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Indian Sweets & Desserts

Indian sweets are popular all over the world for the amazing flavors and aroma. Spices like saffron, cardamom are often used in flavoring Indian sweets. There’s also extensive use of nuts and milk in Indian sweets. Here you will find all the recipes for classic Indian sweets like Besan Ladoo and Kaju Katli and also some fun fusion ways to serve Indian sweets like Gulab Jamun Shrikhand Jars.

phyllo shells topped with gulab jamun arranged in an antique plate

Diwali

Gulab Jamun Rabdi Cups

slice of cake in a pink color bowl with green color liquid poured around the cake

Indian Fusion

Paan Tres Leches Cake

matcha burfis topped with motichoor stacked together

Diwali

White Chocolate Motichoor Matcha Burfi

6 copper bowls arranged on a tray, filled with rabdi and topped with nuts and rose petals

Indian Sweets

Easy Rabdi – Instant Rabdi

cookies garnished with rose petals and pistachios arranged on a baking sheet

Eggless Bakes

Oats Nankhatai (Vegan and Refined Sugar free)

7 paan peda arranged on a plate with string of flower on the side

Indian Fusion

Paan Peda

6 motichoor ladoo arranged on a grey plate

Indian Sweets

Motichoor Ladoo

Indian Sweets

Peanut Butter Paratha With Chocolate Dip

a piece of burfi placed in a golden bowl with more burfi in the back

Indian Sweets

Plain Burfi

7 mawa modak arranged in a black round plate

Indian Sweets

Mawa Modak

seven pieces of mathura peda in a black rimmed plate with a grey color kitchen towel on the side

Indian Sweets

Mathura Peda

besan ladoo cut in half to show the chocolate truffle inside

Diwali

Chocolate Truffle Besan Ladoo

rose malai ladoo in a bronze thali

Indian Sweets

Rose Malai Ladoo

panjiri in a brass box garnished with nuts and a bowl of ghee placed in the background

Indian Sweets

Panjiri Recipe

Indian Sweets

Mango Yogurt Popsicles

5 pedas served on a blue plate with more pedas placed in the background

Holi

Thandai Peda (with Gulkand filling)!

mango yogurt served in a white bowl garnished with saffron

Indian Sweets

Mango Shrikhand

3 chocolate paan topped with cherries and placed in a antique plate

Indian Sweets

Chocolate Paan (Chocolate Meetha Paan)

9 chocolate truffles dusted with edible gold arranged in a plate

Diwali

Kataifi Pistachio Burfi Truffles

3 glasses filled with whipped cream and fruits

Indian Sweets

Fruit Cream (No-Cook 20 Minute Dessert)

overhead shot of peanut chikki squares in a blue plate

Indian Sweets

Peanut Chikki

lauki kheer served in a clay bowl garnished with nuts, raisins and dried rose petals

Instant Pot

Instant Pot Lauki Kheer (Bottle Gourd Pudding)

green color balls coated with candied fennel placed in a round plate with paan leaves and some tealights placed on the sides

Indian Fusion

Paan Cheesecake Truffles

paan kalakand served on a golden two tier serving platter

Diwali

Paan Kalakand (with Ricotta Cheese)

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