Best Indian Dessert Recipes | Easy Indian Sweets

100 + Traditional And Authentic Best Indian Dessert Recipes Or Easy Indian Sweets That You Can Make At Home

India is a land of festivals and the best part about this is, if you ask anyone a question on how a particular festival is celebrated in their community or region, the immediate answer would be - by sharing and eating sweets or mithai and lots of them  🙂 The variety of sweets prepared is countless, and each sweet recipe has several regional variations to it. #sweets #desserts

I still remember my childhood days, where my mom and grand mother got together in the kitchen at least 5 days before each festival to begin preparing variety of sweets and snacks for all the guests who came to visit us and also to distribute them to family and friends. But with each younger generation, this tradition of making sweets at home has slowly reduced and now the norm is to prepare just couple of varieties of sweets on the day of festival and bring the rest from mithai dukan (supermarket or store).

With lot of festivals coming up, I thought it would be useful for my readers to have a list of popular sweet recipes from around India in one single place. This will not only make it easy for anyone to plan a festival menu ahead of time, but also allow you to enjoy the festivities with your family instead of spending the entire day in the kitchen.

Some of the recipes linked below are from my blog, while others are creations of my food blogging friends. They have been enthusiastic in sharing their favorite dessert and sweet recipes with all of you. Please do check out all the recipes when you get a chance. The list below is in no way comprehensive, but is a work in progress. I will continue to update and maintain this list over time.

In this post you will find list of variety of Indian sweets and dessert recipes from North India and South India that are prepared during Indian festivals like 9 days of Navratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth, Varalakshmi vratam (varamahalakshmi pooja), Shravan  (Sawan) month, Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Ram Navami, Yugadi (Ugadi), Ramdan

If you have a special or favorite or best Indian dessert recipe to share, then please let me know here and I will add it to my list

Some of my favorite Indian sweets or desserts include gulab jamun, burfi (barfi) , laddoo (laddu, ladoo), halwa, sheera, nankhatai, kheer or pudding, jalebi, milk based sweets like rasgulla, rasmalai, kalakand, basundi. What is your favorite Indian sweets or dessets? Comment below.

Click on the image or link to get the recipe for each Indian sweet or dessert. Enjoy!

