Indian Monthly Grocery List For 2 Persons

April 1, 2025 | By
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Few weeks back I got a request from a newly married girl to help her by giving Indian monthly grocery list with quanity for a small family of 2 to 4 persons (maligai saman list in Tamil, Kirana list in Hindi). So I have given the basic list in both PDF and Excel format as free download. This shopping list would be helpful for purchase in any Indian grocery store.  You can also use this list to shop from online stores and Indian groceries online.  

I got this monthly grocery list from my mom. She advised me to follow it for purchases. I saved the list on my phone, which helped me buy the right quantities at a wholesale shop. Over time, I adapted it to suit our needs. My mom had been using this list for years, even getting home delivery from a nearby store. The quantity I have given would come for 1-2 months for a pucca South Indian family.

North Indians, please reduce the quantity of rice and increase wheat flour. Bachelors, do reduce the quantity by half.  Do follow this list for the first month. Based on your need and usage, you can alter it. People in US, UK and other abroad countries, carry this list to a nearby Indian grocery store. I am sure it will help you to make a quick and comfortable purchase. 

To assist newly married women, bachelors, and anyonere like me struggles with poor memory, I have provided a master grocery list in Excel format with checklist option. You can easily download it as a PDF or XLS sheet by clicking the link below. Excel sheet is free to download. You don’t have to request permission for downloading. Just make a copy of it and edit as required. You can use this checklist for your monthly shopping and grocery purchase. I have also shared the list in image format, Please download and use it.

Click this link to download Grocery list as PDF

Click this link to make a copy of the grocery list in Excel format

I’ve shared an image with a checklist below. Click on the image for PDF download or the link below to download this check list in Google sheets. I hope this list is helpful to you. If you think I’ve missed anything, feel free to message me, and I’ll add it. I’d also love to hear your feedback in the comments to know if this list was useful. Thank you!

Indian monthly grocery list - checklist

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Indian Monthly Grocery List – Excel Checklist download

My mom always starts the list with turmeric powder, sugar &  jaggery sentimentally. So I too follow the same.

Indian grocery shopping list

Indian Monthly Grocery list with quantity – Shopping list

RICE and FLOURS

  • Turmeric powder – 100 gms
  • Sugar – 1 kg
  • Jaggery – 1/2 kg
  • Idli rice/Boiled rice/Salem rice – 5-7 kgs
  • Steamed rice or Raw rice/Sona masoori – 5-7 kgs
  • High quality raw rice for Pongal – 1 kg
  • Dosa rice ( optional) – 2 kgs
  • Basmati rice – 1 to 2 kgs
  • Brown rice(optional) – 1 kgs
  • Pressed rice / Poha(thick or thin) -1 kgs
  • Wheat flour – 2 kgs (North Indians, please increase atta to 5 kgs and reduce rice)
  • Maida – 1/2 kg (For cakes and snacks)
  • Ragi flour – 1 kg
  • Millets varieties & oats – 1/2 kg each
  • Organic wild rice varieties – 1/2 kg 
  • Quinoa, Amaranth – For Indians in abroad
  • Rice flour – 1/2 kg
  • Besan flour – 1/2 kg
  • Bombay Rava/ Semolina or Chiroti rava – 1 kg
  • Wheat rava / samba rava / bansi rava – 1 kg
  • Idli rava – 1 kg (optional)
  • Rice rava – 500 gms
  • Vermicelli / Semiya – 1 packet big
  • Instant rice sevai -1 big packet
  • Sago/Javvarisi – 1/2 kg
  • Rajgira, Kuttu atta (For North Indians during fasting)
  • Manna health mix -1 packet

PULSES/DALS

  • Toor dal – 1 kg
  • Round urad dal – 2 kgs
  • Yellow moong dal – 1 kg
  • Chana dal – 1/2 kg
  • Split urad dal – 1/2 kg
  • Rajma, peas, brown/white chana, green gram dal, Peanuts – 1/4 kg each
  • Fried gram dal / Pottukadalai – 1/4 kg
  • Horsegram , flax seeds – If needed
  • Sabudana /Sago – 1/2 kg

