Saturday, 10 January 2015

Making of Dharwad Pedha Dabba



Mom had seen them in one of her friend’s daughter’s engagement; in fact that dabba was kept for a long time as sample. It was my turn to get engaged and she wanted to distribute the pedhas in the same sort of dabbas but of different shape. You know, women can easily take up an idea and give it a different look just to say ‘ours is different’. Theirs was square box but ours was round!

Dharwad pedha needs no introduction to the sweet loving Kannadigas but for the outsiders, let me tell you, this is a special sweet delicacy which has a legacy of 175 years and has won over the hearts of many. For getting the pedha there was no problem as we lived in the same city (Dharwad) but we did not get the dabbas in round shape. Finally bro had to bring them from Bengaluru Raja Market, a paradise for craft items

My task started; Drafting, printing, cutting and pasting the stickers. Of course it was a tedious job but at the end of the day there was a feeling of accomplishment. 





Look at those colourful pedha dabbas ready to share my mom’s happiness.


After some days when I happened to visit some of my mom’s friends’ home they were using the dabbas for different purposes. Some used as Kumkum dabba, some as milk dabba which is used for doing gejjevastra and others kept as a sample for their children’s event.

I have one with me also to cherish the beautiful occasion.





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