What we make, and when

Makar Sankranti is the winter harvest festival, and in Koraput it is a til-and-jaggery day. Through the week around it, Bidhan makes extra dry sweets and laddu at both counters, because that is what households buy to carry between houses. Order boxes two days ahead; the counter is busiest from 7:00 AM on the day itself.

What we make

• Besan laddu
• Boondi laddu
• Soan papdi
• Milk cake

Order boxes two days ahead. The counter is busiest from 7am on the day itself.

Raja is Odisha’s own festival, and the one where pitha matters more than anything else. It runs for three days in mid-June, families are at home, and sweet trays move between houses continuously. Bidhan runs both counters at full capacity through all three days, and kilo orders should be placed at least three days ahead.

What we make

• Chhena poda
• Malpua
• Chandrakala
• Rasgulla

Three days of very high demand. Place kg orders at least three days ahead.

Rath Yatra is the largest religious date in the Odia calendar. In Koraput it means early mornings, prasad quantities and a long queue at both counters for rasgulla and chhena sweets.

What we make

• Rasgulla
• Rasabali
• Chhena jhili
• Khaja-style dry sweets

Both outlets open early. Bulk prasad orders need three days.

Ganesh Puja is a laddu festival, and in Sunabeda it is also a pandal festival — most of what leaves the counter goes to a puja committee rather than a household.

What we make

• Motichoor laddu
• Boondi laddu
• Modak-style sweets
• Milk cake

Committee orders of 10kg and above should be placed a week ahead.

Durga Puja is five continuous days of high demand across both outlets, with the Semiliguda dining room full through the evening and the sweets counter running from open to close.

What we make

• Sandesh
• Rasgulla
• Kalakand
• Chhena poda
• Full assortment boxes

The busiest week of the year. Wedding-scale orders need a week or more.

Diwali is the corporate and gifting peak. Most of the work in the week before is boxes — assortments packed to a fixed weight for offices, the HAL township and families sending sweets outside the district.

What we make

• Kaju barfi
• Dry fruit laddu
• Milk cake
• Soan papdi
• Assorted gift boxes

Corporate gifting should be confirmed at least ten days ahead. Rate card available on request.

Kartik Purnima closes the Kartik month, which many families in Koraput observe as a vegetarian month. Demand shifts almost entirely to sweets and tiffin for those four weeks.

What we make

• Nauka bhog
• Chhena poda
• Kheer-based sweets
• Pitha

The whole of Kartik is a vegetarian-heavy month at both counters.