Home-made indian sweets for orders and festivals

Local families, Indian community groups, workplaces and hosts of weddings, pujas and festivals such as Diwali, Raksha Bandhan and Eid.

Price per box or per kilo, with larger orders for events. Festival seasons bring spikes, so repeat customers and pre-orders help smooth out quieter months.

• Cooking traditional sweets with consistent quality
• Food safety and hygiene
• Social media and word-of-mouth marketing
• Planning batches around orders

• Council food business registration and kitchen inspection rules differ by state and council, so check before you sell
• A food safety supervisor and food handler training may be required, check your state rules
• Labelling rules, including allergens such as nuts and dairy, which are common in these sweets
• Public liability and product liability insurance
• Home-based business approval may be needed from your council

Startup costs are estimated at typically around $1,000 to $5,000, depending on your kitchen setup and how much you invest in equipment, packaging and promotion. Check first whether your home kitchen can be approved or whether you need to rent one.

Monthly revenue is estimated at typically around $800 to $4,000, depending on how many orders you take and the box sizes you sell. These are revenue figures, not profit, and ingredient and other costs come out of that.

Check council food business registration and kitchen inspection rules, which differ by state and council. Also check food safety supervisor and food handler training, allergen labelling (nuts and dairy are common), home-based business approval, and public and product liability insurance.