Indian sweets from Pune, shipped to your door
Not the mass-produced boxes that already sit in American Indian grocery stores. The mithai from a specific Pune shop, bought the week it ships.
Chitale Bandhu
Pune's best-known sweet house, and the one people ask us for most. 64 items listed; a sample at the shop's own prices:
| Sweet | Price |
|---|---|
| Kaju Katli | ₹250–₹680 |
| Kaju Badam Roll | ₹360 |
| Special Burfi Combo | ₹270 |
| Mango Burfi | ₹235 |
| Malai Mysore Pak | ₹220 |
| Pedha | ₹200 |
| Besan Ladoo | ₹180 |
| Soan Papdi, Royal Anjeer | ₹150 |
And the bakarwadi, which is what most people are really after. See the full list →
Athavale's
A Pune gruha udyog making Maharashtrian sweets and farsan the way they're made at home — including a dedicated upwas range for fasting days. 82 items.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Khawa Poli (2 pcs) | ₹80 |
| Misal Mix Chivda | ₹100 |
| Special Motichur Ladoo, desi ghee | ₹150 |
| Malai / Kesari / Kandi Pedha | ₹160 |
| Amba Naral Barfi | ₹160 |
| Keshar Naral Barfi | ₹160 |
What travels well, and what doesn't
Worth knowing before you build a list. This is about shelf life in transit, not about what we're willing to buy:
| Type | Travels |
|---|---|
| Dry barfi, chivda, namkeen, soan papdi, chakali | Very well |
| Kaju katli, pedha, dry ladoo | Well |
| Khawa-based sweets, mawa modak | Time-sensitive — tell us the date you need them |
| Anything with fresh cream, or syrup-soaked | Ask first |
Don't ship snacks on their own
The most useful thing we can tell you, and it costs us an order to say it.
Couriers price a box on its size as much as its weight. Chivda, farsan, bhujia and wafers weigh almost nothing but are mostly air and can't be compressed — so a box of them is billed as though it were heavy. Ten dollars of snacks can genuinely cost seventy dollars to ship.
Dense sweets — barfi, pedha, ladoo — are far better behaved than snack packets, because they pack tight. If you are ordering food alone, weight it towards those.