SPICE POWDERS

  • Crystal salt – 1 kg
  • Powder salt – 1 kg
  • Tamarind -1/2 kg
  • Red chilli – 100 gms
  • Red chilli powder – 1/4 kg
  • Dhania powder – 1/4 kg
  • Garam masala powder – 100 gms
  • Chat masala powder – 1 packet small
  • Aamchoor powder – 50 gms
  • Cumin powder – 50 gms
  • Pepper powder – 50 gms
  • Sambar powder, Rasam powder, Vatha kuzhambu powder – If needed
  • Biryani masala powder or curry masala powder – Small packet
  • Idli powder / Gun powder – 1 packet ( If needed)
  • Readymade powders like garlic powder, pav bhaji masala, chana masala etc
  • Instant coffee powder – 100 gms
  • Tea powder – 100 gms
  • ENO fruit salt – 2 packets (For rava idli, dhokla)
  • Yeast – 1 small box ( For making aapam, bread)
  • Cooking soda / Baking soda – 1 packet small
  • Baking powder – 1 packet

OILS

  • Cooking oil – 1- 2 lts (Sunflower oil or Groundnut oil)
  • Gingely oil / Sesame oil – 1 – 2 lts
  • Coconut oil – 1/2 lt
  • Ghee or butter – 1/2 kg
  • Olive oil – 1/2 liter (optional)
  • Deepam oil – If needed ( For lamp)

SPICES AND NUTS

  • Mustard seeds – 150 gms
  • Pepper – 100 gms
  • Cumin seeds/jeera – 100 gms
  • Poppy seeds/Khus khus – 100 gms
  • Coriander seeds/Dhania – 200 gms
  • Fennel seeds – 50 gms
  • Fenugreek seeds / Methi seeds – 100 gms
  • Dry ginger piece or powder – 50 gms
  • Black or white sesame seeds – 50 gms
  • Split urad dal – 100 gms ( For seasoning)
  • Ajwain / omam – 50 gms
  • Hing/Asafetida – 1 box (Big)
  • Cardamom/Elakki – 25 gms
  • Cashew nuts – 50 gms
  • Raisins – 50 gms
  • Badam or other nuts – 50 gms
  • Peanuts – 100 gms
  • Dates ( optional) – 100 gms
  • Cinnamon – 1 packet
  • Cloves – 1 small packet
  • Kalpasi/black stone flower & marati moggu – 1 small packet
  • Biryani spices packet – 1 no
  • Vanilla essence – 1 small bottle

OTHER INGREDIENTS

  • Papad – 1 big packet
  • Cocoa powder – 100 gms
  • Health drinks (Horlicks, Complan etc) – 1/2 kg each
  • Noodles -1 packet
  • Pasta – 200 gms
  • Macaroni – 200 gms
  • Sphagetti(optional) – 1 box
  • Tomato Ketchup / Sauce – 1 bottle
  • Jam – 1 bottle 
  • Mayonaisse – 1 bottle
  • Pizza sauce/ Pasta sauce – 1 bottle
  • Organic Honey – 1 small bottle
  • Bread Packet – 1 to 2 nos

DAIRY PRODUCTS 

  • Cheese slices – 1 packet
  • Cheese block – 1 no
  • Butter – 1/2 kg
  • Curd / Flavored yogurt – If needed
  • Fresh cream – 1 packet
  • Paneer / Cottage cheese – 2 packets
  • Milk Can

TOILETRIES 

  1. Tooth paste – 200 gms
  2. Tooth brush – 2 nos ( one time purchase)
  3. Bathing soap – 3 nos
  4. Shampoo/Hair conditioner – 1 big bottle
  5. Face powder – 1 box
  6. Hand sanitizer – 1 bottle
  7. Deodarant – 1 or 2 nos
  8. Body lotion – 1 no
  9. Kajal/Kum kum/stickers – 1 no
  10. Shaving lotion – 1 no
  11. Shaving cream – 1 no
  12. Hair gel – 1 no
  13. Razer blades -1 packet big
  14. Baby products – as needed

CLEANING PRODUCTS 

  • Dish washing soaps or liquids – 2 nos/1 bottle
  • Dish washing powder (Sabeena ) – 1/2 kg
  • Washing powder – 1 kg
  • Washing soaps – 5 nos
  • Toilet cleaner / bleaching powder – 1 bottle
  • Floor cleaner – 1 bottle
  • Kitchen cleaner – 1 bottle
  • Sanitary pads – 1 packet
  • Toilet paper – 1 bundle
  • Kitchen tissue – 1 bunch
  • Garbage bags – 2 rolls
  • Car cleaner/Car refreshner – 1 no
  • Dettol – 1 bottle
  • Mosquito liquid – 2 nos
  • Odonil – 2 nos
  • Napthalene balls – 1 packet
  • Rubber band – 1 packet

