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🇮🇳 Indian Cuisine

Desserts

10 Recipes

Gulab Jamun

Soft milk-solid dumplings deep-fried until dark golden and soaked in rose and cardamom-scented sugar syrup.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 12Medium

Rasgulla

Delicate spongy chenna cheese balls simmered in light sugar syrup, a Bengali classic light as a cloud.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 12Hard

Kheer

Creamy slow-cooked rice pudding simmered in whole milk with sugar, cardamom, saffron, and scattered rose petals.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 45 mins·🍽Serves 6Easy

Jalebi

Pretzel-shaped batter spirals deep-fried to a crisp, then dunked in saffron syrup for a sticky, sugary sweet.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 8Medium

Besan Ladoo

Round gram flour sweets roasted in ghee with sugar and cardamom, rolled into golden balls for festive occasions.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 25 mins·🍽Serves 20Easy

Gajar Halwa

Slow-cooked carrot halwa stirred in ghee and milk until thick, sweetened with sugar and topped with cashews.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 45 mins·🍽Serves 6Easy

Kulfi

Dense Indian ice cream made from reduced milk and cream, set in a mold with pistachios and rose water.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 6Easy

Barfi

A fudge-like milk-solid sweet flavored with pistachio, coconut, or chocolate and cut into neat diamond shapes.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 25 mins·🍽Serves 16Medium

Malpua

Fluffy semolina pancakes fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup, garnished with chopped nuts and cream.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 8Easy

Ras Malai

Soft chenna cheese discs soaked in chilled saffron and cardamom-scented reduced milk for a luxurious dessert.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 40 mins·🍽Serves 8Hard