List of Indian sweets and desserts
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This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in
silver leaf.[1]
North
Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
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Arisa Pitha
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Rice flour, Jaggery | Fried, jaggery based | |
Apple Halwa[2] | Apple, Milk, Ghee | Halva | |
Boondi | Gram flour (besan), ghee, sugar. | Sugar syrup based | |
Gajar Paak | Carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, cashews and raisins. | Halva | |
Ghevar | Flour, ghee, kewra, milk, clarified butter, sugar, almonds, pistachio, saffron, green cardamom.[3] | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Gulab jamun | Fried milk balls soaked in sweet syrup, such as rose syrup or honey.[4] | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Imarti | Sugar syrup, lentil flour. | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Jalebi | Dough fried in a coil shape dipped in sugar syrup, often taken with milk, tea, yogurt, or lassi.[5] | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Kaju katli | Barfi | ||
Kalakand | Milk, cottage cheese. | Burfi | |
Kheer | A rice pudding made with milk, rice, sugar and dried fruits[7] | Pudding | |
Khirmohan
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Chhena, sugar, semolina, water. | Sugar syrup based | |
Kulfi[8] | An ice cream made with milk and sugar, with a variety of flavours such as mango, saffron, or cardamom.[9] | Ice cream | |
Laddu | Gram flour (besan), ghee, sugar. | Laddu | |
Lassi | Yogurt, milk, nuts, can be made with mango. | Yogurt drink | |
Motichoor laddu | Besan flour , sugar.
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Laddu | |
Makhan Bada | Maida flour , yogurt, oil, sugar.
|
Sugar syrup based | |
Malpua | Wheat or rice flour.[10] | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Nankhatai | Refined flour, besan, ghee, powdered sugar, yogurt green cardamom seeds. | Baked | |
Petha | Firm white pumpkin, sugar, kitchen lime, alum powder. | Sugar syrup based | |
Phirni | Rice, sugar, nuts. | Pudding | |
Rabri | Boiled condensed milk, sugar, spices and nuts.[11] | Pudding | |
Sheera
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Semolina, ghee, nuts, milk. | Pudding | |
Singori | Khoa, coconut, molu leaf. | Milk-based | |
Sohan halwa | Corn flour, ghee, dry fruits. | Halva | |
pateesa
|
Besan flour .
|
Barfi | |
Bihari Makuti | Moong Dal, Milk. | Pudding. |
East
Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
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Amriti
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Deep fried vigna mungo, sugar syrup. | Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Cham cham
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Flour, cream, sugar, saffron, lemon juice, coconut flakes. | Milk-based | |
Chandrapuli | Khoa, sugar, ghee, coconut flakes. | Coconut and milk based | |
Chhena gaja | Chhena, sugar, ghee. | Milk-based | |
Chhena jalebi | Chhena, sugar, ghee. | Milk-based | |
Chhena Jhili | whole milk, refined flour, powdered sugar, cardamom, oil/ghee for deep frying | Milk based | |
Chhena kheeri | Chhena, sugar, milk. | Milk-based | |
Chhena poda | Sugar, chenna cheese. | Milk-based | |
Chuda Ghasa | Rice Flakes (Poha), Sugar powder or Jaggery, Desi Ghee, Grated fresh Coconut, Pepper Powder, big cardamon powder, Dry fruits Optional | Flatten rice/rice flakes, sugar/jaggery, ghee based | |
Coconut Barfi | Made from coconut, fine ground sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and milk. | Coconut and milk based | |
Jaynagarer Moa | gur, cow ghee, Kanakchur khoi | Fried and Rice-based | |
Kheer sagar
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Chenna, condensed milk, sugar, saffron, cardamom. | Milk-based | |
Kolar Bora | banana, coconut, maida, sugar, oil | Fried and Banana-based | |
Labanga latika
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cloves and sugar
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Fried and sugar-syrup based | |
Ledikeni | Chhena, sugar, ghee. | Milk-based | |
Lyangcha | Flour, fried milk power, sugar syrup. | Milk-based | |
Malapua (dessert)
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Yogurt, refined flour, ghee, fennel seeds. | Milk-based | |
Mihidana | Besan flour, sugar, ghee .