POOJA ITEMS 

  • Match box – 1 bunch ( 10 nos)
  • Deepa oil – 1 ltr
  • Cotton thread – 1 packet
  • Camphor – 1 small box
  • Incense sticks – 1 big box
  • Dhoop – 1 box
  • Rock candy or dry grapes for neivedyam – 1/4 kg

MISCELLENEOUS 

  • Medicines/bandages
  • Light bulbs
  • Batteries
  • Candles
  • Snacks

GROCERY LIST FOR BACHELORS

  • Ready made rice mix
  • Sambar powder
  • Rasam powder
  • Garlic powder / poondu podi
  • Idli podi / Gun powder
  • Ginger, Garlic paste
  • Tamarind paste
  • Ready to eat products
  • Vathakuzhambu powder
  • Idli, dosa batter
  • Bread packet
  • Cereals
  • Readymade mix packets

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 

Grocery List Pictures

I have shared the complete grocery list pictures below. You can copy paste them in your PC. I have also given separate images for groceries, Pooja items, Toiletries and miscellaneous items. Right click and save the respective images based on your need.

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Hope you find this post useful. Please leave a message in the comment box if I have left anything important in the list. Thanks !

A reader’s tip for cleaning hacks from comment section:

Instead of buying all the chemicals to clean especially if you have children around, get some white vinegar and sodium bicarbonate and use some lime juice, trust me the whole housing cleaning would be taken care without nastiness of the cleaning products we buy from shops. Eventually you would save money as well.

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173 thoughts on “Indian Monthly Grocery List For 2 Persons”

  9. Anonymous

    vewry very nice dear Chitra you have done so well in fact so nice you have shared this. sometimes we really ignore this thing while going grocery store// you have done so symmetrically

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  11. meena

    I just checked each and every item on the excel sheet.I am glad I am spot on except for few items here and there . I remember carrying one such list when we moved soon after marriage.Awesome job Chitra. Ages since I saw Mysore sandal soap:)

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  13. Priya

    Oh such a fantastic list for newly married ..Def going to the nearby shop is less these days we will be in outskirts and dont get the ingredients we want ..

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  19. Unknown

    Hi chitra, I m Sindhu from Odisha . I love ur cooking. It's simple n elegant. The grocery list is meticulous n clear. It really helped me the missed items from ur list. Thanku ..

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  22. Unknown

    Hey.. Super list sister.. I just started my journey with my wife at new place.. I just copied ur list and making all things ready before my wife comes .. to surprise her.. ur list helped a lot… You are greatttttt.. Tats it..

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  23. Unknown

    Thanks sister.. I just started my journey with my wife at new place… I just copied your list and making everything ready before she comes here.. I will give "buildup" as my knowledge… shhhhh… don't tell to my wife… thanks you so much.. And, last but not the least.. you list is so awesome… Thaaaanks…

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  26. Swatee Shenoy-Shetye

    I am returning home after three months at mom's post delivery. This list will help me organise my kitchen and simplify life while taking care of my three month old.

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  28. Indian Grocery Shop - Buy Grocery

    this is the right and easy way for shopping. you get discount on your shopping bill. this is good information..

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  30. Mounika

    Its really great post chitra.I find online grocery coupons at Grofers coupons at Grabon India. And you can also find many more coupons, offers and deals on online grocery store at Grabon India.

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  47. Unknown

    This list solved my problem, instead breaking my brains as to buy what under each category.
    Brilliant list!!!
    Amazing job!!!

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    2. Unknown

      Thank u soo much for the useful informations for the beginners like me ….

      Regards,
      Sasirekha Vinoth

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  65. Unknown

    Ooo.. great for ur kind information… u r great.. u have been saying thanks to every one from more than 2 years….

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  69. Nishi, a learner

    Thank you so much for much . This is very very useful for all of us. Thank u . U have made my work easy.

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  71. Unknown

    Dear Chitra Mam, Thank you so much for making all our life so easy by providing the ready made list of groceries. God bless you!!

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  72. Nithya

    That's a unique way of identifying the needs and I just loved the way you represented it. Mainly in every home making a list of required GROCERY is a big task. You made it pretty easy for many out there. I shop online for GROCERY every month as it takes most of my time to shop manually I select the required and will order online using GROCERY Coupons. I select this coupon from different stores, recently I used a site called klaimy for coupons to order home needs. It worked well, you can also try :)

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  73. Anonymous

    Contains almost everything for grocery.Next time i will take this excel sheet with me to the grocery shop for an reference.
    Thanx for sharing such a nice Blog. yahoo support

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  74. Unknown

    Great article. Now a days every one purchase monthly grocery's from online because of, online stores offering huge discounts on grocery's and free home delivery. i used to purchase grocery's from big basket by using Bigbasket coupons

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  77. Manaswini

    Hi Chithra,
    Hats off to you dear!! Amazing job. Appreciate your insight and attention to detail. It really helps one to do shopping properly. Well done.
    Appreciate for your time to thank everyone.

