Rajesh Jariwala Balaji Sweets & Catering

You can find us at Ichcha Mehta Street in Sagrampura, over near Manjura Gate. The name is Rajesh Jariwala Balaji Sweets & Catering. We do both sweets and the bigger catering jobs. Making sweets is a whole different world compared to cooking big meals. It takes a lot of patience and standing over hot pots of milk for hours. The shop smells like sugar and cardamom most of the time. We get our milk delivered fresh every day, and if it’s late, it throws the whole schedule off. Sagrampura is a tight-knit area and we see the same faces every day walking down the street. We started out small, just making a few things for neighbors, but it grew into a full business. The kitchen is always sticky and there are always trays of sweets cooling on the racks. When we have a catering order, the whole place goes into a bit of a frenzy. We have to balance the walk-in customers wanting a box of barfi with the guys trying to pack up large containers of dal and rice. It is a juggling act for sure. We don't have any big mission statement or anything. We just make the food, sell the sweets, and try to keep the kitchen clean enough to start again tomorrow. It is hard work but it is what we know.