Indian sweets
Varieties of Indian Sweet
Barfi
Barfi is a sweet made of dried milk with ground cashews or pistachios.
Chena Murki
Chena murki sweet made from milk and sugar available in Indian province of Orissa. The milk is boiled for a long time and condensed. Sugar is added and the sweet is given a round shape. It is also known by many Bangladeshi and Guyanese people as pera.
Chikki
Gulab Jamun
Gulab Jamun, one of the most popular Indian sweets.
Gulab Jamun is an Indian dessert made out of fried milk balls in sweet syrup.
Khaja
Khaja is a sweet food of Orissa and Bihar states in India. Refined wheat flour, sugar and oils are the chief ingredients of khaja.
It is believed that, even 2000 years ago, Khajas were prepared in the southern side of the Gangetic Plains of Bihar. These areas which are home to khaja, once comprised the central part of Maurya and Gupta empires. Presently, Khajas are prepared and sold in the city of Patna, Gaya and several other places across the state of Bihar. Khajas of the Silao and Rajgir are known for their puffiness.
Khajas have travelled to some other parts of India, including Andhra Pradesh. Khaja of Kakinada is a coastal town of Andhra Pradesh. At first, a paste is made out of wheat flour, mawa and oil. It is then deep fried until crisp. Then a sugar syrup is made which is known as “pak”. The crisp croissants are then soaked in the sugar syrup until they absorb the sugar syrup. In Kakinada Khaja, it is made dry from outside and full of sugar syrup from inside and is juicy.
Kulfi
Kheer
Indian rice pudding, also known as kheer
Kheer is an Indian rice pudding (Indian pudding).
Laddu
Motichoor Ladoo is a popular variant.
Laddu (sometimes transliterated as laddoo) is made of flour and other ingredients formed into balls that are dipped in sugar syrup. The popularity of Laddu is due to its ease of preparation.
Variations in the preparation of Laddu result in a spectrum of tastes. Laddu is often made to celebrate festivals or household events such as weddings.
Malpoa
Malpoa is available in several versions prepared in areas of India, including one from Bengal and Orissa that is typically a cream pancake deep fried with raisins and sugar syrup.
Motichoor
Motichoor Ka Ladoo is a sweet food of the central Bihar made from grilled gram flour flakes which are sweetened, mixed with almonds, pressed into balls and fried in ghee. Originally from Maner, a small town near Patna, it is now made and consumed throughout India and Pakistan. It is a traditional gift at weddings, engagements and births.
Narkel Naru
Narkel Naru is a dessert from Bengal. They are ball-shaped and made from khoa/condensed milk and coconut, a traditional food during pujas such as the Lakshmi Puja, consumed throughout India.
Parwal Ki Mithai
Parwal Ki Mithai is a dry sweet made of parwal. The outer covering is made of parwal, and the filling is made of milk products. It is rather popular in Bihar, but also found in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Pathishapta
Pathishapta is a Bengali dessert. The final dish is a rolled pancake that is stuffed with a filling often made of coconut, milk, cream, and jaggery from the date palm. These desserts are consumed in Thailand as well.
Payasam
Payasam (or Kheer as it is called in Hindi) has been a cultural dish throughout the history of India, being usually found at ceremonies, feasts and celebrations. In southern India, ancient traditions maintain that a wedding is not fully blessed if Payasam is not served at the wedding feast.
Rasgulla
Rasgulla, a popular sweet dish made from cottage cheese.
Rasgulla is a popular relished sweetmeats in India, originated in Orissa, in the eastern region of the country, but was made known to the outside world by Nobin Chandra Das of Kolkata. Originally a dessert in Orissa for centuries, this dish made its way to West Bengal when the Oriya cooks started migrating to West Bengal in search of jobs, bringing along the recipe. It was only then that Nobin Chandra Das of Kolkata modified its recipe to give it its current form. This dish is produced by the boiling of small balls of casein in sugar syrup. This sweet dessert can be found in many eastern Indian households.
Shrikhand
Shrikhand is a creamy dessert made out of strained yogurt, from which all water is drained off, leaving the thick yogurt cream by itself. Adding dry fruits like mangoes enhances the Shrikhand taste. It is a Western India traditional dish, and it has ancient roots in the Indian cuisine.
Other Indian Sweets
Nollen Sandesh
Sohan papdi
Other traditional Indian sweets and desserts famous throughout the history of Indian food include:
Mysore Pak (a dessert made out of ghee, sugar and chick pea flour), Halwa (Persian dessert or Halva in modern English spelling; made out of flour, butter and sugar
Halwa is a popular Indian dessert that have spread in every corner of the World)
Kulfi (often referred to as Indian ice cream) is made out of boiled milk and a wide variety of mango kesar or cardamom flavors,
Jalebi, a popular sweet in Delhi, India.
Jalebi
Jangiri
In Orissa, several chhena based confections, such as Chhena Kheeri, Chhena Jalebi, Rasaballi, and Chenna Poda are consumed. Badushah is a sweet popular in South India.
See also
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