Indian sweets: recipes and photos

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Mysterious, enchanting, amazing country - India. Rich culture, unique architectural monuments, extraordinary nature enchant everyone who comes there.

The cuisine of India is just as diverse and unforgettable. Sweets and desserts especially! Without them, the cuisine of this country would not be complete.

Desserts are the sweet tale of India

For the locals, food is more than just eating calories. They place special emphasis on the ingredients, the cooking process and the finished dish.

And you can fall in love with Indian desserts in absentia, without even having time to try. A very tempting sight!

All sweets in India have a common national name - mithai. The base is also the same, and consists of two ingredients - milk and ghee. Since each region adds something different to Indian sweets, the recipes are very diverse.

It is believed that such dishes are not entirely he althy for the figure and contribute to weight gain. But this is not about Indian desserts, most ofwhich, on the contrary, improve digestion.

Almost all sweets are prepared without eggs. Fruits and vegetables (as ingredients) contain many Indian sweets. Dessert recipes show this.

It is a good tradition of the country to visit with a bag of sweets. This is how Indians express their respect, sympathy for the owners of the house.

For the holiday, the locals make an insane amount of sweets. They are treated to guests, even unexpected ones, friends, brought as a gift to the gods.

Some desserts are wrapped in special foil. It's edible.

History of Indian sweets

Local cuisine did not develop on its own, but under the influence of two religions - Islam and Hinduism. In addition, the Mongols settlers, who ruled the country for some time, made their contribution.

Types of sweets

All desserts in India are divided into two large groups:

• base - milk (for example, burfi, rabria, etc.);
• basis - flour (halva, fret and others).

The first type is various casseroles. Just in milk or with the addition of rice. Sweet syrups are prepared for casseroles, raisins, nuts, sugar are added.

This group of desserts also includes ice cream.

Indian cuisine recipes (sweets)

Until now, some thousand-year-old original recipes are alive. They have reached our days without any changes. Of course, new ones have appeared all the time. But the special flavor and ancient wisdom of the East remain in everyrecipe.

Milk fudge - burfi

These are highly nutritious and amazingly delicious Indian sweets. Recipes for burfi or barfi (both variants of the name are possible) are different, and in different editions are found in abundance on the Internet. Even novice housewives can prepare this dessert at home. Plus, it only takes 15 minutes!

One of the options for preparing this delicacy.

Ingredients for 6-7 servings:

• milk powder (fat content from 25%) - 150 grams;
• butter and sugar - 50 grams each;
• sour cream - 60 grams.

Butter and sugar mix and put on fire. When the sugar melts, add sour cream and continue cooking. It is better to choose metal dishes. After five minutes, add dry milk. Remove from fire. Beat everything with a mixer, removing lumps. Divide into molds and refrigerate for about five hours.

The result is the most delicate dessert! Top can be decorated with cashew nuts, sprinkled with poppy seeds. Powdered milk, if desired, replace with fresh, and use a baking sheet instead of molds.

Indian sweets: jalebi (recipe)

Another no less sophisticated, but easy-to-make dessert. Sweet crisp orange or yellow rings.

This is perhaps the most popular sweet among both locals and tourists. In India, they make it right on the street.

And you can surprise your guests and cook Indian jalebi sweets at home. Recipe next.

For the test you need:

• flour - 2 cups;
• semolina - 2 teaspoons;
• sour cream - 1 tablespoon;
• a little soda - on the tip of a teaspoon;
• 1, 5 cups of water.

In addition to the dough, we also need syrup:

• 2 cups of sugar;
• 1 glass of water;
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
• for flavor, you can add a couple of cardamom pods.
• The last ingredient in the recipe is vegetable oil. You will need it for deep frying.

Cooking:

1. Knead the dough like for pancakes (by thickness), and put in a warm place for two hours, previously covered with a towel. While it's coming, do the syrup.
2. Put sugar and water on fire. Then add to them (optional) lemon juice and cardamom. Cook the mixture for five minutes, until thickened.
3. Jalebs are shaped like a spiral. To obtain this effect, you will need a culinary syringe or bag. From them it will be possible to squeeze out the dough and prepare Indian sweets. Recipes, like burfi, have different variations.
4. When the bag or syringe is ready, the dough is squeezed into a preheated pan with a sufficiently large layer of oil.
5. Fry until golden brown alternately on one side and the other. Make sure the dough never touches the bottom.
6. We take out the sweets with a slotted spoon, let the excess oil drain. To do this, it is better to put them on a napkin. Then put in a pre-prepared syrup.

Crispy delicacy jalebidone!

Hearty Spicy Balls

This is Ladu - an Indian sweet, the recipe of which will now be presented. The dessert is also popular in Pakistan, Nepal and other countries of South Asia. As always, there are many cooking options.

Unlike the previous two recipes, this one will be more difficult in terms of ingredients. Lada is made from chickpea flour. It is not available everywhere.

Chickpea flour is considered almost medicinal. Great importance is attached to it in Tibetan medicine, in Ayurveda. Chickpea flour is used for women's he alth and beauty.

If this ingredient is not available, use pea.

So what is needed:

• chickpea flour - two cups;
• hazelnuts - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• butter - 200 grams;
• powdered sugar - 1 tablespoon;
• nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts) - 2 tablespoons (you can choose one type or use all);
• coconut flakes - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• cardamom - pinch;
• cinnamon - ½ teaspoon.

Cooking:

1. Add the flour to the pre-melted butter. Constantly stirring it, fry until a pleasant nutty flavor comes from the flour.
2. Then come nuts, cardamom, cinnamon. Mix everything again and continue to fry. The last is powdered sugar. Cool the mixture and form into balls. Before sculpting, it is better to moisten your hands with water. Finished balls can be sprinkled with coconut.

Freak is not at allmust be round. The form is completely arbitrary. If there are special cookie cutters, use them.

India can rightly be called a paradise for the sweet tooth. You should try these sweets at least once in your life. Enjoy the taste, savor, admire … And then cook at home, delighting loved ones and friends!