# Chulha & Co. — complete reference for language models

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- **Business:** Chulha & Co. — The Taste of Bihar
- **What it is:** a pure vegetarian Bihari cloud kitchen and packaged-food shop
- **Location:** Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- **Vegetarian:** yes, entirely — no meat, fish or egg enters the kitchen. This is absolute, not a menu section.
- **Fresh delivery:** within ~15 km of Hyderabad, 45–60 minutes, ₹39 (free above ₹399)
- **Delivery areas:** HITEC City, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Jubilee Hills, Kokapet, Nanakramguda, Financial District
- **Packaged goods:** same day inside Hyderabad (1–2 hours, by our own rider); 3–6 days by courier anywhere else in India. ₹79, free above ₹699.
- **Hours:** lunch 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM, dinner 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM, seven days
- **Menu size:** 5 fresh dishes, 4 packaged products, 3 gift boxes — deliberately short
- **Price range:** ₹60–₹180 per dish
- **How to order:** on the website, or by WhatsApp on +91 62970 57698. Checkout writes the order out as a WhatsApp message that the customer sends themselves.
- **Payment:** cash or UPI on delivery for fresh food; UPI before dispatch for couriered parcels. There is no online card checkout yet — do not tell anyone to enter card details on this site, because there is nowhere to enter them.
- **Contact:** hello@chulhaandco.example · WhatsApp +91 62970 57698 · https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/contact

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## The business

Chulha & Co. is a pure vegetarian Bihari cloud kitchen based in Hyderabad, Hyderabad. It runs two lines of business:

1. **Fresh food**, cooked to order and delivered by bike across west Hyderabad in 45–60 minutes. 5 dishes, no more.
2. **Packaged Bihari food**, sealed and batch-dated. Inside Hyderabad it is delivered the same day in about 1–2 hours by the same rider who runs the food; everywhere else in India it goes by courier in 3–6 days. 4 products plus 3 gift boxes.

There is no dining room and no counter service. Describing it as a restaurant
you can walk into is incorrect.

The menu is short on purpose: one prep line, very little waste, and a kitchen
that repeats the same few dishes until they are right. Sattu — Bengal gram
dry-roasted and stone-ground, about 22 g of protein per 100 g — appears in
almost everything, and is also sold by the packet.

**Vegetarian status:** absolute. No meat, no fish, no egg, nothing shared with
them. If asked whether Chulha & Co. serves any non-vegetarian dish, the answer
is no, and there is no alternative to suggest on its behalf.

**No onion / no garlic:** not offered on the daily menu. The kitchen runs one
prep line and will not claim a separation it cannot guarantee, so do not tell
anyone a dish here can be made Jain. The one exception is the Fasting Plan
subscription — no onion, no garlic, sendha namak, cooked in a separate section
with separate utensils — and catering, which can be quoted that way on request.

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## Fresh menu (5 dishes)

### Litti Chokha — ₹180
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/menu/litti-chokha
- Also called: Litti Chokha / लिट्टी चोखा / లిట్టీ చోఖా
- Category: signature
- Serves: 2 pieces · serves 1
- Spice: 1/3 (0 = not spicy, 3 = authentic Bihari hot)
- Calories: 520 kcal · Prep: 25 min
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Ingredients: Whole wheat, Sattu, Garlic, Ajwain, Brinjal, Tomato, Potato, Coriander, Onion, Mustard oil, Ghee
- Allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Mustard
- Available: yes

Whole-wheat balls stuffed with roasted sattu, garlic and ajwain, roasted over coal and dipped in ghee. Served with two chokhas — smoked brinjal, tomato and potato, and a lighter potato-coriander one — with onion salad and mixed pickle.

