Indian desserts

type of Indian chocolate confection

Singori (सिङ्गौड़ी) or Singauri is an Indian sweet from Tehri Garhwal and Almora of Uttarakhand made with Khoya and wrapped in maalu leaf (Bauhinia variegata). It is similar to Kalakhand.

Indian dessert made from dried apricots

confectionery of West Bengal, India

Pootharekulu (plural) or poothareku (singular) is a popular Indian sweet from the Andhra Pradesh state of south India. The sweet is wrapped in a wafer-thin rice starch layer resembling paper and is stuffed with sugar, dry fruits and nuts. The sweet is popular for festivals, religious occasions and weddings in the Telugu states.

A sweet dish of Kerala

Indian dessert

Khira mohan () is a creamish dessert best known in Odisha. It is made from chhena and sugar syrup. The descendant of khira mohana probably was Odia rasgulla. Food historians from Odisha suggest that the khira mohana was invented in Odisha to offer the goddess Lakshmi at Jagannath Temple, Puri.

Tilgul is an Indian jaggery and sesame candy coated with sesame seeds. In the state of Maharashtra, people exchange tilgul on Sankranti, a Hindu festival celebrated on 14 January, which continues for seven days till Rath Saptami.

cake associated with Odisha, India

traditional Indian sweet

Kerala sweet snack

Indian cheese dish

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Poornalu, purnalu, boorelu (Telugu: బూరెలు) or burelu is an Indian sweet and dumpling made of rice flour stuffed with jaggery mixed dal paste and dry fruits. It is often served hot with ghee. It is called poornam in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Poornam preparation follows the traditional methods common to all South Indian cuisines. Poornam Boorelu are traditionally prepared using a rice-urad dal batter, and then packed with some shredded dry fruits and channa dal mixture known as poornam and it is then deep-fried in oil until golden brown.

Indian sweet

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Sitabhog () is a famous sweet of Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. Sitabhog is a flavourful dessert that looks like white rice or vermicelli mixed with small pieces of Gulab jamun. Made from cottage cheese (also known as chhana in Bengali), rice flour and sugar, Sitabhog often gives the appearance of pulao, which is albeit sweet in taste.