Saibaba Sweets

Saibaba Sweets is located right on Kalyan Road, near the Assbibi Dargah. If you walk past Liberty Garden Road No 1, you’ll probably smell the sugar and the frying long before you see the shop. We start very early in the morning, usually while it's still dark out, to get the fresh batches of milk and flour ready. The kitchen is in the back, and it gets really hot once the big stoves are turned on. We make all the usual things—pedas, barfis, and some savory snacks too. It’s a busy place, especially in the evenings when people are heading home from work and want to pick something up for their families. We have a few glass counters that we spend a lot of time cleaning because of all the fingerprints. The staff is mostly local guys who have been with us for years. We don't have a fancy seating area; it’s mostly people standing around or taking boxes to go. Sometimes we run out of the popular items by midday, and we have to tell people to wait for the next batch. We don't use any special machines for most of it; it's still done by hand with big ladles and trays. It’s hard work on your feet all day, but we like seeing the same faces coming in week after week. It’s a simple life selling sweets to the neighborhood and making sure the display stays full for the next customer.