Pooja Bavishi of Malai Ice Cream

Written By Jacqueline Raposo

Pooja Bavishi is the Founder and CEO of Malai, an artisanal ice cream company with flavors inspired by nostalgic, aromatic spices and South Asian ingredients, based in Brooklyn, New York. Pooja founded Malai when she discovered that the same spices of her childhood—ginger, rose petals, saffron, and cardamom—could be used to robustly flavor ice creams in a way that she had never tasted before.

“I founded Malai because desserts bring people joy, and I wanted to be in the business of delivering happiness.”

Cardoz Legacy was thrilled to contribute our Garam Masala for Malai’s Pumkpin Garam Masala Crumble ice cream—which you can get at their New York stores or order for nationwide delivery at Goldbelly.

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