Our story

Know the cow behind your ghee.

For generations, India didn't simply have cows. We had Gir. Kankrej. Sahiwal. Tharparkar. Rathi. Hariana. Badri. Hallikar. Breeds shaped by the landscapes they came from.

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India's indigenous cattle, mapped to the regions that shaped them.
India's indigenous cattle, mapped to the regions that shaped them.

We don't want the cow to be anonymous.

Walk into a store today and you will find countless jars labelled A2 Ghee, Desi Cow Ghee, Bilona Ghee. But an important question is rarely answered.

India's indigenous cattle are not one homogeneous category. Each breed evolved within a particular geography, climate and farming culture.

Which desi cow?

That is why our journey begins with breed-specific ghee.

Desi cow ghee becomes
  1. Gir
  2. Kankrej
  3. Sahiwal
  4. Tharparkar
  5. Rathi
  6. Hariana
  7. Badri
  8. Hallikar

The breed deserves its name on the jar.

Provenance

Every breed is a story of a place.

A breed isn't just genetics. It is geography, climate, culture, farming and generations of adaptation. When we introduce a breed, we introduce the world around it too.

  1. The breed

    What makes the animal distinctive.

  2. The land

    The geography that shaped it.

  3. The farmer

    The people who continue to raise it.

  4. The food

    What the animals traditionally eat.

  5. The culture

    The communities and traditions around the breed.

  6. The product

    Food created from that ecosystem.

This is why we are called Sudesi Farms, not simply a ghee company.

Our first two chapters

Gir & Kankrej

Two breeds. Two landscapes. One beginning.

A jar of Sudesi Pure Gir Cow Ghee placed on a wooden table in a warm, rustic kitchen setting with flatbread, bowls, and spices in the background.
GirThe Nurturer

Gentle · Golden · Generous

Born of Saurashtra

Ghee: deep gold, sweet, mellow

A cow is never just a cow. The Gir was born of Saurashtra, her calm, her gold, her gentleness drawn from its warm green land. For generations, the same families have raised her there, shaped by the same earth and the same unhurried days. This is her bloodline. And now a little of it comes home with you.

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A jar of Sudesi Pure Kankrej Cow Ghee sits on a wooden table surrounded by traditional Indian food props, including flatbread, a small bowl of A2 ghee, and a ceramic pot, in a warm, beautifully lit indoor setting.
KankrejThe Sentinel

Fierce · Proud · Unbreakable

Born of the Rann

Ghee: silver-gold, clean, bold

A cow is never just a cow. The Kankrej was forged in the Rann, her strength, her silver, her unbreakable spirit drawn from a vast and unforgiving land. For generations, the same desert families have raised her there, hardened by the same relentless sun and the same endless horizon. This is her bloodline. And now a little of it comes home with you.

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Same category, different provenance.

Why breed-specific?

Because provenance matters, and we already understand this with food. Darjeeling isn't simply tea. Alphonso isn't simply mango. Basmati isn't simply rice. Origin gives food context, identity and meaning.

We believe India's indigenous cattle deserve the same recognition.

Which breed? From where? Raised by whom? Made how?

When people begin asking these questions, indigenous breeds become visible. Visibility creates recognition. Recognition can create economic value, and that gives farmers another reason to keep raising them.

The bigger picture

The Indian farm was designed as a circle, not a factory.

  1. Cow
  2. Fodder
  3. Farmer
  4. Soil
  5. Crop
  6. Food
  7. Family

The breed is where our story begins, but the cow does not exist alone. Cattle supported farms. Dung returned nutrients to soil. Fields produced food and fodder. Crop residues came back to the farm. Every part supported another. That circular way of thinking shapes our larger vision.

Where we're going

Ghee is where we begin. The ecosystem is where we're going.

  1. Breed
  2. Dairy
  3. Native crops
  4. Regional foods
  5. Soil
  6. Farmers
  7. Farm experiences
  8. Food culture

The product is the doorway. The ecosystem is the story.

Who we are

The people behind Sudesi

Preeti Sheokand

Preeti Sheokand

Founder

Sudesi began with a simple question: what if people knew the breed behind their food?

That question grew into a larger vision: a modern Indian brand that makes native breeds, regional food systems and the people behind them visible again. Not preserving tradition behind glass, but making it relevant, desirable and economically meaningful.

Sudhir Mor

Sudhir Mor

Co-Founder

Sudhir brings a design and systems lens to the work, understanding complex systems and making them easier to see and engage with.

At Sudesi that means reconnecting what the modern food system separates: the breed, the farmer, the landscape, the process and the product.

Together, Preeti and Sudhir are building Sudesi as a modern window into India's native food ecosystems.

The road ahead

One breed at a time.

India's indigenous cattle story is far bigger than any one farm or one product. So we're beginning deliberately.

  1. Gir Now
  2. Kankrej Now
  3. Sahiwal Coming later
  4. Rathi Coming later
  5. Tharparkar Coming later
  6. Hariana Coming later
  7. Badri Coming later
  8. Hallikar Coming later
  9. More indigenous breeds Coming later

One breed. One landscape. One community. One story at a time.

Don't just buy ghee. Know where it comes from.

Discover the breed. Meet the landscape. Know the farmer. Understand the process.

India's native breeds, brought closer to home.

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