• Ground cinnamon, close up
  • A cinnamon coppice stool in green understorey shade, one freshly cut stub showing its pale inner bark, red-bronze new leaf flushing above and leaf litter banked below
  • Cinnamon powder falling in an unbroken stream from a fingertip pinch into a growing cone below, lit from the side against a dark concrete slab
  • A wooden ring sieve resting on the rim of a steel parat, a hand steadying it while fine cinnamon powder falls through into a cone in the tray below
  • Cinnamon powder in a steel katori
  • A hand holding a muslin ring sieve above a brushed steel worktop and tapping its rim, fine cinnamon powder falling through into an even circle below
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Aadhimalai

Forest Dalchini - Powder (Cinnamon)

Forest Dalchini - Powder (Cinnamon)

₹75.00(₹1.50 per gram)
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Single ingredientNilgiris grown
Our verdict Clean

Single-ingredient Nilgiris cinnamon. No lab report or species on file.

Pack size · 50g

Size

Aadhimalai grind this cinnamon from bark grown on the Nilgiri slopes and harvested by indigenous farmers of the producer cooperative. It is milled at their own units — the same collective behind their honey, spices and soaps — so the bark and the powder come from one place. Every purchase goes back to the farmer-shareholders.

One ingredient, with no anti-caking agent, filler or added starch. There is no species on file — Ceylon or Cassia. In powder you cannot tell by looking, and Cassia carries more coumarin, which matters if you take cinnamon daily rather than occasionally. Fine for cooking and baking either way.

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Why we picked it

  • We like that the cinnamon is milled by the same cooperative that grows the bark, rather than bought in and reground.
  • Single ingredient, with no anti-caking agent, filler or added starch.
  • Farmer-owned supply chain in the Nilgiris.
Buying guide

What to look for in Cinnamon Powder?

Buy whole where you can. Whole spice you can inspect; powder is easy to pad out with starch, husk or chalk.
Rub a pinch between wet palms. Colour that lifts onto skin means added dye. Metanil yellow, lead chromate and Sudan dyes are all documented in Indian spice.
A single-ingredient list is the whole point. Anti-caking agents and 'permitted colour' both signal processing you do not need.
Steam sterilisation is the clean way to reduce microbes. Irradiation and fumigation are not always declared.
Swipe · 4 pointers
What's inside
Cinnamon bark
Single ingredient

Ground from bark grown on the Nilgiri slopes and milled at the cooperative's own units.

Anti-caking agent
None

No filler, starch or flow agent, all common in cheaper ground cinnamon.

Aadhimalai Forest Dalchini Powder vs other cinnamon powders
What to comparePurepickedRegular cinnamon powder
GrownNilgiri slopes, by the cooperative's own farmersBlended from mixed origins in bulk trade
MilledAt the cooperative's own units, from their own barkBought in bulk and reground
FillersNoneStarch and flow agents are common
Who gets paidFarmer-shareholders of the cooperativeRarely traceable past the trader
How to use it
  1. Stir into porridge or oats in the morning
  2. A pinch in coffee or filter kaapi
  3. Into cake, halwa and spiced desserts
  4. Simmer into chai or warm milk
  5. Into a garam masala you grind yourself
Is it for you?

Good for

Everyday baking and cooking

Chai and warm drinks

Buying with the maker in mind — the money reaches the cooperative

Avoid if

Daily therapeutic use, until the species is confirmed

Anyone with a cinnamon or balsam allergy

Product details
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Purepicked
Brand
Aadhimalai
Net quantity
50 g
Type
Ground Spices

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Questions people ask

Is this Ceylon or Cassia cinnamon?

No species is on file, and in powder you cannot tell them apart by looking. Cassia carries much more coumarin, which matters for daily use. It is fine for cooking and baking either way.

Is anything added to the powder?

No. It is a single ingredient, with no anti-caking agent, filler or added starch.

Where is it grown and milled?

Grown on the Nilgiri slopes by the Aadhimalai cooperative's farmers and milled at the cooperative's own units, rather than bought in and reground.

How do I use it?

Stir it into porridge or oats, add a pinch to coffee, use it in cakes, halwa and desserts, simmer it into chai, or add it to a garam masala you grind yourself.

Who should avoid it?

Anyone with a cinnamon or balsam allergy, and anyone planning daily therapeutic use until the species is confirmed.

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