From health-conscious food hampers to baklavas and teas, here’s your festive gift guide

Diwali is way more than a competition. It’s a melange of reminiscences, feelings and a celebration that binds everybody collectively. Whereas most of you are not stepping out as a lot as you want to, the festivities should not cease, and neither ought to the custom of exchanging presents that everybody appears to be like ahead to on this event. However, in fact, extra cautiously.

To make sure that the competition is simply as vivid, INDULGE has put collectively a gifting information. We now have some nice choices for all of the health-conscious, and what’s extra, is that these things might be ordered from the consolation of your property. 

1. The Complete Fact

For Diwali, The Complete Fact has launched Protein Bar-Fis – a pure, clear, veg and moral Diwali barfi. Every Bar-Fi is definitely a mini protein bar, crammed with dry fruits like cashews, almonds, dates & berries (all-natural, no added sugar). They even do the job of Kaju Katli since greater than 40% of those Bar-Fis are simply cashews. Customers have two choices to select from – one in all 16 Bar-Fis and the opposite with 10 Bar-Fis. Every field comes with scented candles.

Worth: INR 750 onwards
Availability: thewholetruthfoods.com

2. Hurrem’s

Ship a style of Turkey to your family members this festive season with Hurrem’s which has launched a variety of luxe reward hampers to take your celebrations a couple of notches increased. Their hampers, obtainable in numerous choices, include a wide range of genuine sweets and confectioneries, together with 100% vegetarian and handcrafted Turkish baklava, lokums i.e. conventional Turkish Delights in addition to beautiful dates, premium nuts and dried fruits.

Hurrem’s has additionally launched a bespoke gifting possibility, The Krall Luxurious Hamper (INR 20000 onwards), which comprises the perfect of Hurrem’s signature choices and is packaged in probably the most lovely hand-painted and hand-carved wood containers.

Worth: INR 500 onwards
Availability: Hurrem’s Turkish Baklava Confectionery at Fort, Mumbai and Foodhall at Linking Street, Mumbai

Associated: With Hurrem’s, India gets its first authentic Turkish Baklava store in Mumbai

3. Bateel

With natural date farms nestled in a fertile oasis of Saudi Arabia, Bateel brings the perfect from tree to desk by reworking a desert fruit into indulgent luxurious. Filled with important minerals together with calcium, iron,
zinc, copper, magnesium and excessive ranges of potassium – Dates are thought of a whole superfood.

Worth: INR 2830 onwards 
Availability: bateel.com

4. Epiphany Snacks 

This Diwali, exchange your conventional dry fruit choices with revolutionary and flavoursome dry fruit clusters from Epiphany Snacks. Packaged with all-natural components, Epiphany Snacks – a wholesome and vegan snacking model brings a wide range of gifting hampers. Whereas Epiphany Festive Reward Set are assortments of all 4 product variants particularly, Blueberry Almond Crisps, Cranberry Almond Crisps, California Pistachio Crunch and Almond Vanilla Crunch, the Epiphany Festive Duo Reward Set includes of two variants every of the well being snack whereas the Mini Reward Set consists of mini packs of all 4 variants. The hamper of well being is available in eco-friendly packaging in wood and cardboard containers. 

Worth: INR 449 onwards
Availability: epiphanysnacks.com

5. La Folie

To spoil your family members rotten, Chef Sanjana Patel and her staff at La Folie have put collectively a choice of bean to bar goodies, enrobed pralines, confitures, macarons, celebration desserts and extra for its Diwali hampers which might be fully customizable. Whereas Shades of Pleasure consists of 1 bean-to-bar chocolate, 1 jar coated nuts and 1 field of cookies, all, of your selection, Grandeur Affection presents an assorted field of candy goodies. 

Worth: INR 1000 onwards
Availability: Lafolie.in

6. The Reward Studio

The Reward Studio specialises in luxurious reward hampers, rigorously curated to match sensibilities of your family members. Whereas Netflix & Chill Trunk (INR 6799) comprises pleasant snacks that act as the proper accompaniment for an evening (&day) of Netflix binging – from savoury to goodies and even espresso, its On Cloud Wine (INR 9,999) hamper comprises a bottle of crimson wine and an array of tacky nibbles that go amazingly properly with wine. For all health-conscious folks on the market, it additionally has a Farmer’s Market Fruit Hamper (INR 2,749) and a Vegan Goodie Field (INR 4,299). 

Availability: www.thegiftstudio.com, delivering to Mumbai and Kolkata. 

7. Nourish Organics

Nourish Organics, a homegrown clear meals firm, has curated gifting hampers with a variety of their signature merchandise which might be freed from processed sugar, preservatives, genetically modified meals, trans-fats or synthetic flavour. These hampers include gadgets like Onion Poha, Fig Amaranth Cookies, Honey Roasted Almonds, Honey Roasted Walnuts, Omega Seed Combine and Cocoa Crunch Granola.

