To make Raksha Bandhan celebrations special, city’s bakeries and sweet shops are offering a range of innovative mithais, fusion desserts and healthy gift hampers while following all the safety measures.

Mafix Cakes and Bakes has introduced an array of fusion cakes with traditional mithai flavours. Abhinav Thukral, the owner, says, “There are loads of variety when it comes to Indian desserts, but we need to keep reinventing flavours keeping the new age client in mind. So to give a contemporary flavour to a typical Indian mithai, we have introduced a wide variety of fusion cakes like Rasmalai Cake, Gulabjamun Cake, Thandai Cake and Motichoor Cake. Also available are eggless cookies, brownie cookies and other gift hampers for Raksha Bandhan.”

OTH at C-Scheme is offering gift hampers with the perfect blend of sweet and savoury products. Dushyant Singh, the owner, says, “It includes multigrain bread, brownie, walnut tart, basil pesto sauce and pizza sauce jars. These have a good shelf-life of eight to 10 days, so these gift hampers make for a great gifting option.”

For the health-conscious Jaipurites, several eateries in the city have introduced festive snacks, which are high in vitamins and fibres. Vishal Jalani of Brown Sugar says, “We have gift hampers that include healthy snacks like oats cookies, buckwheat cookies, wheat and jaggery cakes.” Rinku Joshi, the owner of Mamu’s Infusion in C-Scheme, adds, “We have a wide array of food items to choose from, including masala garlic loaf, lavash, soup sticks, cookies and cakes. And people are buying in bulk these give to their siblings.”