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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]
Assortment of Indian sweets. Ancient Sanskrit literature from India mention feasts and offerings of mithas (sweet). Rigveda mentions a sweet cake made of barley called apūpa, where barley flour was either fried in ghee or boiled in water, and then dipped in honey. Malpua preserves both the name and the essentials of this preparation. [15]
Thaggu ke ("Cheat's") laddu is made from khoa (condensed milk), semolina, and white sugar and is a specialty of Kanpur, India. It was invented by Mattha Pandey, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi . Pandey heard Gandhi refer to white sugar, which was popularized in India by the British, as "white poison" and disease-causing.
Sohan Halwa (top shelf) and other traditional Indian sweets at Ghantewala in Chandni Chowk Emperor Shah Alam II, (r. 1759 - 1806) during whose rule the shop was established and got its name It was founded by Lala Sukh Lal Jain who had arrived in the walled city of Delhi from Amber, India , a few years after Sindhia restored Mughal Emperor Shah ...
Imarti is a sweet from India. [1] It is made by deep-frying vigna mungo flour (urad dal flour) batter in a circular flower shape, then soaking in sugar syrup. Alternative names include Amitti, Amriti, Emarti, Omritti, Jahangir and Jhangiri/Jaangiri. This dish is not to be confused with jalebi, which is thinner and sweeter than Imarti. [2]
Panjiriis sweet dish from the Indian subcontinent particularly popular in the Punjab region of both India and ... Rajasthan, Gujarat, [19] Maharashtra, Bihar ...
Ledikeni (Bengali: লেডিকেনি) or Lady Kenny is a popular Bangladeshi and Indian sweet consumed in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh. It is a light fried reddish-brown sweet ball made of Chhena and flour, soaked in sugar syrup. Ledikeni is named after Lady Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, the Governor General of India during ...
Dharwad peda (Kannada: ಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೇಡ) is an Indian sweet delicacy unique to the state of Karnataka, India. It derives its name from the city of Dharwad in Karnataka. This sweet's history is around 175 years old. [1] Dharwad peda has been accorded a Geographical Indication tag. [2] Its GI tag number is 80. [3]