    But just want to my opinion about the cleaning hacks. You don't need all that chemicals to clean especially if you have children around. But some white vinegar and sodium bicarbonate and use some lime juice, trust me the whole housing cleaning would be taken care without nastiness of the cleaning products we buy from shops. Eventually you would save money as well.
    Take care. God bless you to be a blessing for many.

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    1. Chitra

      Hello Manaswini, Thanks a lot for your sweet words and blessings :) Thanks for your suggestion regarding cleaning hacks. Hope all the readers landing on this page would find this tip useful. I will add this point in the post as well. Thanks !

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  78. Manaswini

    No worries!! Thank you again for taking time to answer. It's one way of living naturally.
    Again kudos to you my lady. Have never seen such detailed blog.

    Way to go!!!👍🙏

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  83. Maruthi

    Nice list. Thanks for taking the time out. Don't know if i missed, but include Shoe polish. If you can extend the list for a small family, please include stationery (pencils etc).

    Reminds me of a local grocery shop which used to provide a printed grocery list in which we just need to fill the quantity and give it back to him for packing.

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    1. Chitra

      Thank you. I din't include stationaries and shoe polish as its a mandatory monthly purchase in all the houses. We can edit this list based on our demands.

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  85. Gopal

    Hi
    meku challa thanks chepali nenu ,bcz entha munchi information share cheysinandhuku one of the toughest job 100*100 tqs and please share the excell sheet and finally THANK YOU,gopal64p@gmail.com

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    1. Chitra

      Thank you. I have given the link inside the post for downloading the excel sheet. Please click that link and download in your mobile or PC.

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  86. Unknown

    Thank you so much, married since 6 year and mother of two boys but still I forget many things though I go shopping myself.much needed. God bless you.

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  87. Unknown

    Thanks for the editable list. My wife told me to make list of monthly groceries and this list has realy done the job. Thank you very much.

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  88. Unknown

    Thanks for the editable list. My wife told me to prepare a list for monthly groceries and this has done the job for me. Thanks.

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  90. Unknown

    Hello Mam, I searching another in google. Just i open this link Indian Grocery List. In this line hope you find this post useful its not hope mam its a compulsory one in our day to day life. It's really good think mam for spend ur time to create the "INDIAN GROCERY LIST"👌💯

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  93. Unknown

    Such a knowledge full article. Infact it is so helpful. thanks for sharing and looking forward to see such piece of articles.

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  94. Unknown

    खुप छान माहिती दिली आहे, मी पहिल्यांदाच यादी करण्यासाठी घेतली आणि मी खुप गोंधळून गेले की काय काय लिहावं ते,पण खरंच तुम्ही दिलेल्या माहिती मुळे मला खुप मोठी मदत झाली. काही गोष्टी सोडल्या तर सगळेच आहे या यादी मध्ये…..

    Thanks for everything 🙏

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  97. Padma

    Dear Chitra,very easy for my monthly list..u can add rubber band, bleaching powder,may be useful for some people

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  100. Unknown

    In 2019.. Thanks so much.. we all need these lists once we're married. We don't care when we're at our mom's place and then we realize there's so much to do once we're married. Especially when you have an incompetent MIL like mine who's of no help. Your list will help me leaps and bounds. Kudos

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  101. Unknown

    Awesome mam, and i need home appliance, kitchen utensils, bcoz we planned to move somw home, so help panunga, antha items add pannunga

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  102. Krishna

    Hi ma'am, could please help to prepare the same list along with Kannada names, as we are not familiar with English names of all items.

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  103. Rashid Mohammed

    Thank you for sharing this list, and it is very useful who want to open new grocery shop.

    appreciate your hard work.

    Regards:-
    Rashid Mohammed

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  108. Unknown

    Really itz very useful for newly married couple to list out all necessary household items without any confusion☺️ thanks

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  122. Anusing

    Your grocery list, starting with turmeric powder (manjal), makes me think of my grandmother. In the same way, she writes the list. Whenever I asked her, she said we should begin with auspicious and sweet things. Small things like these matter a lot. Thanks!!!!

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