Indian dessert
Sweet after curry
Indian dessert refers to sweet dishes from the cuisines of India, typically characterized by ingredients like milk, ghee, cardamom, saffron, and nuts.
Common examples include gulab jamun, kheer, jalebi, and barfi.
Many are intensely sweet by Western standards and often served at festivals and celebrations: We ordered Indian dessert after the curry.
- gulab jamunFried dough in rosewater syrup
- deep friedCooked submerged in oil
- sugar syrupDissolved sweetener in water
- kheerSpiced milk-rice dessert
- barfiMilk-based Indian sweet
halwa · kulfi · saffron · cardamom · syrup · ghee · pistachio · almond · rose water · sweet · milk · sugar · condensed · fried · sticky · golden · festive · Diwali
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