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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.

five sattu ladoos arranged on top of a newspaper cutting

Indian Sweets

Sattu Ladoo

phyllo shells topped with gulab jamun arranged in an antique plate

Diwali

Gulab Jamun Rabdi Cups

quinoa balls in a round bowl

Diwali

Quinoa Mukhwas Balls

Rice Kheer served in a clay bowl and garnished with rose petals and a golden cast iron pan with nuts and rose petals in the background

Indian Sweets

Rice Kheer (Indian Rice Kheer)

stack of besan ladoo in a plate with garlands placed in the background

Indian Sweets

Besan Ladoo

sooji halwa served in a small copper bowl with one more bowl in the background

Indian Sweets

Sooji Halwa

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

Indian Fusion

Paan Tres Leches Cake

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

Indian Sweets

Panjiri Recipe

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

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

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