About Kiran Spice — Kiran Spices is a Kathmandu-based Nepali spice brand with a family legacy stretching back to 1984. Founded by Kiran Shrestha as a small homemade passion project in the heart of Kathmandu, Nepal, and carried forward with pride by his son Kishan Shrestha, we are a two-generation family spice business built on one unshakeable belief — that pure, hand-processed, sun-dried spices made the honest way will always speak for themselves. Nepal Khadya certified and rooted in authentic Nepali culinary tradition, Kiran Spices has spent over four decades bringing the finest quality masala and spice powders from Nepal’s farms directly to your kitchen — with nothing added, nothing hidden, and nothing compromised.
A Son who carried Kiran Spices forward
Every great family story needs someone willing to pick up what was built and carry it further than the founder ever imagined. Talking about Kiran Spices, that person is Kishan Shrestha.
Kiran’s son grew up surrounded by spices — the smell of sun-dried coriander, the warmth of freshly ground cumin, the vivid crimson of hand-processed chilly powder. For Kishan, these were not just products. They were childhood. They were home. And when the time came to take the reins of his father’s life work, he did so with the same hands-on devotion that built it — and the vision to take it further.
Under Kishan’s leadership, Kiran Spices has grown from a beloved homemade passion project into a recognized, Nepal Khadya certified spice brand serving kitchens across Kathmandu and all over the world. The product range has expanded. The processes have been refined. The reach has grown. But the soul of the brand, the commitment to pure, hand-processed, sun-dried spices with nothing added and nothing hidden, remains exactly what Kiran Shrestha established in 1984.
Where Kiran Spices began
Back in 1984, Kiran Shrestha began doing something quietly extraordinary in his home in Kathmandu. He was not thinking about building a brand. He was not thinking about markets, distribution, or certifications. He was simply doing what he had always done, blending spices the way his family had taught him, with the same care, the same instinct, and the same unshakeable belief that what goes into your food matters more than almost anything else.
What started as a small, homemade passion project, hand-blended masala made with sun-dried spices, prepared by hand and shared with the people around him, slowly grew into something larger. Word spread the way it always does when something is genuinely good. Neighbor to neighbor. Kitchen to kitchen. One satisfied cook telling another. Kiran Shrestha never chased growth. He simply refused to compromise on quality, and the rest followed naturally.
What Kiran Spices Believe In
We believe that the food you cook is only as good as the spices you cook it with. We believe that shortcuts in spice processing show up in the dish, every single time. We believe that a family that has spent forty years caring about this one thing, the purity and quality of Nepali spices, has earned the right to be trusted in your kitchen.
We do not add artificial colors to make our powders look bolder. We do not use preservatives to stretch shelf life at the cost of taste. We do not fill our blends with starch or salt. Every spice we sell is sun-dried the traditional way, hand-processed in small batches, and manually segregated to remove every stone and impurity before it reaches you. It has always been done this way. It will always be done this way.
Why Kiran Spices is Rooted in Kathmandu. Made for every kitchen.
We are based in Kathmandu — Nepal’s beating heart, a city where food is culture and spices are the language it speaks. From here, every pack of Kiran Spices is prepared with the same care that Kiran Shrestha put into his very first batch over four decades ago. Same values. Same hands-on process. Same promise.
Whether you are cooking a simple everyday dal or preparing a feast for the whole family, when you reach for Kiran Spices you are reaching for something that carries forty years of family dedication in every pinch.
From the Kiran Spices Family Kitchen to Yours
Two generations. One city. One unbreakable standard. This is not just a spice business. This is a family’s life work and we are proud to share it with