About Mountain People Inc.
We make the candy we used to steal.
We are a Nepali family in California making fruit chews inspired by the titaura we grew up eating. We make them in small batches using real fruit and family recipes.
It all began with a little heist on the Kathmandu rooftop.
We grew up in homes where our grandmothers, mothers and aunties made fruit candy in the kitchen. In this story, we call her Yaya. Kathmandu's early winters were crisp in the morning and sunny by lunch. Every season, Yaya cooked her favorite fruit, lapsi, down with sugar, salt and spices. She spread it onto a nanglo, pulled muslin over the top, and left it in the sun to slowly dry into a soft, chewy treat. All afternoon, Sanomaya watched the nanglo like a hawk. The warm, gooey stage was irresistible. The moment Yaya looked away, Sanomaya made her move and pulled off a quick heist with her little paws.
Sanomaya still does. Help her get away!
SanomayaLoves the fruit chews.
SanomayaLoves the fruit chews.
This is Yaya and Sanomaya. Yaya makes the fruit chews. Sanomaya loves them. A little too much.
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For the Love of Lapsi
Lapsi is a wild fruit that grows on trees in the hills of Nepal, including the Himalayan mid-hills. It is seasonal and naturally sour, tart and tangy. That sharpness works really well with sugar, salt and chilli.
In Nepal, lapsi is often made into titaura, which is best described as a dried fruit preserve. Titaura is a popular treat made with different fruits through the seasons. It comes in lots of textures, shapes and sizes. Every family has its own way of making it. This is ours.
We're bringing that same mouth-watering, tangy candy to our new home in California. When we can, we work with local farms and fruit growers to make seasonal flavors throughout the year. Our lapsi comes directly from smallholder farmers in Nepal.
