Supermarkets polish lentils with synthetic mineral oil, coat aged rice with talcum powder, and store dry groceries in humid warehouses for months while marking up prices by 20%. ASSAL pools whole housing societies in PCMC and Pune to deliver unpolished, freshly processed staples in sealed crates every Sunday (Morning Delivery Zone).
Click any step below to see how your monthly staples travel from regional farms to your doorstep in the preferred Sunday Morning Delivery Zone.
Harvests authentic aged Indrayani & Sona Masoori paddy, unpolished pulses & bold raw peanuts.
Dehusks aged paddy, splits unpolished pulses & cold-filters oil. Zero mineral oil, zero talc, and zero yellow dye.
Consolidates sealed 30 kg master bales. Audits grain moisture (<11.8%) & dispatches Sunday (Morning Zone) tempo runs.
Sunday (Morning Delivery Zone) doorstep crate drop. Saves 18–22% (₹550/mo) with living grain nutrition intact.
Farmer ➔ Local Broker ➔ Secondary Wholesaler ➔ Commercial Polisher (Mineral Oil, Talc & Yellow Dye) ➔ Central Supermarket Godown (Months of storage & chemical fumigation) ➔ AC Mall Shelf Markup ➔ You pay +22% more for aged, over-processed grains.
Farmer Cluster ➔ Partner Mill (Freshly Dehusked Rice & Unpolished Dal) ➔ ASSAL Zero-Warehouse Quality Hub ➔ Sunday (Preferred Morning Zone) Elevator Run ➔ You save ₹550/month and eat 100% pure, unpolished staples.
Directly from partner pulse, rice, and oil mills to your society elevator in 3 transparent steps.
Flats in your society select their monthly 20.1 kg staple box or individual packs and complete 100% prepaid order confirmation before Wednesday 9:00 PM. Prepaid pooling guarantees zero fake orders and unlocks bulk mill pricing.
On Friday and Saturday, ASSAL procures sealed 30 kg master bales of freshly dehusked rice, unpolished dals, raw peanuts, and cold-filtered oils directly from verified partner mills—followed by our 6-point batch quality check.
Every Sunday, we prioritize the Morning Delivery Zone (rather than rigid clock hours or late evening drops) to dispatch society crates. Uniformed runners trolley your sealed crate straight to your flat door—fast and contactless since all orders are prepaid.
Every figure below is calculated directly from the statutory ICMR–National Institute of Nutrition (Hyderabad) IFCT 2017 laboratory database for raw unpolished Indian staples.
356 kcal & 7.94g protein per 100g. 6-month aged paddy, freshly dehusked without talc or glucose polish.
1kg Tur (21.7% prot), 1kg Moong (23.9%), 1kg Chana (21.6%), 0.5kg Masoor (24.4%). Rich in Lysine.
520 kcal, 23.65g protein & 39.6g healthy MUFA/PUFA fats per 100g. High Niacin (B3), Folate & Magnesium.
Matki (Moth bean), Whole Green Moong & Harbhara. 24-hr sprouting boosts Vitamin C & iron absorption by 40%+.
| Staple Item in 20.1 kg Box | IFCT 2017 Code | Monthly Qty | Per 100g Spec | Total Protein | Dietary Fiber | Total Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Aged Indrayani / Sona Masoori Rice | A015 | 5.0 kg (5,000g) | 356 kcal | 7.94g P | 397 g | 140.5 g | 17,800 kcal |
| 2. Unpolished Tur Dal (1kg) + Moong Dal (1kg) | B001, B011 | 2.0 kg (2,000g) | 328.5 kcal | 22.8g P | 456 g | 184.3 g | 6,570 kcal |
| 3. Sortex Chana Dal (1kg) + Red Masoor (0.5kg) | B003, B009 | 1.5 kg (1,500g) | 326.7 kcal | 22.5g P | 337 g | 205.2 g | 4,900 kcal |
| 4. Bold Raw Shengdane / Peanuts | G015 | 2.0 kg (2,000g) | 520 kcal | 23.65g P | 473 g | 207.6 g | 10,400 kcal |
| 5. Kadhanya Whole Sprouts Mix (Matki, Moong, Chana) | B012, B010 | 1.0 kg (1,000g) | 312 kcal | 21.20g P | 212 g | 186.0 g | 3,120 kcal |
| 6. Double-Filtered Groundnut Oil (5.0 L @ 0.915 g/mL) | S003 | 4.58 kg (5.0 L) | 900 kcal | 100g Fat | 0 g | 0 g | 41,220 kcal |
| 7. Sulphur-Free S-30 Cane Sugar (3kg) + Iodized Salt (1kg) | S001 | 4.0 kg (4,000g) | 398 kcal/100g sugar | 0 g | 0 g | 11,940 kcal |
| VERIFIED 20.1 KG MONTHLY FAMILY TOTAL | 20.08 kg | ICMR-NIN Verified | 1,875 g | 923.6 g | 95,950 kcal | |
Physical tests (moisture & broken grain) prove clean storage, while biological & chemical tests (cooking time, sprout germination & oil FFA) prove the batch is genuinely fresh—not 6-month-old fumigated warehouse stock.
Tested via digital capacitance moisture meter before dispatch. Grains must register between 10.5% and 11.8% moisture (well below the 14% FSSAI ceiling) to prevent mold, aflatoxins, and paying for water weight.
Pass Threshold: <11.8% MoistureA 100g random sample is weighed on a 0.01g precision scale and inspected on an acrylic tray + 365nm UV light. Broken grains must be <0.5% with zero weevilled kernels or foreign matter.
Pass Threshold: <0.5% Broken / 0 WeevilsPulses and rice are agitated in warm distilled water and tested for synthetic Metanil Yellow dye and mineral oil/talc film. Unpolished ASSAL pulses leave zero greasy meniscus on top.
Pass Threshold: Zero Oil Film or DyeOld warehouse dal develops "Hard-to-Cook" (HTC) cell-wall lignification, taking 7+ whistles. Freshly split unpolished Tur & Moong dal cooks soft in 12–14 minutes (3 whistles) with a Water Absorption Ratio >2.4x.
Pass Threshold: Soft in 3 Whistles (>2.4x WAR)Chemically fumigated or year-old godown pulses are biologically dead and fail to sprout. We soak 100 seeds from every Kadhanya (Matki, Green Moong, Chana) lot—requiring >92% active sprouting within 24 hours.
Pass Threshold: >92% Live GerminationAs cooking oil ages, lipid oxidation spikes its Free Fatty Acid (FFA) and Peroxide Value (PV). Every batch is verified via chemical test strips + manufacturer COA for FFA <0.8% and Peroxide <10 meq/kg.
Pass Threshold: FFA <0.8% • PV <10 meq/kgWe prefer the Morning Zone on Sundays for society deliveries across Pimple Saudagar, Wakad, Hinjewadi, Baner, Balewadi & Thergaon. Check your pincode or register your society below!
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We are housing society residents, agricultural sourcing specialists, and logistics coordinators who refused to let our families eat 90-day-old supermarket grains.
Gated society resident in PCMC. Oversees direct regional mill partnerships, batch quality verification, and zero-warehouse society pooling economics.
20+ years of wholesale pulse and rice grading experience. Audits grain moisture (<11.8%), Sortex sizing, sprout viability, and unpolished dal cooking quality on every lot.
Our uniformed lift-trolley runners coordinate with society security and estate managers to execute smooth, contactless Sunday Morning Zone crate drops.
Society committee inquiries, Sunday (Morning Zone) onboarding, or batch quality verification questions.
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