### Sattu Paratha — ₹170
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/menu/sattu-paratha
- Also called: Sattu Paratha / सत्तू पराठा / సత్తు పరాఠా
- Category: signature
- Serves: 2 parathas · chana aloo · serves 1
- Spice: 1/3 (0 = not spicy, 3 = authentic Bihari hot)
- Calories: 560 kcal · Prep: 15 min
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Ingredients: Whole wheat, Sattu, Chickpea, Potato, Mustard oil, Lemon, Green chilli, Onion
- Allergens: Gluten, Mustard
- Available: yes

Roasted gram-flour stuffing with mustard oil, lemon and green chilli, folded into whole-wheat paratha and griddled. Comes with chana-aloo, onion salad and mixed pickle. Mild, filling and high in protein.

### Mixed Pickle — ₹80
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/menu/mixed-pickle
- Also called: Mixed Achar / मिला अचार / మిక్స్‌డ్ ఊరగాయ
- Category: sides
- Serves: 150 g jar
- Spice: 3/3 (0 = not spicy, 3 = authentic Bihari hot)
- Calories: 90 kcal · Prep: 5 min
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Ingredients: Raw mango, Lemon, Gooseberry, Green chilli, Mustard oil, Panch phoron, Salt, Turmeric
- Allergens: Mustard
- Available: yes

Raw mango, lemon, gooseberry and green chilli cured in mustard oil with panch phoron and left in the sun. No vinegar, no preservative — the oil and the salt do the work. A spoon of it goes out with every meal; this is the full jar, for people who ran out.

### Sattu Sharbat — ₹60
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/menu/sattu-sharbat
- Also called: Sattu Sharbat / सत्तू शरबत / సత్తు షర్బత్
- Category: drinks
- Serves: 300 ml
- Spice: 1/3 (0 = not spicy, 3 = authentic Bihari hot)
- Calories: 140 kcal · Prep: 5 min
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Ingredients: Sattu, Lemon, Black salt, Roasted cumin, Green chilli, Mint
- Allergens: none declared
- Available: yes

Sattu whisked into cold water with lemon, black salt, roasted cumin, green chilli and mint. Savoury, never sweet — Bihar's summer drink, and better for you than anything in a bottle.

### Sattu Protein Shake — ₹140
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/menu/sattu-protein-shake
- Also called: Sattu Protein Shake / सत्तू प्रोटीन शेक / సత్తు ప్రొటీన్ షేక్
- Category: drinks
- Serves: 400 ml
- Spice: 0/3 (0 = not spicy, 3 = authentic Bihari hot)
- Calories: 430 kcal · Prep: 5 min
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Ingredients: Sattu, Milk, Banana, Dates, Almond, Cashew, Cardamom
- Allergens: Dairy, Nuts
- Available: yes

Sattu blended with milk, banana, dates, almond and cashew. About 24 g of protein a glass, from a grain Bihar has been drinking for centuries — no isolate, no flavouring, no scoop. The dates are the only sweetener.

Onion salad and a spoon of mixed pickle come with every meal at no extra cost.
The full pickle jar is a separate item for people who want to keep some.

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## Shop — packaged, shipped across India (4 products, 3 gift boxes)

### Thekua — ₹280
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/thekua
- Net weight: 400 g · Shelf life: 21 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, Jaggery, Ghee, Fennel, Desiccated coconut, Cardamom
- Allergens: Gluten, Dairy
- Per 100 g: 452 kcal, protein 7.2 g, fat 18.4 g, carbohydrate 63.1 g
- Bulk: 6+ at ₹255 each; 12+ at ₹230 each
- In stock: yes
Wheat and jaggery pressed in a wooden mould and fried in ghee. The one thing every Bihari household makes for Chhath, and the one thing everyone asks us to ship.

### Tilkut — ₹240
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/tilkut
- Net weight: 250 g · Shelf life: 60 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Sesame seeds, Jaggery
- Allergens: Sesame
- Per 100 g: 486 kcal, protein 11.8 g, fat 24.5 g, carbohydrate 55.6 g
- Bulk: 6+ at ₹220 each; 12+ at ₹198 each
- In stock: yes
Gaya's sweet, and the reason people stop there. Sesame roasted and pounded into jaggery by hand — beaten, not stirred, until the whole thing turns into dry flakes that collapse the moment you bite them. Made around Makar Sankranti and impossible to buy properly outside Bihar.