Worth: INR 1120 onwards
Availability: Nourishorganics.in

8. Sequel

Thoughtfully curated by founder Vanika Choudhary, Sequel’s festive hampers that can make a really perfect reward for the health-conscious foodies in your life. The Diwali hamper comprises cacao & pistachio truffles, granola, blended seed & chocolate florentines, smoked apple chutney, Gondhraj lemon & vanilla madeleines, important oil-infused soy-wax diyas and, in step with present instances, a bottle of pure, alcohol-free sanitizer.

Worth: INR 3500
Out there through 24 hours of pre-order solely at its BKC, Kala Ghoda and Bandra shops for pick-up, and on sequelmumbai.in. Name 7506677710 to position your order. 

9. Conventional Mithais

a. ITC Grand Central/ITC Maratha

With the festive fervour setting in, ITC Inns has curated a choice of festive delicacies to have a good time Diwali. The limited-edition hamper is hand made to perfection by their in-house cooks.

Worth: INR 2200 onwards
To e-book, name 02267045118 and 02228303030

b. JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu

For Diwali, JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu has an beautiful assortment of thoughtfully curated reward hampers, at value factors to fulfill a wide range of budgets. It is Diwali with Marriott reward hamper consists of six beautiful and punctiliously chosen Indian sweets (Cocotango, Nut Island, The Rosette, Silver Pistachio, The Golden Date and Gurh Mewa) 

Worth: INR 2500 onwards
To e-book, name 9004616506

10. Tea

There can’t be a greater reward possibility than a pack of varied teas for the tea lovers on the market! Fortunately, there are fairly a couple of manufacturers to indulge these tea connoisseurs in unique aromas and flavours. 
 
a. Herbea teas

Curated protecting in thoughts the various modern-day sensibilities and way of life necessities, Herbea presents seven totally different variants, together with Diges-tea for higher digestion, Stabili-tea for combating diabetes by sustaining sugar steadiness, Detox-tea for eradicating impurities from physique, Cooling-tea for cooling the thoughts from hectic schedule, Immuni-tea for serving to enhance immunity, De-stress tea to relax the nerves, Agili-tea for higher metabolism. The teas are manufactured from components endorsed as extremely efficient within the science of Ayurveda similar to fennel, punarnava, nation rose, ananta, coriander, amla, triphala, ginger, amongst many others. 

b. Tea Trunk’s Navratna Tea Assortment

Tea Trunk’s Navratna Reward Field is an exquisitely designed, paper-art field that’s impressed by the wealthy treasures of India’s gardens. The field holds a set of 9 distinctive and fully pure tea blends and herbs, sourced instantly from gardens throughout the nation. Fastidiously picked by tea sommelier Snigdha Manchanda, every pack of tea is picked protecting in thoughts the style profiles of the components and their distinct well being advantages. As an example, the Saffron Kahwa Inexperienced Tea and Apple Spice Black Tea are good winter-time drinks, whereas Rose Petals and Marigold Inexperienced Tea are good for reinforcing digestion after a giant, festive lunch.

Worth: INR 799
Availability: teatrunk.in

c. Teabox

Created across the theme  ‘Wellness with Custom’, each gift-box by Teabox is curated with beautiful blends which might be full of immunity-boosting, wholesome, healthful teas which might be impressed by custom. Whereas Masala Indian Chai is blended with herbs and spices which might be identified to help the immune system, Kashmiri Kahwa, identified for its notes of saffron and almonds, not solely make an beautiful cup of tea but additionally has a number of well being advantages. There’s additionally Paan Rose impressed by our lengthy custom of mouth freshner, and Rose Mist, blended with an unique Darjeeling white tea, that are identified for his or her well being properties since they’re the least processed. 

Worth: INR 279 onwards
Availability: teabox.com 

11. Espresso 

Nonetheless, if your mates desire espresso. Listed below are two choices:

a. Starbucks Diwali Mix

Made with hand-selected espresso from Valparai, Jumboor and Suntikoppa estates within the verdant hills of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Starbucks Diwali Mix is developed particularly for patrons in India. This distinctive mix incorporates a balanced acidity, heat notes of cocoa, a syrupy physique with notes of chocolate and hints of spice and stone fruit. Additionally it is the second Starbucks entire bean espresso to be solely sourced, roasted and packaged in India, following the launch of Starbucks India Estates Mix in 2013.

Worth: INR 850
Availability: All Starbucks shops

b. Araku

Constructed from espresso beans hand-picked by farmers within the Araku valley (Andhra Pradesh) and roasted to perfection, Araku espresso has been acknowledged the world over for its distinctive flavour. For Diwali, Araku has an array of gifting choices. Whereas its espresso break reward field comprises a tin of its signature espresso and a set of hanging blue cappuccino cups, its espresso debates reward field carries two Espresso variants, Signature and Grand Reserve, and a set of lovely inexperienced mugs.

Worth: INR 2200 onwards
Availability: arakucoffee.in