Our Story
Two sisters from Upper Shimla, one promise — pure bilona ghee made the way their village always has, shared with families across India.
The HillNest Story
HillNest is a startup from Upper Shimla — where mornings smell of pine, evenings glow golden on the hills, and apple orchards stretch as far as the eye can see.
We began with what we know best: pure bilona cow ghee. Our cows graze freely on high-altitude meadows. Their milk becomes curd, and curd becomes ghee through the slow wooden churn — the bilona way our grandparents trusted for generations.
Every jar of HillNest ghee carries that heritage — no palm oil, no shortcuts, no compromise. Just village craft, Himalayan purity, and the honest flavours of home.
Sakshi and Meenakshi were born and raised in Chhajpur — a small village in Upper Shimla where life moves with the mountains. Mornings begin with crisp, unpolluted air, apple orchards in every direction, and food made the way nature intended — without additives, without compromise.
Growing up surrounded by pure milk, home-churned bilona ghee, and the honest flavours of the Himalayas, the sisters learned early what real nourishment feels like.
When they moved beyond Chhajpur, they saw how difficult it had become for families to find truly pure ghee. Shelves were filled with products laced with preservatives, palm oil, and artificial flavours — far from the golden ghee they had known all their lives. That is when they decided to act.
HillNest was born from a simple promise: to bring the same pure bilona ghee from their village in Chhajpur to kitchens across India — so every family can choose authenticity over adulteration, and taste the Himalayas the way they were meant to be tasted.
The Bilona Way
In local homes across Upper Shimla, families have made pure bilona ghee the same way for generations — no factories, no shortcuts.
Collected each morning from free-grazing Himalayan cows on high-altitude pastures.
Milk cultured overnight in earthen pots — the way it has always been done here.
Curd churned in wooden bilona until rich butter separates from buttermilk.
Butter clarified slowly in small batches, releasing its golden colour and nutty aroma.
Every jar sealed by hand before it leaves the Himalayas for your kitchen.
Beyond Ghee
We tend an apple orchard in the hills of Chhajpur — the same village where HillNest was born. Soon, we will bring you crisp, orchard-fresh Shimla apples — another gift from these mountains.
From the apple orchards and pure mountain air of Chhajpur, Upper Shimla — Village Dharmana, P.O. Anti, Tehsil Jubbal, Distt. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.