The place to get Deepavali bakshanam in Chennai

Arusuvai Arasu Catering, Ethiraja Kalyana Mandapam, Alwarpet

For N Sridhar and his employees at Arusuvai Catering Providers, preparation to arrange their dwell pageant kitchen for the annual Arusuvai Candy Mela begins months prematurely.

Whereas they keep on with staples reminiscent of combination, murukku, ribbon pakoda, kara sev and the likes on the subject of savouries, they’re now providing a variety of choices for sweets. “We’ve introduced in 30 cooks from West Bengal to make gur rasgulla, common rasgulla and a spread of Bengali sweets, as they’re in excessive demand. We even have our employees who put together the normal South Indian fare on the venue,” he says.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 01 November 2023:FOR METRO PLUS: Sweets ready at Sri Annapoorani Sweets in Mylapore,Chennai on Wednesday. Picture: Akhila Easwaran/ The Hindu
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Over time, the caterers normally set store at a location in Royapettah. Nevertheless, this time, they’ve moved to Ethiraja Kalyana Mandapam in Alwarpet attributable to ongoing metro tunnelling work. 

At the moment, 11 forms of ghee sweets, six totally different revolutionary sweets (reminiscent of kesar badam cookies and rose petal cookies), and 6 forms of dry fruit-based sweets are on provide. “We welcome our clients to go to the stalls, see how the sweets are being ready and benefit from the expertise,” says Sridhar.

His son S Kamesh, says that such a setup allows them to satisfy clients whereas additionally interacting and fascinating with them. “They get to style the sweets earlier than they purchase it. A mela format will make it a memorable expertise,” he says.

Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 06/11/2023/: ( METRO PLUS ) Arusuvai caterer organised deepavali sweets mela at Vidya Bharti Kalyana Mantap in royapettah, in Chennai on Monday. Picture: Ravindran R/The Hindu
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“We offered over 5 tonnes of bakshanams final 12 months, and this 12 months we’re getting ready for a couple of tonnes extra. Yearly,conventional sweets reminiscent of athirasam, badam halwa, jangiri and mysore pak promote in massive volumes throughout Deepavali,” says Sridhar. The catering firm has tied up with three totally different courier firms who will arrange counters on the venue, for worldwide and home couriers to be despatched from the identical location.

Prospects might be served complimentary filter espresso or tea together with snacks reminiscent of bajji, bonda, amminie kozhukattai, and kuzhi paniyarams all through the day. There are reductions for company bulk orders. For particulars, name 9841115448. Open from 10am to 9pm. From October 26 to 30.

Pattappas, SVR Mandapam, Royapettah

Pattappa Catering Providers, a 45-year-old model by LV Pattappa and his son Balaji Pattappa, pioneered the idea of establishing a dwell kitchen to arrange Deepavali sweets and savouries for 33 years now.

Over the past 18 years, they’ve been hiring Hemamalini Kayana Mandapam (now, SVR) and making it simple for his or her loyalists and common clients to put their orders and accumulate them at their Deepavali sweets bazaar. The daddy-son duo, together with their prolonged household, work round the clock to make sure the preparation, gross sales and packing are seamlessly achieved.

As clients enter the venue they’re greeted by representatives who hand over a replica of the checklist of sweets and savouries for them to fill out. As they wait for his or her orders to be packed and delivered, they’ll sip on espresso and tea, whereas tasting mor kali, kichadi, vathakulambu sadam, sambar sadam, idli and dosa, served without spending a dime.

“We’ve launched the Thala Deepavali Field this 12 months attributable to excessive demand. We’ve two variations, one kilo (₹1,300) and half kilo containers (₹750). The one kilogram field has 100 grams of seven forms of particular sweets, three savories, one kai murukku and 50 grams of Deepavali marundhu. The half kilogram field has three varieties sweets, two savouries, one murukku and marundhu,” says Balaji Pattappa.

L.V. Pattappa, alongside together with his son Balaji, has been organsing the Deepavali sweets mela for the previous 28 years.
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“Yearly we observe that oldsters ship bakshanams to their little kids dwelling abroad. This has turn into an annual custom and it appears to be the one event when dad and mom get a chance to ship parcels to their kids, which is why we have now tied up with two courier firms and India Publish. Orders may be given over the cellphone and we are able to courier it, in any other case, clients can are available in individual and avail the service,” says Balaji.

Deepavali Sweets preperation at Pattappas

There are a complete of 15 forms of conventional sweets and 7 forms of savouries. Pattappas are additionally recognized for his or her paruppu thengai (manogaram, cashew and laddu) and Deepavali marundhu. “Our hottest gadgets in all these years have all the time been badam halwa, maa laadu, mysore pak, combination, boondi and kara sev,” says Balaji, who manages the bazaar supported by over 250 employees.

“This 12 months, we have now launched on-line ordering whereby clients from the world over can place order and get them delivered abroad and pan India. For many who e-book on-line in Chennai, we ship the gadgets too,” says Balaji.

For putting orders, name 9840845852. Open from 9am to 9pm. On until October 29. To order on-line, https://order.pattappas.com/

Sastha Catering Providers, Narayani Ammal Kalyana Mandapam, Mandaveli

RK Venkatesan of Sastha Catering Providers is all set to make his Deepavali Counter a memorable expertise for his clients. On October 26, he might be serving a reception dinner (priced at ₹600), and on October 27, he’ll current an elaborate ela sappad (₹550) for lunch. “The thought is to showcase our culinary expertise and selection, and when folks style our meals, they could find yourself reserving us for events. This might improve their buying expertise additionally,” says Venkatesan.

His staff is prepared with 17 forms of South Indian conventional sweets and 10 forms of savouries. Deepavali marundhu, an important side of the festivities, is priced at ₹200 for 100 grams.

Laddu and Jangri
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“We’ve elevated the charges by ₹100 because of the skyrocketing price of elements and labour. We’ve arrange courier counters to allow abroad and home couriers, andhave launched on-line ordering this 12 months to get them delivered wherever on the planet,” says Venkatesan.

Sweets are mixtures are packed on the market at Pattappas Deepavali mela
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Arusuvai Arasu Catering brings cooks from West Bengal to arrange jaggery Rasgulla.
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To position order for sweets and pre-book meals, name: 9962919460. On until October 30, 9.30am to 9pm. To order on-line,