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This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. Indians are known for their unique taste and experimental behavior when it comes to food. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region.
Laddu or laddoo is a spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery. It has been described as "perhaps the most universal and ancient of Indian sweets." [1] Laddus are often served during celebrations and religious festivals, especially those associated with the Hindu deity Ganesha. [1] [2] [3]
An assortment of desserts. A chocolate-strawberry crumble ball. Indian confectionery desserts (known as mithai, or sweets in some parts of India).Sugar and desserts have a long history in India: by about 500 BC, people in India had developed the technology to produce sugar crystals.
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The origin of sweets in the Indian subcontinent has been traced to at least 500 BCE when, records suggest, both raw sugar (gur, vellam, jaggery) and refined sugar (sarkara) were being produced. [20] By 300 BCE, kingdom officials in India were acknowledging five kinds of sugar in official documents.
Modak; Alternative names: Koḻukattai Kangidan (歓喜団) Num kom (នំគម) Kanom nab (ເຂົ້າຫນົມແຫນບ) Bánh ít nhân dừa
Mathura peda is a North Indian sweet dish that originated from Mathura in India. In North India sweets prepared from mawa ( khoya ) are very popular and the peda is also a mawa sweet variety. [ 1 ] Mathura peda is so famous in North India that the term is often used in aphorism like Mathura ka peda au Chhattisgarh ka kheda means "(famous are ...
Chhena gaja (Odia: ଛେନା ଗଜା) is a sweet dish from Balasore,Odisha,India. [1] Unlike some other popular chhena-based Odia desserts, such as rasagola, which have spread throughout India, the chhena gaja remains largely popular within the state itself.