no meal, festival or celebration is complete without these indian sweets.

I have the biggest sweet tooth. I think we all have established that by now. I absolutely love all and any kinds of sweets. It doesn’t matter if it’s a delicious Ferrero rocher cake or a box full of kaju katris, I absolutely relish all of them. I am extremely fond of cakes and pastries just as I am fond of all our Indian sweets.

I come from a big gujarati family and sweets are a very important part of our meals or you can say our lives. I think this goes for all us Indians. We all know India is known worldwide for its colourful culture and the different, vibrant festivals. But none of the festivals are complete without the vast array of sweets. These sweets are the highlight of any festival. Even in our routine lives, is our lunch or dinner complete without eating that one piece of rasgulla, or a bowl full of kheer topped with almonds and kesar (saffron) or that kesar peda (saffron pedas) ? No, absolutely not! And I can vouch for it too.

Like I said I come from a big gujarati family and like all other gujarati families my family is too big on sweets as well. We have to have some kind of sweet in the house whether it is home-made or bought from the nearest sweet shop but it’s absolutely must to eat something sweet with lunch or after dinner. And don’t get me started on when we have our family gatherings, or weddings. Families literally go crazy with so many varieties of food and colourful sweets. All the specialities from different regions like Karnataka, west Bengal, Gujarat etc.

What inspired me to write this blog was watching my mom make gajjar ka halwa this afternoon. And guess why she made it or more like for whom she made it? ME! of course. So while she was grating the carrots I got my inspiration or motivation to write this post. I thought why not write about such delicious and mouth-watering indian sweets. So here are few of my favourite Indian sweet dishes that I absolutely love and can eat at any given time.

1. Let’s start with GAJJAR KA HALWA

A very attractive way of eating carrots, gajjar ka halwa is a very popular Indian sweet dish in the northern and central parts of India. Originated in Punjab, it is usually made during the winter months and is a delight to have. Made out of carrot, milk, sugar and nuts it is cooked on a slow burner until the milk dries out leaving a mouth-watering sweet dish to have post meal.

2. JALEBI

We gujaratis especially my family loves eating jalebis with hot fafdas (gujarati snack) and green pumpkin’s powdered chutney for breakfast on a bright Sunday morning. It’s just like a tradition for the entire family to sit together and have a hearty sweet breakfast. Best way to start a Sunday honestly. Jalebi is made out of Urad flour batter which is deep-fried and then soaked in sugar syrup. A gift of the Mughals, a jalebi causes an explosion of sweetness in your mouth.

3. DHARWADH PEDHA

My mama (uncle) stays in Karnataka. So naturally I have had the privilege to taste and eat these amazing pedhas to my heart’s content. It’s a delightful sweet dish coming from a small town of Dharwadh in Karnataka. Dharwadh Pedha was invented by the Thakur family some 175 years ago. The pedhas found only in the town of Dharwadh is a marvelous sweet of south India, which has delighted the tonguefds of the locals here for over a century. Made out of thick milk and sugar, Dharwadh pedha is only sold by the Thakurs at their sweet shop in Line Bazaar and the preparation technique is a guarded family secret. If you ever visit Karnataka don’t forget to visit Dharwadh and eat these yummy pedhas.

4. KAJU KATRI

Honestly, Diwali and raksha-bandhan is totally incomplete without a box full of kaju katris. I absolutely just love, love these little diamond shaped sweets. It is popularly called as kajoo burfi. It is the best Indian dessert which is otherwise known as cashewnut fudge. It is considered as a royal indian sweet that takes a pride position in most indian festival treats. It is very easy to make dessert and often gifted to friends and relatives during diwali. It is a really relished Indian sweet made using cashew nuts.

5. RAS GULLAS

Ras gulla is another popular sweet which resemble like a ball which is made from cottage cheese. To prepare the ras gulla, you have to soak the cottage cheese balls in the sugar syrup. It is is very popular in East Indian state of West Bengal, where it came to its present form. It’s a pot full of happiness really. One ball of this sugar syrup dowsed can make your entire day and is always present during Diwali, or raksha-bandhan celebrations.

6. SANDESH

A melt-in-the-mouth dessert! Bengal's super hit sweet, made with cottage cheese, cardamom and saffron. One of the easiest way to please the sweet tooth

7. PAYASAM

The South Indian version of kheer is known as payasam. Deliciously creamy, rice and milk pudding with cashews and raisins.

So these are a few of my most favourite Indian sweet dishes. these are just a fraction of all the different and vast array of sweets different states and cities of India has to offer. India really is the most colourful, vibrant, rich and a beautiful country in all aspects.

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