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This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. Indians are known for their unique taste and experimental behavior when it comes to food. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region.
The origin of sweets in the Indian subcontinent has been traced to at least 500 BCE when, records suggest, both raw sugar (gur, vellam, jaggery) and refined sugar (sarkara) were being produced. [20] By 300 BCE, kingdom officials in India were acknowledging five kinds of sugar in official documents.
Pages in category "Indian desserts" The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Soan papdi (Bengali: শন পাপডি় śan pāpṛi, Hindi: सोन/सन पापड़ी son/sohan pāpṛī), also known as san papri, shompapri, sohan papdi, shonpapdi [1] is a popular dessert in the Indian subcontinent. It is made of gram flour (besan), all-purpose flour, ghee, sugar and milk. [2]
Laddu or laddoo is a spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery. It has been described as "perhaps the most universal and ancient of Indian sweets." [1] Laddus are often served during celebrations and religious festivals, especially those associated with the Hindu deity Ganesha. [1] [2] [3]
Gulab jamun (also spelled gulaab jamun; lit. ' Rose water berry ' or 'Rose berry') is a sweet confectionary or dessert, originating in the Indian subcontinent, and a type of mithai popular in India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives and Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar.
Ras malai, also known as rasamalei, or roshmalai, is a dessert that originated in the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent. [1] The dessert is called roshmalai in Bengali, [2] ras malai in Hindi, [3] and rasa malei in Odia. [4] It is popular in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. [5]
Rasgulla (literally "syrup filled ball") [a] is a syrupy dessert popular in the eastern part of South Asia.It is made from ball-shaped dumplings of chhena dough, cooked in light sugar syrup.