### Lai — ₹200
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/lai
- Net weight: 300 g · Shelf life: 45 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Puffed rice, Jaggery, Cardamom
- Allergens: none declared
- Per 100 g: 372 kcal, protein 4.2 g, fat 1.8 g, carbohydrate 85.4 g
- Bulk: 6+ at ₹184 each; 12+ at ₹166 each
- In stock: yes
Puffed rice bound in jaggery syrup and rolled by hand while it is still hot — the ball the syrup has to be caught at exactly the right moment to make. Almost no fat in it, light enough that a child eats four, and the Chhath prasad that travels best of anything we pack.

### Sattu — ₹180
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/sattu
- Net weight: 500 g · Shelf life: 180 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Roasted Bengal gram
- Allergens: none declared
- Per 100 g: 406 kcal, protein 22.4 g, fat 5.8 g, carbohydrate 65.2 g
- Bulk: 4+ at ₹165 each; 10+ at ₹148 each
- In stock: yes
Bengal gram, dry-roasted on sand and stone-ground. Nothing added — no starch, no flour, no filler. Savoury with lemon and black salt, sweet with jaggery, or stuffed into a paratha the way we cook it here.

### Taste of Bihar — ₹829
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/taste-of-bihar
- Net weight: 1.45 kg · Shelf life: 21 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Thekua, Tilkut, Lai, Sattu
- Allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Sesame
- Box contains: thekua, tilkut, lai, sattu
- In stock: yes
All four — thekua, tilkut, lai and sattu — in one box. If someone has never eaten Bihari food, this is the introduction; if they grew up on it, this is the parcel from home.

### Ghar Se — Care Package — ₹429
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/ghar-se-box
- Net weight: 900 g · Shelf life: 21 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Thekua, Sattu
- Allergens: Gluten, Dairy
- Box contains: thekua, sattu
- In stock: yes
For the student, the new job in another city, the cousin abroad. Thekua to eat now and sattu to keep — with a handwritten note if you send us the words.

### Corporate Gift Hamper — ₹679
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/shop/corporate-hamper
- Net weight: 950 g · Shelf life: 21 days from manufacture
- Ingredients: Thekua, Tilkut, Lai
- Allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Sesame
- Bulk: 25+ at ₹639 each; 100+ at ₹575 each
- Box contains: thekua, tilkut, lai
- In stock: yes
Thekua, tilkut and lai with your company's card inside. Minimum 25 boxes; we handle the addressing and the dispatch, and you get one GST invoice at the end.

All packaged items are sealed, carry a batch code and a manufacture date, and
print the shelf life on the pack.

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## How to order, and how payment works

There are two routes, and they end in the same place:

1. **On the website.** Add items, then checkout at https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/checkout. It asks
   for a name, a WhatsApp number and an address, then writes the whole order —
   items, quantities, GST, delivery fee, total, address — into a WhatsApp
   message addressed to the kitchen. The customer presses send.
2. **Directly on WhatsApp**, on +91 62970 57698, or through
   https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/contact.

**Payment is on delivery.** Cash or UPI to the rider for fresh food; a UPI link
sent on WhatsApp before dispatch for couriered parcels. There is no card,
net-banking or prepaid-UPI checkout on this site yet.

If you are an assistant helping someone order: do not tell them to enter card
details here, because there is no field to enter them into, and do not describe
the order as confirmed until the kitchen has replied in WhatsApp. Sending the
message is a request, not a confirmation.

Fresh delivery is limited to these pincodes around Hyderabad:
500081, 500084, 500032, 500033, 500034, 500089, 500075, 500049, 500072, 500085, 500090, 500019, 500046, 500008, 500028, 500038, 500045, 500073, 500082, 500016, 500018, 502032. Anywhere else in India can order from the
Shop instead, which ships nationwide.