|
Fried, sugar syrup based | |
Misti doi
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Yogurt, jaggery. | Milk-based | |
Pantua | Chhena, sugar, ghee | Milk-based | |
Pithe
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Rice flour. | Milk-based | |
Puri Khaja | Refined flour (maida), pure ghee, sugar, refined cooking oil for frying
(Pure ghee may also be used for frying) Salt to taste |
Ghee and refined flour-based | |
Rabri | Sweetened milk. | Milk-based | |
Rasabali | Chenna, sweetened milk. | Milk-based | |
Ras malai | Chhena, reduced milk, pistachio | Milk-based | |
Rasgulla | Chhena, sugar | Milk-based | |
Sandesh | Made from cheese, kneaded with fine ground sugar and molasses.[12] | Milk-based | |
Sarpuria | cream, sugar, maida, gheecardamom powder | Fried and Milk-based | |
Sirir naru | jaggery and gram flour, mustard oil for deep fry | Jaggery based | |
Shorbhaja | sugar, cream, ghee, maida | Fried, milk and sugar syrup-based | |
Sitabhog | Chhena, rice flour, sugar, vermicelli/rice | Fried, rice, and sugar-syrup based |
South
Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
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Ada | Rice flour, grated coconut, jaggery or sugar | ||
Ada pradhaman | Rice Ada, coconut milk, jaggery, nuts, raisins, cardamom | ||
Adhirasam/Khajjaya/Ariselu | Rice flour, jaggery, ghee, vegetable oil, elachi | ||
Arcot Makkan Peda | Khoa, Maida, Sugar, cardamon powder, stuffed with nuts | Similar to Arcot, Tamil Nadu
| |
Bandar laddu | Besan, jaggery, cardamom powder, ghee, cashews and raisins, jaggery syrup, sugar | Laddu, popular in Machilipatanam, Andhra Pradesh[13] | |
Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai | Nuts (usually peanuts), jaggery | ||
Dharwad Pedha
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Milk, Sugar, Dharwadi buffalo milk | Burfi
| |
Double ka Meetha
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Loaf bread, milk | ||
Gavvalu
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Rice flour | ||
Jaangiri
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Black gram
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Fry syrup based | |
Kakinada Kaaja | Wheat flour, sugar | ||
Kozhukkattai
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Rice flour, Ground Nut, Jaggery, grated coconut | Similar to Modak in Tamil Nadu | |
Kuzhi paniyaram
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Black lentils and rice | ||
Mysore Pak | Burfi
| ||
Boli
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Bread | ||
Srivilliputtur Palkova | Milk, Sugar | Famous in Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu | |
Palathalikalu | Rice flour, milk | ||
Poornalu | Chana dal, jaggery
|
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Pongal | cashews, ghee
|
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Pootharekulu | Rice flour, powdered sugar/ghee | ||
Tirunelveli Halwa | wheat flour, sugar, ghee, nuts, cardamom | A famous sweet in Tamil Nadu . | |
Khubani ka meetha | sugar syrup
|
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Kesari bat | Rava (semolina, ghee, sugar) | ||
sheer khurma | Vermicelli, pudding, milk | ||
Unni Appam
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Rice flour, banana, jaggery, coconut | ||
Kajjikaya | Rice flour, jaggery, coconut |
West
Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
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Anarsa | Slightly fermented rice flour, jaggery, khus-khus seeds | ||
Basundi | Sugar, milk | ||
Bebinca | Flour, sugar, ghee, egg yolk, coconut milk | Baked layered Christmas sweet | |
Dhondas | Cucumber, rava | Baked cake | |
Doodhpak | Milk, rice, sugar, dry fruits | Milk-based | |
Kaju katli | Cashews, ghee
|
||
Mahim halwa | Semolina, sugar | ||
Modak | Rice flour, coconut jaggery stuffing | Fried | |
Mohanthal | Besan, ghee, sugar and nuts | ||
Patoleo | Rice flour, coconut jaggery and grated coconut stuffing | Wrapped in turmeric leaves and steamed | |
Puran poli | Wheat flour, gram, jaggery | Bread | |
Shankarpali | Sugar, maida flour, semolina
|
||
Shrikhand | A creamy dessert made out of strained yogurt, often served with dried fruits such as mangoes.[14] | Yogurt-based | |
Sutar feni | Maida, sugar, ghee |
Pan-Indian
Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
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Barfi | Milk Powder | Barfi | |
Halva | Corn Flour
|
Boiled | |
Kheer | Milk, vermicelli, sugar, nuts | Milk-based, called Payasam in Southern parts of the country
| |
Laddoo
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Milk, flour | Laddu | |
Peda | Milk ( khoya), sugar, saffron
|
Milk-based |
See also
- List of Indian snack foods
- List of pastries
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-967733-7.
- ^ Apple, Halwa. "Marraige [sic] Cuisine Style Apple Halwa Recipe- Super Suvai Tamil". Super Suvai Tamil. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Rathore, Prem Singh (2022-06-25). Rawali Rasoi ( Rajasthan cuisine by Prem Singh Rathore). Blue Rose Publishers. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ISBN 978-1-74045-472-8. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-7735-3406-3. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-19-517241-6. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-81-7755-257-7. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-312-14343-5,and has a strongly characteristic cooked-milk flavour and dense icy texture. ... The basis of making kulfi is to reduce a large volume of milk down to a very small concentrated amount ...
... Kulfi is the traditional Indian ice cream
- ISBN 978-0-595-24422-5. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-470-39130-3. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-81-224-1525-4. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-74045-472-8. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ Varma, Sujatha (13 April 2013). "In search of Bandar Laddu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-7514-0346-6. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
External links
- Media related to Sweet food of India at Wikimedia Commons