Emirates will serve traditional Diwali sweets in all cabin classes on flights between Dubai and nine Indian cities on November 7 and 8, the airline said on Wednesday.

The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata and Mumbai. Premium Economy and Economy passengers will get motichoor laddu, a sweet made from chickpea flour pearls soaked in sugar syrup and flavoured with cardamom and saffron, served with their hot meal, according to Emirates. 

First and Business Class passengers will also be served kaju pista roll, a cashew and pistachio sweet flavoured with rose and wrapped in edible silver leaf, the airline said.

From November 3 to 8, Emirates’ First and Business Class lounges in Dubai will serve a selection of Indian dishes, the airline said. These include vada pav with tamarind and mint chutneys and desserts such as malai sandwich, mango delight, malai roll and gajar ka halwa. First Class customers can also order a Spicy Saffron Martini or an Iced Masala Cooler mocktail, it said.

Business Class lounges in Dubai will also serve vegetable keema samosa, onion kachori and paneer potli samosa, followed by balushahi, mango rajbhog and mini kesari rasgullas, according to Emirates. The airline said lounges in Cape Town and Johannesburg will serve coconut ice, barfi and jalebi.

On its inflight entertainment system, ice, Emirates said it offers up to 157 Indian films, including the Bollywood titles Mardaani 3, Mayasabha - The Hall of Illusion and Coolie, as well as regional films in nine languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali and Gujarati. The system also carries 14 Indian TV programmes and 40 Indian albums and playlists, the airline said.

Source: PR