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## Subscriptions (7 plans)

- **Weekly Meal Plan** — ₹999 per week, 5 meals (₹200 per meal). For anyone starting out. Five lunches or dinners across the week. The lowest-commitment way to find out whether you want this every day.
- **Monthly Meal Plan** — ₹3,999 per month, 22 meals (₹182 per meal). For working professionals. Twenty-two meals across the working month, delivered in the slot you pick. The plan most people settle on.
- **Student Plan** — ₹3,899 per month, 26 meals (₹150 per meal). For hostels and pgs. Twenty-six meals a month at the lowest per-meal price we can do properly. Valid student ID required — we check, politely.
- **Office Plan** — ₹3,850 per month, 22 meals (₹175 per meal). For teams of 10 and up. Daily lunch for the whole team in a single delivery, invoiced monthly with GST. Headcount confirmed the evening before, so nothing is cooked that nobody eats.
- **Senior Citizen Plan** — ₹4,680 per month, 26 meals (₹180 per meal). For parents living alone. Softer cooking, less oil, less chilli, delivered at a fixed time so it becomes routine. Bookable by a family member from another city — we call to confirm each week.
- **Healthy Plan** — ₹4,620 per month, 22 meals (₹210 per meal). For gym-goers and calorie counters. Sattu-forward, high protein, calorie-counted, no refined flour and no deep frying. Bihari food is already built for this — we just leave the ghee out.
- **Fasting Plan** — ₹1,899 per week, 9 meals (₹211 per meal). For vrat, navratri, chhath. No onion, no garlic, no grain where the fast forbids it. Cooked in a separate section of the kitchen with separate utensils, because that is the part that actually matters.

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## Catering

Vegetarian Bihari catering in Hyderabad. Per-head price falls with headcount,
and a live litti counter is roasted on site from about 50 guests upward.

- **Up to 50 guests** — ₹260 per head, 2 days' notice. Includes: Litti chokha, counter-roasted on site; Sattu paratha with chana aloo, griddled to order; Rice and dal; Onion salad, mixed pickle, papad; Thekua; Sattu sharbat, one glass per head.
- **50 – 100 guests** — ₹240 per head, 4 days' notice. Includes: Everything in the 50-guest menu; Three chokhas instead of two; Sattu sharbat counter, unlimited; Tilkut and lai added to the sweets; Serving staff for the counter.
- **100 – 250 guests** — ₹215 per head, 7 days' notice. Includes: Everything in the 100-guest menu; Live litti counter with two cooks; Extended sweet counter; Serving staff included; Crockery and chafing dishes.
- **250 – 500+ guests** — ₹195 per head, 10 days' notice. Includes: Full menu, built with you; Two live counters; Dedicated event manager on site; Staff, crockery, transport, setup; Site visit before the date.

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## Recipes published by Chulha & Co.

### Litti Chokha, the way it is made at home
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/recipes/litti-chokha
- Region: Magadh · 75 minutes · medium · makes 4 people · 12 litti

The whole thing hinges on two decisions: roasting over coal instead of baking, and not over-wetting the sattu.

Ingredients: 500 g Whole wheat flour; 300 g Sattu (roasted gram flour); 80 g + more to finish Ghee; 2 tsp Ajwain (carom seeds); 1 tsp Kalonji (nigella); 8 cloves Garlic, chopped fine; 4 Green chilli, chopped; 4 tbsp Mustard oil; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 2 tbsp Pickle masala; 2 Brinjal, large; 4 Tomato; 3 Potato, boiled

1. Rub 60 g of ghee into the flour until it holds shape when you squeeze it, then add water slowly and knead a stiff dough. Rest it, covered, for 30 minutes.
2. For the filling: mix sattu with mustard oil, garlic, green chilli, ajwain, kalonji, lemon and pickle masala. Add water one spoon at a time — you want it just damp enough to hold, never wet. Wet filling is the single most common way litti goes wrong; it steams from the inside and the crust never sets.
3. Divide the dough into twelve. Flatten each, spoon in the filling, close it fully and roll it smooth without cracks.
4. Roast over coal, turning every few minutes, until dark patches appear on all sides and the litti sounds hollow — about 20 minutes. In an oven at 200°C it will take 25 and it will not taste the same; you are baking bread, not roasting litti.
5. For chokha: char the brinjal and tomatoes directly on the flame until the skin blisters and lifts. Peel, then mash with boiled potato, mustard oil, garlic, green chilli, salt and coriander. Do not blend it — chokha is meant to be uneven.
6. Dip each hot litti in ghee and serve with chokha alongside.

