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This is a list of Pakistani sweets and desserts. Many different desserts exist in Pakistani cuisine. [1] [2] Some sweets originate and have been adopted from India due to the two countries' shared cultural heritage. Please see the List of Indian sweets and desserts for more details.
Some sweets such as kheer and barfi are cooked, varieties like Mysore pak are roasted, some like jalebi are fried, others like kulfi are frozen, while still others involve a creative combination of preparation techniques. [9] [10] [11] The composition and recipes of the sweets and other ingredients vary by region.
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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.
Barfi [a] or burfi is a milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent with a fudge-like consistency. Its name comes from the Persian and Urdu word (barf) for snow. Barfi is consumed throughout India and Pakistan and is especially popular in North India. It is often served at celebrations and religious festivals such as Diwali and Holi.
Gajar ka halwa is a combination of nuts, milk, sugar, khoya and ghee with grated carrots. [11] [12] It is a light nutritious dessert with less fat (a minimum of 10.03% and an average of 12.19%) than many other typical sweets from the Indian subcontinent. [13]
Makhan Bada is a traditional dessert originating from the Indian subcontinent. [2] It is also known as Balusaahi and is similar to a glazed doughnut in terms of Ingredients, but differs in texture and taste.
Most halwa recipes, however, may omit the khoa, relying only on starch and sugar plus slivered nuts, spices such as cardamom and/ or saffron, and flavorings such as rose water and screwpine. Main course north Indian dishes like khoya paneer, makhmali kofte and khoya matar. [5] Naan roti stuffed with khoa is a specialty of the bakers of Bangalore.