Pulla Reddy Sweets

Pulla Reddy Sweets is a Hyderabad sweet-shop chain selling traditional Andhra and Telangana sweets, with a branch on Road No. 10 in Jubilee Hills and further branches around the city. It is a retail shop rather than a restaurant, and it is popular with locals buying gifts for festivals and with visitors seeking an authentic taste of regional sweets to take home. Jubilee Hills is a leafy residential and dining district in the west of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, so the branch is easy to combine with other food and shopping stops in the neighbourhood. The cuisine is Indian sweets, with a focus on Telugu specialities. Ghee Mysore pak, a rich, crumbly sweet made from gram flour, sugar and clarified butter, is a signature item. Kaju barfi, a fudge-like sweet made from cashew, is another staple, and bobbatlu, a flat sweet flatbread filled with lentil and jaggery, is a traditional Andhra festival dish. Pootharekulu, the paper-thin rice-starch sheets rolled around sugar and dry fruits, come from the Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh and are one of the most distinctive sweets on offer. The chain also sells savoury snacks. Sweets are bought by weight and boxed, and the shop works as a retail counter with no dining room, so it is not a place to sit for a meal. The atmosphere is busy and festive around holidays, with a moderate noise level and no dress code, and there are no reservations. Prices are low to moderate, at about ₹100-500 per person, roughly $1-5, depending on the quantity bought, and shops are open daily from about 8AM to 10PM. The ground-floor retail counters are straightforward to reach. Visitors should check that the branch they plan to visit is still trading before travelling, as with many chains. The sweets keep well and box neatly, which makes them convenient gifts, and travellers who want to sample Telugu sweets in a single visit can ask for a mixed selection by weight.