Indian Sweets - Dessert Recipe Collection ! Who doesn’t love dessert?! Whether you’re treating yourself to something sweet or you’re feeding a whole crowd, you’ll find some of the best Indian sweet dessert recipes here.
You don’t need to wait for festivals like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi or Holi to whip up these delicacies - here are simple and easy recipes to try.
Easy Indian Sweets
Desserts are also called sweets in India. These authentic dessert recipes are part and parcel of Indian Culinary scene. You can adapt and modify a number of traditional Indian dishes to suit the modern culinary tastes.
This is one of the most popular recipes of them all. Have your ice cream and eat it too with these mouth-watering Indian Dessert Recipes.
Variety of Indian Desserts
These Indian desserts are a delicious way to savor the last sweet taste of your meal. Here are some simple dessert recipes that you can try on your friends. Enjoy!
Indian dessert recipes vary from state to state. From North Indian Desserts like Gujiya, Soan Papdi and Shahi Tukra to South Indian desserts like payasum ( kheer) and mysore pak there is a great selection to entice your sweet tooth.
Western states like Maharashtra have some lip smacking delicious sweet dishes like ukadiche modak, puran poli, kaju barfi and shrikhand. Another popular dessert comes from West Bengal where rasagulla, ras malai and similar milk based sweets are popular.
Easy Homemade Sweet Dishes
It is easy to find Indian desserts in many restaurants and even ready-made at retail stores. But it is easy to make these desserts at home too.
You can also make these Indian desserts in advance. They freeze well and have good shelf life. Try simple Indian desserts like kulfi, peda and pudding.
India has a plethora of sweets to offer in their cuisine. Here are very few Indian desserts that are tried and tested . They are loved by many.
The Indian subcontinent has several unique desserts including Gulab Jamun, Sheer Khurma, Milk Fudge, Falooda and Ras Malai. These dessert recipes are great and are also simple to prepare.
Instant Pot Indian Desserts
You can use electric pressure cooker like Instant Pot or Ninja Foodie to prepare these desserts. Using these gadgets help save on active monitoring, efforts and time. I love making Gajar ka Halwa (carrot halwa ), Rice Kheer and other recipes using Instant Pot.
Air Fryer Indian Desserts
Another cool tool in the kitchen is air fryer. Instead of deep frying the dessert, you can make use circulating hot air of the air fryer to make scrumptious desserts. Jilebi, gujiya and other such deep fried desserts are suitable for makeover in the air fryer.
Useful Ingredients
Indian desserts or mithai have their peculiar traits when it comes to ingredients used. Cardamom powder, saffron, nutmeg and cinnamon are widely used spices to flavor these desserts. Rose petals are used to adorns and adds beautiful display.
A lot of these recipes use semolina (rava) , ghee, milk, milk powder, milk solids, paneer, khoya (mawa) as well as whole wheat flour and besan ( gram flour) which is garbanzo or chickpea flour. Jaggery or sugar syrup tends to be the choice of sweetener. Almonds, pistachios and other nuts as well as mango and coconut based recipes are popular.
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This recipe collection features sweet treats beyond most popular Indian desserts like jalebi, rasmalai recipe, rasgulla, kaju katli , moong dal halwa, coconut ladoo, and besan ladoo. That's the variety of Indian cuisine.
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