2. WHAT ARE INDIAN SWEETS?
Indian sweets are also called Mithai .
Mithai is a significant element in Indian
cuisine. Many Indian desserts are fried
foods made with sugar, milk
or condensed milk. Types of dessert
vary by region. In India most sweets
are based on milk products. Many are
flavoured with almonds and
pistachios, nutmeg and decorated with
nuts, or with gold or silver leaf.
3. CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIAN SWEETS BASED
ON REGIONS :
North East South West .
Sohan Papdi Amriti Badam halwa Sutar feni
Mung halwa Ras malai Rava laddu Modak
4. GULAB JAMUN
It is a common sweet found in all states of India It is made out
of fried chenna (milk solids and cheese) balls soaked in
sweet rose-water flavoured syrup.
5. BARFI
Barfi is a sweet, made of milk solids (khoya) or
condensed milk and various other ingredients like
ground cashews or pistachios. Some barfi use various
flours such as besan (gram flour). Barfi may be flavored
with pastes or pieces of fruits such as mango, banana,
berries, coconut.
6. LADOOLadoo is made of varieties of flour,
grains, pulses, regional or seasonal
fruits, dry fruits, and other
ingredients cooked with sugar, then
shaped into bite-size or larger
spheres.
One example of ladoo is Motichoor
Ka Ladoo. It is a sweet food in states
like Bihar, made from
roasted gramflour flakes which are
sweetened, mixed with almonds.
7. RASGULLA
Rasgulla is a syrupy dessert popular in westbegal. It is
made from ball shaped dumplings of chhena (an Indian
cottage cheese) , cooked in light syrup made of sugar.
This is done until the syrup permeates the dumplings.
8. NARKEL NARU
Narkel Naru is a dessert from Bengal. They are ball-shaped and
made from khoa/condensed milk and coconut, a traditional food
during Pujas such as the Lakshmi Puja.
9. RAS MALAI
Ras malai or rossomalai is a dessert originating from
the Indian subcontinent. The name ras malai comes from
two words in Hindi: ras, meaning "juice", and malai,
meaning "cream". It has been described as "a rich
cheesecake without a crust." The sweet is of Bengali origin;
according to K.C. Das Grandsons, it was invented by K.C.
Das.