Milk Barfi / Milk Powder Burfi	Kaju Katli / Kaju Barfi
Besan Ladoo	Balushahi or Badusha
Atta Ladoo, Wheat Flour Laddu	2 Ingredient Coconut Barfi
Easy Banana Halwa	Besan Milk Powder Burfi
Traditional Coconut Barfi	Nei Payasam, Rice kheer with jaggery
Halwa Poori Chana	Laddu with Jaggery
7 cup burfi	Apple Halwa
Bombay Halwa	Paneer Jalebi
Poha Burfi	Phool Makhana Kheer
Mohanthal	Doodh Peda - 6 flavors
Dry Fruit Chikki	Soan Papdi
Cashew Macaroons	Gulkand Khoya Mawa Barfi
Tender Coconut Kheer	Banana Rasayana
Ragi Manni	Coconut Milk Oat Pudding
Poha Ladoo	Nankhatai
Chana Dal Sabudana Kheer (Payasam)	Mathura Peda & Mawa barfi
Best Sabudana Kheer	Patholi
Carrot Burfi	Carrot Barfi Ice Cream
Carrot Halwa / Gajar Ka Halwa	Urad Dal laddu(Ladoo)
Rava Coconut Laddu / Sooji Coconut Ladoo	Almond or Badam Ladoo (Laddu)
Gasagase payasa (poppy seeds kheer)	Mango Vermicelli Kheer
Mango Chia Pudding	Mango Thickshake
Kalakand / Milk Cake	Mango Coconut Barfi
Rose Barfi / Rose Milk powder burfi	Osmania Biscuits, Tea Biscuits
Badam Pista Burfi / Almond Pistachios Fudge	3 Ingredient Coconut Bites
Malpua / Malpura / Malpuri	Peanut Sesame Chikki / Groundnut Til Chikki
Rasgulla	Rasmalai
Stuffed Sweet Flatbread (Puran Poli / Ubbati)	Apple Sheera / Pudding
Gulab Jamun	Panchakajjaya (Sweet Poha)
Wheat Nankhatai	Nankhatai
Vermicelli Kheer (use any vermicelli)	Falooda
3 Ingredient Mango Ice cream	Barfi Cheesecake Jars
Moong Dal Khichdi (Sweet Pongal)	Jaggery Rice / Gudanna
Rice Kesari Bath / saffron Ghee Rice	Doodhpak / Kheer /  Pudding
Phenori / Chiroti / balushahi	Badam Milk or almond Milk with chiroti or phenori
Dry Fruit Cookies	Chilled Banana Pudding
Kayi Holige / Coconut Poli	Pineapple Sheera or Pudding (Rava kesari)
Ragi Nankhatai	Madgane / Chana Dal Kheer / Payasam
Sweet Rice Appo (Appe or Paniyaram for Ganapati)	Banana Modak for Ganapati Bappa
Instant Banana Appe (Appe or Paniyaram for Ganesh Chaturthi)	Basundi / Sweetened Milk
Apple Appo / Appe/ Paniyaram (For Ganesh Chaturthi)	Chocolate Appo
Peach Mango Halwa	Nevri / Gujiya / Karanjikaya
Khus Khus Halwa by Piyali from My Tryst With Food And Travel	Gajar Halwa by Jolly Makkar from Homemade Recipes
Instant Peach Jalebi by Anupama Paliwal from My Ginger Garlic Kitchen	Khoya Truffles by Aditi from Recipes and You
	Rasmalai by Rachna from Rachna's Kitchen
Atte ka Halva by Nupur from The Veggie Indian	Paneer Jalebi by Moumita from Bong Taste
Rasgulla by Rachna from Rachna's Kitchen	Rava Laddu by Rachna from Rachna's Kitchen
Rajgira Sheera by Megha Joshi from Chatori Ladki	Meethi Mathri by Priya from Priya's Curry Nation
Kaju Katli by Srividhya from Vidhya's Vegeterian Kitchen	Moong Dal Halwa by Nikhil Sapate from Cooking Shooking With Nikhil
Coconut Delight by Meera Giridhar from Exotic-n-Easy Cooking	Manda Pitha by Aish from My Yellow Apron
Palada Payasam by Beena from Cooking at Mayflower	Khus Khus Kheer by Aruna from Aahaaram
Coconut Milk Truffle by Madhavi from Madhavi's Cyber Kitchen	Boorelu by Prasida from Cooking From Heart
Moong Dal Halwa by Jolly Makkar from Homemade Recipes	Hyderabadi Shahjahani Meetha by Nisa from Flavour Diary
Instant Peda by Shibani from Golden Spices	Kesar Pista Sandesh by Sujata from Batter up with Sujata
Mango Kalakand by Shibani from Golden Spices	Besan Ladoos by Shibani from Golden Spices
Mango Sandesh by Sujata from Batter up with Sujata	Carrot Kheer by Shibani from Golden Spices
Gajar Halwa by Shibani from Golden Spices	Peas Coconut Halwa by Nisa from Falour Diary
Carrot Halwa by Mayuri from Mayuri's Jikoni	Mohantal by Mayuri from Mayuri's Jikoni
Chocolate Sandesh by Sujata from Batter up with Sujata	Pear Jalebi by Shibani from Golden Spices
Kaju Katli by Shibani from Golden Spices	Triple C Laddoo by Waagmi from Cooking is Funn
Steamed Sandesh by Sujata from Batter up with Sujata	Nevri by Kushi from Cook with Kushi
Peach Mango Halwa by Kushi from Cook with Kushi	Dry Fruits Stuffed Apricots by Preethi from Preethi's Cuisine
Belgaum Kunda by Preethi from Preethi's Cuisine	Shenga Holige by Jayashree from Evergreen Dishes
Hayagreeva Maddi by Jayashree from Evergreen Dishes	Methu Vadai by Swathy from Shravs Kitchen
Makmal Poori by Swathy from Shravs Kitchen	Coconut Poli by Swathy from Shravs Kitchen
Jeera Poli by Deepa from Madraasi

Easy Indian Sweets Recipes and Best Indian Dessert Recipes for Diwali, Navratri, Dinner Parties, Christmas, Holi, Ram Navami, Raksha Bandhan, karwa Chauth and more..

INDIAN SWEETS RECIPES | 100 + EASY INDIAN DESSERT RECIPES

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In this post you will find list of variety of Indian sweets and dessert recipes from North India and South India that are prepared during Indian festivals like 9 days of Navratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth, Varalakshmi vratam (varamahalakshmi pooja), Shravan  (Sawan) month, Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Ram Navami, Ugadi, Christmas, Ramzan, Eid or any dinner parties

 

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Course Desserts, sweets

Cuisine bengali, Delhi, gujarati, Indian, Kerala, kolkata, Maharashtra, north indian, punjabi, South India, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

  

• ▢ Barfi (Burfi)
• ▢ Ladoo (Laddu)
• ▢ Jalebi
• ▢ Kaju Katli
• ▢ Halwa
• ▢ Sheera
• ▢ Kheer (Payasam)
• ▢ Paneer based

Instructions

 

• Pick your favorite sweet, mithai or dessert from all the recipes above. You can easily make all of these at home
• Arrange all the ingredients needed.
• Prepare delicious sweets as per the instructions and enjoy.

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