Indian Desserts

Indians love sweets.Indian sweetsare made and eaten a lot on the occasion of festivals, feasts, celebrations and ceremonies, such as religious festivals, get-togethers, weddings, engagements, birthdays and also just because one wants to have sweets. Festivals are just an excuse to eat sweets Most sweets are available in sweet shops but some are just  homemade sweets. These sweets are made in different ways.Boiled, steamed, roasted, deep friedetc. You can choose according Indians serve mostsweets as a part of mealand not just as a dessert at the end. Some sweets are served with a particular accompanying dish. For example Srikhand, an Maharashtrian - Gujarathi sweet is served with poori.

Some sweets are special to regionstoo. Bengali sweets, such as rasgolla(also spelt as rasagolla/rosogolla), sandesh are popular all over India and outside India too. They are now available everywhere in india.

Kheer is a sweet made all over India. Most kheer recipesare easy to make and are healthy sweet recipesas no deep frying is involved. Kheer is generally made with milk and vermicelli. Kheer is also made with rice, mung dal, Bengal gram dal, wheat, (dalia)broken wheat, poppy seeds etc in South India. These kheer recipes do not need milk so are good for vegan sweet recipes. Read more aboutKheer and Kheer Recipes

Halwa is another commonly made sweet with a variety of ingredients.