Lakhi's Butterfly Pea Flowers — Pure Dried Flowers with Natural Colour-Changing Brew

Blue. Then Purple. Completely Natural.

What Are Butterfly Pea Flowers?

Butterfly Pea — Clitoria ternatea — is a flowering plant native to Southeast Asia and widely grown across India. The deep blue-violet flowers have been used for centuries in traditional Indian and Southeast Asian cooking, as a natural food colouring, and as a herbal brew. The vivid blue colour comes from anthocyanins — natural pigments present in the flower that are also found in blueberries, purple cabbage, and other deeply coloured plants.

When you brew dried butterfly pea flowers in hot water, the anthocyanins dissolve and turn the water a deep, vivid blue — completely naturally, with no artificial colouring of any kind.

The Colour Change — How It Works

Anthocyanins are pH-sensitive pigments. In neutral water they appear blue. When you add an acidic ingredient — lemon juice, lime, or any citrus — the pH drops and the pigment shifts from blue to purple or pink depending on how much acid you add. This is a genuine, natural chemical reaction — not a food technology trick, not an artificial effect. Just chemistry, as nature designed it.

A few drops of lemon: deep purple. More lemon: bright pink. The colour is yours to control — and every result is stunning.

How to Use Butterfly Pea Flowers

Beyond the cup, butterfly pea flowers are used as a natural food colouring in rice, desserts, cocktails, mocktails, and lemonades. A small quantity of brewed butterfly pea water turns any dish or drink a vivid blue or purple — naturally. This makes Lakhi's Butterfly Pea Flowers genuinely versatile: a herbal brew, a natural colour, and a conversation starter all in one jar.

What Makes This Lakhi's?

One ingredient. Pure dried butterfly pea flowers. No additives, no blending, no artificial colour, no preservatives. Packed fresh in an airtight jar. The same commitment to purity that runs through every product in the Lakhi's range since 1975.