Indian Desserts & Festive Specialties (46)

Indian Desserts:

1. Almond-Cashew-Pistachio Burfi (my mom's yummy fudgy treat)
2. Almond Kheer (fragrant almond pudding)
3. Almond Kulfi (thanks to a fellow blogger's recipe)
4. Aval Paayasam (humble and tasty pudding; perfect for South-Indian festivals) 
5. Caramel Rice Kheer (luscious)
6. Carrot Halwa (Oh so decadent)
7. Carrot Kheer (so simple, yet so tasty)
8. Cashew Ladoos (a tasty and simple treat!)
9. Coconut Rice Pudding (simple and fragrant)
10. Coconut Paayasam (sweet coconut and jaggery porridge)
11. Chocolate Fudge Bites (simple ingredients come together to make a melt-in-your-mouth fudge)
12. Gulab Jamun (soft, juicy, deep fried balls dunked in a rose-cardamom sugar syrup)
13. Jaggery & Ginger Infused Sweet Potatoes (sweet potatoes cooked to a mush with jaggery and spiced with ginger for a healthy and easy dessert)
14. Kaju Katli / Cashew fudge (decadent cashew fudge with cardamom, saffron and rose water)
15. Mango Kesari (semolina based yummy dessert)
16. Microwavable Mysore Pak (an easy short cut to a quintessential dessert)
17. Milk Kozhukattai (thanks to a fellow blogger's recipe)
18. Moong Dal Halwa / Ashoka Halwa (easy to prepare, delicious halwa!)
19. Mysore Pak (the authentic and from-scratch method) 
20. Paal Khova / Theratti Paal (Reduced and thickened milk sweetened with sugar. Decadent!)
21. Paal Peda / Milk Fudge (thanks to an online recipe!) 
22. Paal Poli / Milk Poli (a fragrant, decadent dessert in which soft, fried discs of all-purpose flour are soaked in reduced and sweetened milk, spiced with cardamom, saffron, nutmeg, and nuts)
23. Paruppu Paayasam (lentil based pudding perfect for most South Indian festivals)
24. Quinoa Paayasam (quinoa cooked and simmer in jaggery syrup and milk and spiced with cardamom)
25. Ras malai (paneer based milk dessert)
26. Rasgulla (paneer balls in sugar syrup)
27. Rava Kesari (semolina based popular dessert)
28. Rava Ladoo (semolina truffles?)
29. Semiya Paayasam (perfect for Indian festivals)
30. Seven Cup Cake (A coconuty, besan based burfi that's extremely easy to prepare) 
31. Shrikhand (a simple creamy dessert prepared with yogurt, pureed fruits, and aromatic spices)
32. Somasi (little sweet pockets of pie)
33. Sweet Appam (sweet and yummy)
34. Sweet Pudi Kozhakattai (rice balls of jaggery and coconut)
35. Vella Sevai (Indian rice noodles infused with jaggery syrup, coconut and cardamom)

Authentic South-Indian Festival Fare: 

1. Deepavali Marundhu (a medicinal concoction for the festival of Diwali)
2. Poornman Poli (sweet offering for the Tamil festival of Bogi)
3. Poornam Kozhakattai / sweet Kozhakattai (for Ganesh Chathurthi)
4. Poricha Kozhakattai / fried wheat Kozhakattai (a slightly different take on the traditional rice-flour dumplings; the dumplings are made with wheat flour and deep fried)
5. Sakkarai Pongal (sweet offering for the Tamil festival of Pongal)
6. Savory Kaaradai (for Kaaradaiyam Nombu; A Tamil Brahmin religious occasion)
7. Sweet Kaaradai (for Kaaradaiyam Nombu; A Tamil Brahmin religious occasion)
8. Thiruvatharai Kalli (for the Tamil Brahmin festival of Thiruvatharai)
9. Ulutham Kozhakattai/Savory Kozhakattai (for Ganesh Chathurthi)
10. Uppu Cheedai / Savory seedai (deep fried balls of rice flour, butter, and cumin seeds)
11. Vella Cheedai / Seedai (deep fried balls of rice and black gram flour sweetened with jaggery syrup; a Gokulashtami special)