Eid Gifts: Great options
Saris and suits are popular Eid gifts. For those willing to shell out that extra taka, little pieces of jewellery will do the trick, while perfumes and cosmetics are great options.
Ornate quilted rugs for best friends are welcome. For that personal touch, home-made halwa, micro-oven cooked fat-free shami kababs, cooked meals such as shepherd's pie or some trifles made from jello and fruit are always relished. Some friends of Persian origin love to put many almonds and currants in shemai, a popular dessert always relished.
A short trip to Cox's Bazaar, or to Sylhet doesn't mean a drastic dip into the family savings. Giving cookery books or even handing an uncle a set of books on the two World Wars are warmly received as are sets of pens and pencils. Also welcome are caged mynahs, a pair of rabbits or even potted cactus.
For the more imaginative, a bottle of branded eau de cologne will do just as well. What could win hearts are also small objects like handmade dolls, fashioned from bits of fabrics and some leftover wool.
Delicacies like fruit cake or a small, elegantly wrapped gift will do for the occasion of Eid. A boneless hilsa, cooked in the pressure cooker and eaten for days, is welcome as are bottles of achar (pickles), chutney or jam. Similarly, paper lanterns and a set of beads – neatly arranged in a cute gold and silver box, collected from left-over perfumes from overseas -- can be ideal Eid gifts.
Popping in to friends to sample biryani or hapshi halwa or even coconut barfi and gajrela spells fun as does delicious alu-puri.
Yes, Eid is for prayers. But it adds a touch of fun to visit family and friends, and let one's hair down after weeks of fasting.
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