Indian Desserts and Indian Sweets

Desserts and sweets have always been an integral part of Indian cuisine, with milk based desserts being a predominant feature. An astounding variety of sweets is available from different parts of the country. While they maybe little bit over sweet to western palates, a small portion of those exquisite desserts is a the perfect ending to every meal. We can't forget about exotic ice cream, like kulfi, mango or rose. It would be worth remembering that most Indian sweets are aid in digestion and  are normally consumed after spicy meals. Many of them are made with fruit, nuts, spices and milk. Coconut is natural ingredient for a sweet dish.

Indian desserts are  very often decorated with cardamom, raisins, almonds, pistachios, cashew nuts and fruit such as mangoes, guavas, pineapple, melon, cherries, oranges and bananas. Mithai means "sweet food".

Favorite Indian Desserts Recipes>>
Rice pudding (kheer)is one of the most popular of all desserts in India. Indian  other familiar favorites, includes are: gulab jamum, carrot dessert (gajar halva) and sooji halva>>

Milk Based Indian Desserts>>
	Many Indian desserts are made from thickened milk (condensed milk or half and half are very often used), paneer (cottage cheese)>>

Indian Ice Creams Recipes>>
Kulfi, a favourite Indian ice cream made by reducing the milk as  a result of boiling it for a very long time>>

Indian Sweets Photos>>
	The best Indian sweets and dessert photos>>

ALMOND -PISTACHIO ROLLS

BESAN LADOO

PHIRINI

BOONDI LADDOO

COCONUT BURFI

COCONUT SOUFFLE

GAJAR HALVA (carrot dessert)

GULAB JAMUN 

KAJU KATRI

KHEER (RICE PUDDING)

KESAR KHEER (RICE PUDDING WITH PISTACHIOS AND SAFFRON  

KULFI ICE CREAM

MANGO ICE CREAM

MANGO MOUSSE

MANGO VANILLA BARFI

LAVANG LATIKA

PANEER AND COCONUT BALLS

PEDA

PINEAPPLE PUDDING

RASMALAI  

RASMALAI WITH POMEGRANATE

ROSE ICE CREAM

ROSGOLLA

SANDESH

SOOJI HALVA  

VERMICELLI  KHEER