Well!! Food is one element which binds us together...! But, coming to one of the most important Indian festival, which is celebrated across the length and breadth of the country is; the bond made by blood, Rakshbandhan!! This bandhan or bond of a brother and sister is a ritual of tying a thread on the wrist of brother by a sister, where sweet is an essence.
Till few years back, Indian sweets used to be an integral part of this fest; but since past few years with the contemporary culture and strong western influences, the GenX needs to play around with festivals as well, hence chocolates, cakes and fusion desserts have overtaken the Indian mithai.
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| Gulab Jamun Tea cake |
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| Motichoor Cake jars |
The fusion versions of Indian mithai have been played around pretty well by Cocoa Drama, located at Vastrapur. Khushali Solanki, the creator of the brand has touched upon the Indian chord with her fusion versions of Gulab Jamun and Jalebi teacakes. The motichoor cake jars have replaced the typical fudge jars, leaving your mouth open in awe!!
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| Goodies at Indulgence |
Reena Kakkar, the creator of Indulgence; she keeps on adding her decades of experience in her novelties. She has created hampers which have the essence of Indian ingredients like basil, chillies and curry leaves. Tomato basil cake, made of cherry tomatoes is one of the exotic cakes; Fresh date and coconut cake too, is made by local ingredients, adding the goodness of nutrition to your indulgence. Apart from this, they have other goodies in beautiful ensemble comprising cinnamon balls, red velvet minis, wheat based, Parmesan cheese chilli pretzels, dry fruit peacons, flavoured cherries, spicy tomato snack or a banoffee cake (loaded with bananas, nutella and coffee).. or anything your heart desires for!
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| Shweta's Floral spread |
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| Ecstatic Hamper |
The dramatic assortments don’t end here.. Shweta Raval of Chocolat has crafted toppings of flowers in her jars. Shilpa Bhatt of Ecstasy chocolates, is known for her handcrafted unique chocolate bouquets, wrapped with equally ecstatic designer eggless chocolate hampers.
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| Evergreen Buttercupp |
Buttercupp at Vastrapur is famous for their simplicity and freshly made homemade delightful, smooth cakes. They believe in serving the cup cakes in their own original format without playing around and buying expensive packaging. Amar Patel comments, “We can rather give a cup cake extra, than digging a hole in your pocket with pricey fancy packaging.”
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| Bellezone creations |
Bella Shah of Bellezone, has her own assorted collection. Be it rose petals, date rich chocolate or one loaded with pistachios or almonds. She too is quite famous in town and prepares baked fusion versions of Indian mithais.
Swati Rangwani of Chocolate.ism has created personalized nuttella jars, so have that goodie with your name printed!!
Last but not the least, Chai Shop at Hyatt Regency, Ashram Road is one of my favourite outlets for their baked scrumptious colourful array of goodies. I have always been filled delight after feasting myself with their pastries.
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| from...Shweta Ravals production house |
After this stream of downpour, who will not hook up and get tied first with Mr. cocoa bean, this monsoon!!
Is your mouth flowing with saliva??
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