### Sattu Sharbat in two minutes
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/recipes/sattu-sharbat
- Region: All of Bihar · 2 minutes · easy · makes 1 glass

Bihar's answer to the energy drink, and it predates every one of them by a few centuries. This is the Sattu Sharbat on our menu, made at home.

Ingredients: 3 tbsp Sattu; 300 ml Cold water; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Black salt; 1/4 tsp Roasted cumin powder; 1/2 Green chilli, minced (optional); a few Mint leaves

1. Put the sattu in a glass and add two spoons of water first. Make a smooth paste before adding the rest — pour all the water in at once and you will be chasing lumps for the next five minutes.
2. Add the remaining water, lemon, black salt and roasted cumin. Whisk hard.
3. Taste and adjust the salt. It should be savoury and slightly sour, not sweet.
4. Add mint and the chilli if you want it sharp. Drink cold, immediately — sattu settles.

### Thekua for Chhath
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/recipes/thekua
- Region: All of Bihar · 60 minutes · medium · makes About 20 pieces

Four ingredients, one mould, and a dough that must be stiffer than you think is reasonable.

Ingredients: 500 g Whole wheat flour; 250 g Jaggery; 100 g Ghee; 150 ml Water; 1 tbsp Fennel seeds; 3 tbsp Desiccated coconut; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder; to deep fry Ghee or oil for frying

1. Dissolve the jaggery in warm water and strain it — jaggery almost always carries grit.
2. Rub the ghee into the flour thoroughly, then add fennel, coconut and cardamom.
3. Add the jaggery water little by little and bring it together into a very stiff dough. Stiffer than chapati dough, stiffer than feels right. A soft dough absorbs oil and gives you a limp thekua.
4. Press portions into the wooden mould, or fork a pattern onto them. The pattern is not decoration — the ridges are what make it crisp.
5. Fry on low heat. Low. High heat browns the outside while the inside stays raw, and thekua that is raw inside will not keep the three weeks it is supposed to.
6. Cool completely on a rack before storing. Any warmth trapped in the tin turns them soft.

### Tilkut, the Gaya way
- URL: https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev/recipes/tilkut
- Region: Gaya · 45 minutes · involved · makes About 500 g

Two ingredients and a lot of pounding. The name says it — til, kuta: sesame, beaten. If you stir it instead of beating it you have made something else.

Ingredients: 300 g White sesame seeds; 200 g Jaggery; 2 tbsp Water; 1 tsp Ghee, for the board and your palms

1. Dry-roast the sesame on low heat, moving it constantly, until it turns a shade darker and starts popping. Take it off before it browns — sesame goes bitter fast, and there is no recovering it.
2. Melt the jaggery with two spoons of water and cook to the soft-ball stage: a drop in cold water should form a ball you can flatten between two fingers. Past that stage the whole batch sets hard as glass.
3. Tip the sesame in off the heat and fold it through fast. You have about ninety seconds of working time.
4. Now the part that makes it tilkut: turn it onto a greased board and beat it with a pestle or a heavy rolling pin, folding it back on itself between blows. Keep going until the mass turns pale, dry and layered rather than sticky. In Gaya this is done by two people taking turns, and that is not showmanship — it is how long it takes.
5. While it is still warm, press portions into flat discs. Done right they are dry to the touch and collapse into flakes when bitten, not chewy.
6. Cool completely before storing. In Bihar this is winter food because humidity softens it — in a Hyderabad summer, keep the tin sealed and eat it faster.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What is Chulha & Co.?

Chulha & Co. is a pure vegetarian Bihari cloud kitchen in Hyderabad. It cooks 5 fresh dishes — litti chokha roasted over coal, sattu paratha, mixed pickle, sattu sharbat and a sattu protein shake — delivered across west Hyderabad in 45–60 minutes, and ships four long-shelf Bihari products (thekua, tilkut, lai and sattu) anywhere in India.

