List of Indian sweets and desserts

This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. It spans the regions of Pakistan and Bangladesh as well, since both countries were parts of India before 1947. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region. In the eastern part of India, for example, most are based on milk products. Many are flavoured with almonds and pistachios, spiced with cardamon, nutmeg, cloves and black pepper, and decorated with nuts, or with gold or silver leaf.[1]

North

Name Image Main ingredients Category
Agra petha Firm white pumpkin, sugar, kitchen lime, alum powder etc. Sugar syrup based
Balushahi Maida flour, yogurt, oil, sugar Sugar syrup based
Besan laddu Gram flour (besan), ghee, sugar Laddu
Boondi Gram flour (besan), ghee, sugar Sugar syrup based
Gajar ka halwa Carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, cashews and raisins Halva
Gajar ki barfi Dried milk with ground cashews, pistachios or peanuts, often with edible silver foil as decoration[2] Barfi
Ghevar Flour, ghee, kewra, milk, clarified butter, sugar, almonds, pistachio, saffron, green cardamom Fried, sugar syrup based
Gulab jamun Fried milk balls soaked in sweet syrup, such as rose syrup or honey.[3] 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.[4] Fried, sugar syrup based
Kaju katli Cashews, ghee with cardamom and sugar.[5] Barfi
Kala jamun
Kalakand Milk, cottage cheese Burfi
Kheer A rice pudding made with milk, rice, sugar and dried fruits[6] Dessert
Kulfi[7] An ice cream made with milk and sugar, with a variety of flavours such as mango, saffron, or cardamom.[8] Ice cream
Motichoor laddu Besan flour, sugar Laddu
Lassi Yogurt, milk, nuts, can be made with mango (mango lassi) Yogurt drink
Malai laddu Milk cream Laddu
Malpua A type of pancake, made of wheat or rice flour, deep fried and dipped in sugar syrup.[9]
Nankhatai Nankhatai, an Indian sweet Refined flour (maida), gram flour (besan), ghee, powdered sugar, yogurt, green cardamom seeds Flour based sweet
Peda Milk
Phirni Rice, sugar, nuts pudding
Rabri A sweet, condensed milk-based dish made by boiling the milk on low heat for a long time until it becomes dense and changes its color to pinkish. Sugar, spices and nuts are added for flavour. It is chilled and served as a dessert.[10] pudding
Ras malai Chhena, reduced milk, pistachio Dessert
Sheera Semolina, ghee, nuts, milk Pudding
Singori Milk, coconut, molu leaf
Sohan halwa Corn flour, ghee, dry fruits Halva
Sohan papdi, pateesa Besan flour Barfi

East

Name Image Main ingredients Remarks
Amriti Coconut milk
Chhena gaja Chhena, sugar, ghee Milk-based
Chhena jalebi Chhena, sugar, ghee Milk-based
Chhena kheeri Chhena, sugar, milk Milk-based
Chhena poda Milk-based
Cham cham Flour, cream, sugar, saffron, lemon juice, coconut flakes Milk-based
Kheer sagar Milk-based
Ledikeni Chhena, sugar, ghee Milk-based
Lyangcha Milk-based
Malapua (dessert) Milk-based
Mihidana Besan flour, sugar, ghee Besan-based
Misti doi Milk-based
Pantua Chhena, sugar, ghee Milk-based
Pithe Milk-based
Rabri Milk-based
Rasabali Milk-based
Rasgulla Chhena, sugar Milk-based
Ras malai Chhena, milk, sugar Milk-based
Sandesh
(several types)
 Made from cheese, kneaded with fine ground sugar and molasses.[11] Milk-based

South

Name Image Main ingredients Remarks
Ada Rice flour, grated coconut, jaggery or sugar
Adhirasam Rice flour, jaggery, ghee, vegetable oil, elachi
Ariselu Rice flour, jaggery, ghee
Bandar laddu Besan, jaggery, cardamom powder, ghee, cashews and raisins, jaggery syrup, sugar Laddu, popular in Machilipatanam, Andhra Pradesh[12]
Chikki Nuts (usually peanuts), jaggery
Dharwad pedha Burfi
Double ka meetha Loaf bread, milk
Gavvalu Rice flour
Jaangiri Black gram Fry syrup based
Kakinada khaja Wheat flour, sugar
Kuzhi paniyaram Black lentils and rice
Mysore pak Besan flour, semolina, mung bean, jaggery, coconut, skimmed milk powder, sugar, ghee Burfi
Obbattu / holige Maida flour Bread
Palathalikalu Rice flour, milk
Poornalu Chana dal, jaggery
Pongal rice, jaggery,cashews,ghee
Pootharekulu Rice flour, powdered sugar/ghee
Qubani ka meetha Apricots, sugar syrup
Sajjige Rava (semolina)
Sheer korma Vermicelli pudding, milk
Unni Appam Rice flour, banana, jaggery, coconut

West

Name Image Main ingredients Remarks
Anarsa Slightly fermented rice flour, jaggery, khus-khus seeds
Basundi Sugar, milk
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
Puran poli Wheat flour, gram, jaggery Bread
Shankarpali Sugar, ghee, maida flour, semolina
Shrikhand A creamy dessert made out of strained yogurt, often served with dried fruits such as mangoes.[13] Yoghurt-based
Sutar feni Maida, sugar, ghee

Pan-Indian

Name Image Main ingredients Remarks
Burfi Burfi
Halva Semolina Boiled
Kheer Milk, rice/noodles Milk-based
Laddoo Milk, flour
Peda Milk (khoya), sugar Milk-based

See also

References

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  7. ↑ Caroline Liddell, Robin Weir, Frozen Desserts: The Definitive Guide to Making Ice Creams, Ices, Sorbets, Gelati, and Other Frozen Delights, Macmillan, 1996, ISBN 978-0-312-14343-5, ... Kulfi is the traditional Indian ice cream 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 ...
  8. ↑ Malvi Doshi (1 November 2002). Cooking Along the Ganges: The Vegetarian Heritage of India. iUniverse. pp. 448–. ISBN 978-0-595-24422-5. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  9. ↑ Gil Marks (10 September 2010). Encyclopedia of Jewish Food. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 382–. ISBN 978-0-470-39130-3. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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  12. ↑ Varma, Sujatha. "In search of Bandar Laddu".
  13. ↑ Barry A. Law (31 July 1997). Microbiology and Biochemistry of Cheese and Fermented Milk. Springer. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-0-7514-0346-6. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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