiment brand that brings immigrant memory into U.S. kitchens.
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Pranavi Sharma - Mon, 03, Nov 2025
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The brand’s evolution mirrors Agrawal’s own journey as a first-generation Indian American. / Instagram/@Brooklyndelhi
When Chitra Agrawal founded Brooklyn Delhi in 2014, she wasn’t setting out to build a national food brand. She was trying to make sense of her family’s immigrant story — one jar of achaar at a time.
Agrawal, whose parents emigrated from India in 1967, grew up balancing two worlds: the American classroom and the Indian kitchen. “Food was how I connected to my roots,” she has said in earlier interviews. That connection eventually became the foundation of Brooklyn Delhi, which she co-founded with her partner, artist Ben Buchanan.
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