Diwali in Vizag is a festive season that sets almost a week in advance. The City of Destiny, as it's called, has been a melting pot of cultures from across the country. Its cosmopolitan soul reverberates with the Festival of Lights, and Vizag's food scene gives testament to it. Indulging in sweet something goes on an equal footing with gifting goodies and hampers containing delicious treats to loved ones. Responding to such demands, the city's culinary experts offer a plethora of options. And this year is no exception. A few homepreneurs to home bakers are set with hampers for every taste and pocket size. Let's have a look at what festive grubs one may gift in Vizag this Diwali!
Inclusive Hampers: Let’s Create
Phuljhadi Hamper, Let's Create
Indian festivals are a time which calls for equity. Echoing this ethos, Let's Create has curated hampers by collaborating with local vendors and growing together as a team in alliance with home bakers. The wide range of hampers includes handcrafted diya sets and delicious desserts by home bakers. Omita and Nikita, Founder, Let's Create brief about them. Phooljhadi Hamper is packed with nuts overload loaf, baklava cups mini cookie jar, florentine, rose pista cookies, nutty chocolate disk and a set of handcrafted diya and available only for Vizag. There is also an option containing honey almond cake, peri-peri makhana, coconut rose balls, cashew caramel tart, and metal lotus diya. The Pataka Box has chocolate discs, rose pista cookies, bounty bars, and a bright resin tealight holder (colour can be customised), and it's available pan India. It has a Gold Hamper, loaded with a nutty loaf, florentines rose cookies, butter cookies, and a lotus-themed handcrafted diya set, and apart from Vizag, it can be sent across India (without loaf).
Healthy and Sustainable: Kreative Handwerk
Eco-freindly hamper, Image Source: Kreative Handwerk
Anuradha Gupta, Founder and Creative Head of Kreative Handwerk, swears by adding value to gifting solutions for every occasion. Vizagites who believe in going sustainable and planet-friendly, Anuradha's Diwali hampers are perfect picks. These goodies include an array of festive treats specially prepared with dry fruits. One has a wide range of nutty chocolates and sweets and a lavish spread of dry fruits. The highlight of the hampers is the use of eco-friendly products. Like the tealights are made of mango wood and tree barks. These are reusable, so save them for next year too. The hampers can be curated according to one's budget.
Auspicious and Prosperous: Munch A Treat
Mangal Hamper, Image Source: Munch A Treat
Usha Goyal, Home Baker and Founder of Munch A Treat from the city, has been known for her healthy baked treats. For the Festival of Lights, she has curated a wide range of hampers. Mangal Diwali hamper belongs to the premium segment and has honey almond cake loaf, a jar of herbed almond and cashew, a jar of kesar pista button cookies, chocolate coconut laddoos, roasted walnut and dates truffle. Her Labh Diwali hamper contains a Snickers choco tub, stuffed biscoff dates, stuffed almonds choco dates, herbed nuts jar and krack jack jeera bites. And the Subh Diwali Hamper has assorted brownies, lotus biscoff, Nutella Ferro rocher, and Oreo brownies with ganache topping and double chocolate. Every edible in her Diwali edit is eggless and can be customised too.
Choco-Coco Lamps: Preetilicious
Chocolate diyas, Image Source: Preetilicious
Preeti Kaushik, Founder of Preetilicious, has given her Diwali hampers a creative edge. Instead of regular baked goodies such as cakes, brownies or muffins, her hamper has chocolates. What's special about them? The Festival of Lights is traditionally about earthen lamps or diyas. To remind the celebrators about this rustic element of the celebrations, she has shaped the chocolates as diyas. These aren't just blocks of chocolates but have a creamy coconut filling. The idea is also to keep the essence of favourite festive coconut laddoos intact. People can gift these chocolaty diyas as Diwali hampers. Apart from these treats, she also has healthy sherbats in paan, rose, and masala flavours which can be included in advance booking.
