: Engineer Quits Job To Preserve Nagaland’s Delicacies In Pickles, Sells To 14 Countries #IndiaNEWS #Entrepreneurs What is a qualified engineer in Bengaluru doing taking the spicy flavours of Nagaland

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Engineer Quits Job To Preserve Nagaland’s Delicacies In Pickles, Sells To 14 Countries #IndiaNEWS #Entrepreneurs
What is a qualified engineer in Bengaluru doing taking the spicy flavours of Nagaland to the rest of India, as well as the world?
Building a thriving pickle business is what.
With his venture The Rumbling Spoons, 31-year-old Nitu Viluo has even reached the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Port Blair, along with 14 countries.
Nitu’s entrepreneurial spirit is filled with pride in his rich Northeastern culture.
“I belong to the Angami Naga tribe and speak Angami, Nagamese Creole, English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, some Nepali and Kannada,� the Bengaluru-based entrepreneur tells The Better India. “I aim to offer tradition and neatly wrapped delicacies that conjure a homely feeling anywhere and everywhere. �
Growing up in Dimapur city, cooking always fascinated him. “That simple smile and chit chat over some delicacies are truly priceless,� he says, adding, “Everyone in my family loves cooking. Being the youngest child with two elder sisters, I wasn’t asked to cook a lot. Our parents were working, so my sisters used to cook for us. �
He adds that as a child, he relished traditional Angami dishes like Galho, a rice porridge; smoked pork and escargot — freshwater snail.
The Rumbling Spoons makes pickles out of silkworms.
After Class 10, he left to complete his Class 12 in Kohima. Thereafter he appeared for his JEE and graduated in electronics and communication engineering from Karnataka in 2014.
Nitu’s learnings from watching his family cook came in handy at the hostel, where he would prepare Naga-style delicacies for his friends. “You meet different people in a government hostel — some prefer pork, some mutton, and others like chicken. So, I would make a simple chicken curry and kebabs that could be enjoyed by everyone,� he recalls.
But after graduation, five years of working landed him in hospital for want of being unable to eat healthy, home-cooked meals. “In 2019, I quit my job in the IT sector to prepare for banking exams. But I was soon hospitalised for stomach issues. After that, I tried to eat healthy food,� he says.
Unwell and away from his family, Nitu missed the comfort of his home, and wanted to bring the flavours of Nagaland to the ‘Silicon Valley of India’. And what better way than preserve these dishes in pickles?
“I figured that by pickling Naga dishes, I would be able to eat them with everything. I first made Naga-style pork pickle in a small batch of 20. I then distributed them to friends and colleagues. Soon, orders started pouring in from corporate offices, especially from people who came from Nagaland,� he says.

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