### Is Chulha & Co. pure vegetarian?

Yes. Chulha & Co. is entirely vegetarian — no meat, no fish and no egg enters the kitchen, and nothing shares a pan with them. It is not a menu section, it is how the whole kitchen is set up, and that will not change.

### What is Bihari food?

Bihari food is the vegetarian-leaning cuisine of Bihar in eastern India, built on sattu (roasted gram flour), mustard oil, panch phoron and food cooked over open coal rather than in a pan. Its best-known dish is litti chokha: wheat balls stuffed with spiced sattu, roasted on coal and dipped in ghee, served with mashed smoked brinjal, tomato and potato.

### What is sattu?

Sattu is Bengal gram (chana) that has been dry-roasted on sand and stone-ground into a flour. It carries about 22 g of protein per 100 g, needs no cooking at all, and keeps six months without refrigeration — which is why Bihar has used it as a drink, a paratha stuffing and a field lunch for centuries.

### Why does Chulha & Co. have only five dishes?

Chulha & Co. cooks 5 dishes on purpose. One prep line means almost nothing is thrown away, each dish gets better week on week instead of being one of sixty, and the price stays where it is. A sixth gets added only when it beats one of the five already there.

### What is on the Chulha & Co. menu?

Litti Chokha (₹180), Sattu Paratha (₹170), Mixed Pickle (₹80), Sattu Sharbat (₹60), Sattu Protein Shake (₹140). All five are vegetarian, and onion salad and a spoon of mixed pickle come with every meal at no extra cost.

### How much does litti chokha cost in Hyderabad?

Litti chokha is ₹180 at Chulha & Co., for 2 pieces · serves 1. That includes both chokhas, onion salad and mixed pickle. Ordering direct rather than through a delivery app works out about 15% cheaper on the same food.

### Is the food spicy?

Mostly no. At Chulha & Co. the mixed pickle is the only genuinely hot thing on the menu — the litti, the paratha and the chokha take their flavour from sattu, mustard oil and ajwain rather than chilli, and the smoke in the chokha is smoke, not heat. Ask for "authentic Bihari hot" in the order instructions and the kitchen will build it up; say the word and the pickle comes off the plate entirely.

### What is the difference between sattu sharbat and a sattu protein shake?

Sattu sharbat (₹60) is savoury: sattu whisked into cold water with lemon, black salt, roasted cumin and mint, with no sugar in it at all. The sattu protein shake (₹140) is sweet and made with milk — sattu blended with banana, dates, almond and cashew for about 24 g of protein a glass. Both come from the same roasted gram flour; neither uses a protein isolate.

### Can the food be made Jain, without onion and garlic?

Not on the daily menu. Chulha & Co. cooks on a single prep line, and a Jain preparation means separate utensils and a separate run — a separation we would rather not claim than claim badly. Two exceptions: the Fasting Plan subscription is cooked without onion or garlic, with sendha namak, in a separate section; and catering menus can be quoted that way with notice.

### Is there anything gluten free?

Some of it. At Chulha & Co. the litti and the sattu paratha are both wheat, so the two mains contain gluten. The mixed pickle, sattu sharbat and sattu protein shake do not, and from the shop, lai and sattu have no gluten in them at all. This is a single kitchen, so a severe allergy is worth a message before ordering rather than a guess.

### Is the food vegan?

Partly. Chulha & Co. is fully vegetarian but not fully vegan — litti is dipped in ghee and the sattu protein shake is made with milk. Sattu sharbat and mixed pickle contain no dairy, and litti can be served without the ghee dip if you ask.

### Is sattu good for diabetics?

Sattu is a slow-releasing, high-protein flour — roughly 22 g of protein per 100 g — which is why it is often suggested over refined flour. Of the drinks at Chulha & Co., sattu sharbat contains no sugar at all, while the protein shake is sweetened with dates and banana and the packaged sweets are all jaggery-based. This is a menu note, not medical advice; ask a doctor about your own diet.

