Bhai Dooj falls on Wednesday, 11 November, the last of the five days of Diwali. If you've spent the week on festival hampers (we sorted those by recipient in our Diwali gifting guide, and laid out the whole festival in Five Days of Diwali), this is the quieter, more personal one. One sibling, one gift, and a visit that usually ends with chai.
Polka Foods sells ready-made hampers in its Bundle collection and individual cookies and rusk in the Gifting & Festive collection. Below, the options are sorted by what your brother or sister is like. Prices are what's listed at the time of writing (6 November 2026), so check the product page before you order.
What Makes a Good Bhai Dooj Gift
Traditionally, sisters apply the tilak and brothers bring a gift, though plenty of siblings now swap them in both directions. Either way, the best Bhai Dooj gifts share three qualities. They're easy to carry to a family lunch. They're something the person will really use. And they can be shared at the table, because Bhai Dooj is rarely a one-on-one affair.
A snack hamper does all three. There's no size to guess and no taste to second-guess, and the box can be opened on the spot while the tea is being made. It also helps if you gave your sibling a box at Raksha Bandhan (our Rakhi gifting guide covers that one). Pick a different mix this time, and the second gift feels new instead of repeated.
A quick way to set the budget: single cookie packs in the Gifting & Festive collection run from about Rs. 280 to Rs. 330, the ready-made chai and namkeen boxes sit between roughly Rs. 750 and Rs. 900, and the two larger sweet hampers below are between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 1,200. If you're buying for more than one household, the pack-of-three option lowers the per-pack price. Kaju Pista Cookies, for example, are Rs. 921 for three instead of Rs. 990.
For the Sweet-Toothed Sibling
If your sibling is the one who finishes the mithai box first, start with the Heritage Indulgence Box (Rs. 1,178). It holds Desi Ghee Atta Patti Cookies (360g), Crispy Rusk (600g), Eggless Cake Rusk (360g) and Kaju Pista Cookies (360g). The atta patti is Polka's "Heritage Home Cookie," a ghee cookie that tastes like it came out of a home kitchen, and the kaju pista cookies are the richest thing in the box.
The Festive Gifting Box (Rs. 1,025) is the other strong choice. It pairs Desi Ghee Atta Patti Cookies with Rich Dry Fruit Cookies (400g), a spiced Corn Raffles namkeen and French Heart Puff, so the box is rich but never one-note.
Prefer to pick the pieces yourself? The Gifting & Festive collection has Milk Almond Cookies (Rs. 300) and Butter Kaju Cookies (Rs. 290) alongside Kaju Pista (Rs. 330), Rich Dry Fruit (Rs. 330) and the Premium Nawabi Fruit Biscuit (400g, Rs. 280). Our guide to building your own snack bundle walks through how to mix them, and Beyond Rakhi covers the same idea for festive boxes.
For the Chai-and-Crunch Sibling
Some people judge a gift by whether it survives a dunk. For them, the Evening Chai Spread (Rs. 751) is the safe bet: Crispy Rusk, Eggless Cake Rusk, French Heart Puff and Chatpata Cone Namkeen, the last one there to end the tray on a sharper note.
For a sibling with a bigger household, the Chai Time Medley (Rs. 826) stretches further. It has Tea Rusk (600g), Masala Marori Khari, French Heart Puff, Handmade Atta Patti Cookies and Roasted Makhana Fusion, so there's a bit of everything on the table.
If your sibling has children, Kids' Tiffin Treats (Rs. 814) is the box the nieces and nephews will fight over. It has French Heart Puff, Oat and Cranberry Cookies, Millet Kaju Pista Cookie, Atta Rusk, Chatpata Cone Namkeen and Corn Raffles. The Kids Corner collection has more single packs in the same spirit, and our guide to snack bundles for every occasion shows where the tiffin box fits.
If you'd like to add a single pack to any of these, Crispy Rusk (Rs. 220) is the usual choice. The Tea Time Favourites collection lists the rest of the rusks and khari, and our posts on tea-time favourites and crispy rusks explain how they differ.
For the Spice Lover
Every family has one sibling who reaches for the namkeen bowl first. The Chat-Pat Chatter Box (Rs. 786) is built for them, with Millet Bhujia Mint, Corn Raffles, Quinoa Fingers and Chatpata Cone Namkeen. The mint bhujia is there to cool things down between the hotter items. If you're not sure which namkeen your sibling would pick, our bestsellers roundup shows which ones customers reorder most.
For something a little different, the Better-For-You Namkeen Box (Rs. 889) holds Roasted Quinoa Finger, Makhana Crisps in Cream & Onion, Millet Bhujia Mint and Roasted Makhana Fusion. For a smaller gift, a pack of two Ajwain Fan Khari or Masala Marori Khari is Rs. 255. Browse the full Khari & Namkeen collection for more, and look out for our upcoming guide to the savoury range.
Sending a Hamper Across Cities
Bhai Dooj often means siblings in different cities, so a lot of these hampers travel by courier instead of by hand. Order to the sibling's own address, and give them a heads-up so someone is home to receive it.
If delivery can't make Wednesday, a hamper that lands a few days later is still a welcome follow-up, and you can call on the day itself. Start with the Gifting & Festive collection for single packs or the Bundle collection for ready-made boxes.