Kays Curries

Kay’s Curries makes ready-to-cook Indian meal kits that need only water and a single pot, with dinner ready in about 15 to 20 minutes. Every kit is free of all nine major allergens, including peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy and sesame, and the meals are made without seed oils, preservatives, artificial flavors or added colors. The line includes vegetable, chicken and tofu biryani kits, masala kichadi and pav bhaji, along with vegan options.

Founder Kalpana, who goes by Kay, grew up in India watching her mother cook and turned to recreating those meals after moving to the US. Short on time, she found takeout and frozen meals unhealthy and expensive, and took inspiration from dry American soup mixes. The kits use her mother’s recipes. Biryani kits include separate spice packets for the protein and the rice, and customers add their own chicken or tofu.

What to Know

• Kits are made from scratch in small batches in Warren, Rhode Island.
• Meal boxes such as a Variety Pack bundle several kits and work well as gifts for people with allergies.
• Add-ons include Omni Masala, Malabar coffee, masala tea and halwa.
• The kits travel well and are marketed for camping trips.