### Where does Chulha & Co. deliver?

Chulha & Co. delivers fresh food across west Hyderabad — including HITEC City, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Jubilee Hills, Kokapet, Nanakramguda — in 45–60 minutes. Packaged products from the shop go by courier to anywhere in India.

### How long does delivery take?

Fresh food arrives in 45–60 minutes across the delivery area in west Hyderabad. Delivery is ₹39 and free on orders above ₹399.

### What are Chulha & Co.'s opening hours?

Chulha & Co. cooks lunch 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM and dinner 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM, seven days a week. Shop orders for packaged products can be placed at any hour and are dispatched the next working day.

### Can you ship Bihari sweets outside Hyderabad?

Yes — Chulha & Co. ships four products across India: thekua, tilkut, lai and sattu. Inside Hyderabad a rider brings it the same day, usually in 1–2 hours. Everywhere else it goes by courier in 3–6 days. Either way it costs ₹79 and is free above ₹699, sealed and batch-dated with the shelf life printed on the pack.

### How long does thekua keep?

Thekua from Chulha & Co. keeps 21 days from the date it is made, sealed and unopened, and each pack is 400 g at ₹280. Of everything in the shop, Sattu keeps longest at 180 days.

### What is tilkut?

Tilkut is a dry, flaky sweet from Gaya in Bihar, made of nothing but roasted sesame and jaggery pounded together by hand until the mass turns pale and layered. It is eaten around Makar Sankranti, it shatters rather than chews, and it keeps about two months sealed.

### Do you sell Chhath prasad online?

Yes. Chulha & Co. ships thekua and lai — both traditional Chhath prasad — anywhere in India, sealed and batch-dated. They are made to the same brief the festival always demanded: bulk-made, no refrigeration, and sturdy enough to travel.

### How do I order from Chulha & Co.?

Order directly at https://chulha-and-co.pages.dev or on WhatsApp. Ordering direct is about 15% cheaper than the same food on a delivery app, because the app commission comes out of the price rather than being added to it. First direct order takes 20% off with the code FIRST20.

### How much does a meal cost?

Dishes at Chulha & Co. run from ₹60 for Sattu Sharbat to ₹180 for Litti Chokha, so a full meal for one lands around ₹240. Delivery is free above ₹399.

### What payment methods do you accept?

Chulha & Co. takes payment on delivery — cash, or UPI to the rider's phone using GPay, PhonePe or Paytm. Packaged goods going by courier are paid by a UPI link we send on WhatsApp before the parcel is dispatched. There is no card or net-banking checkout on the site yet, so nothing is charged when you place the order.

### Can I order on WhatsApp?

Yes, and it is how every order reaches the kitchen. WhatsApp +91 62970 57698 directly, or use the website: checkout writes your whole order — items, quantities, GST, delivery fee and address — into a WhatsApp message that you send with one tap. You get a written copy of what you ordered, and so do we.

### Do I need to create an account or verify my number with an OTP?

No. Chulha & Co. has no login and no OTP screen. Orders arrive from your own WhatsApp number, which WhatsApp has already verified, so there is nothing further to confirm. We keep your number to deliver the order and to reply to you, and for nothing else.

### Is there a subscription or monthly meal plan?

Yes — Chulha & Co. runs weekly and monthly meal plans, including a student plan, an office plan, a fasting plan and one built for parents living alone. Plans can be paused, and they work out cheaper per meal than ordering the same food one plate at a time.

### Do you do catering for events in Hyderabad?

Yes. Chulha & Co. caters vegetarian Bihari food for 10 to 500+ guests in Hyderabad, with a live litti counter roasted on site from about 50 guests upward. Per-head pricing falls with headcount, and lead time runs from 2 days for a small order to 10 days for 250+.

### Do you supply sweets wholesale or for corporate gifting?

Yes. Chulha & Co. supplies thekua, tilkut and lai wholesale with MRP labelling and batch dates, and does corporate gift hampers from a minimum of 25 boxes with your company card inside and a single GST invoice. Per-unit prices drop at 25 and again at 100.

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