Beyond the monochrome brown of the desert that envelopes the Manai village in Rajasthan, just 50 minutes from the blues of Jodhpur, lies MharoKhet.

Yet, its laid out with a flourish as is expected of a fine dining experience.

The farm-to-table movement has mushroomed around the word in various avatars. The key takeaway- eat local, eat fresh..

For the first time in all my travels across Rajasthan, the laal maas takes the backseat..

Every dish has a story; every plate has a hero, a protagonist.

If you are lucky enough to live in, or indeed own a farm, there’s little to match the joy of plucking a pomegranate, guava or papaya from a selection of trees.

They also curate open-to-sky dining with tables perched in a guava orchard and meals carved using fresh vegetables from the field.

Today, the 40-acre farm in the village of Manai is the third sought-after experience in the city, after Mehrangarh Fort and Umaid Bhawan Palace.

...this ancestral estate is now a burgeoning farm offering a culinary escape

It isn’t everyday that you get a chance to sit under a canopy of guava trees, with a table laid out as immaculately as you would see on an episode of The Crown.

MharoKhet — an experiential farm — is not only a unique opportunity to experience how a real farm works, but has also been growing and supplying fresh produce all around Jodhpur for two years now. 

There is an undeniable charm to a shared table of food with friends and loved ones. If we look closely food can tell stories. It is so much so a community experience, whether it is the coming together of people..

The estate is a home to more than 80 varieties of nutritious crops located on the outskirts of Jodhpur and is a primarily women-run operation with members who live under a 5 km radius from the farm.