Indian Sweets (CSV)
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| H | Sweet Name | State of Origin | Region | Main Ingredients | Category | Occasion | GI Tagged | Description | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rasgulla | West Bengal | Bengal | Chhena / Sugar Syrup | Syrup-based | Festivals / Everyday | Yes (West Bengal) | Soft spongy cottage cheese balls soaked in light sugar syrup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sandesh | West Bengal | Bengal | Chhena / Sugar / Flavourings | Dry / Semi-dry | Pujas / Gifting | No | Delicate pressed chhena sweet; varieties include nolen gurer sandesh | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mihidana | West Bengal | Bardhaman | Besan / Sugar Syrup / Saffron | Syrup-based | Festivals | Yes | Fine saffron-coloured besan pearls; paired with Sitabhog | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sitabhog | West Bengal | Bardhaman | Rice Flour / Milk / Ghee | Dry | Festivals | Yes | Fine vermicelli-like sweet made from rice flour | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pantua | West Bengal | Bengal | Chhena / Khoya / Ghee / Sugar | Fried / Syrup-based | Everyday / Festivals | No | Bengalis' version of Gulab Jamun; darker and denser | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Jalebi | Pan-Indian (origin Madhya Pradesh) | Central India | Maida / Curd / Sugar Syrup | Fried / Syrup-based | Everyday / Festivals | No | Crispy fermented batter swirls soaked in saffron sugar syrup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Gulab Jamun | Pan-Indian | North India | Khoya / Maida / Sugar Syrup / Rose Water | Fried / Syrup-based | Weddings / Festivals | No | Soft milk-solid dumplings in rose-flavoured sugar syrup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ladoo (Boondi) | Pan-Indian | North India | Besan / Sugar / Ghee / Cardamom | Dry / Ball-shaped | Prasad / Festivals | No | Golden besan droplets bound into balls with ghee and sugar | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ladoo (Motichoor) | Rajasthan / Uttar Pradesh | North India | Besan / Ghee / Sugar / Pistachio | Dry / Ball-shaped | Weddings / Prasad | No | Fine-grain boondi bound tightly; smoother texture than boondi laddoo | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Ladoo (Rava) | Karnataka / Andhra / Tamil Nadu | South India | Semolina / Ghee / Sugar / Coconut | Dry / Ball-shaped | Festivals / Prasad | No | Roasted semolina balls with cashews and raisins | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Halwa (Gajar) | Uttar Pradesh / Delhi | North India | Carrots / Milk / Sugar / Ghee / Khoya | Cooked / Moist | Winter / Weddings | No | Slow-cooked carrot pudding with khoya and nuts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Halwa (Sooji) | Pan-Indian | North India | Semolina / Ghee / Sugar / Saffron | Cooked / Moist | Prasad / Festivals | No | Quick semolina pudding with ghee; served warm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Barfi (Plain) | Pan-Indian | North India | Khoya / Sugar / Cardamom | Dry / Set | Festivals / Gifting | No | Dense milk-solid fudge cut into squares or diamonds | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Barfi (Kaju Katli) | Pan-Indian | North India | Cashews / Sugar / Silver Leaf | Dry / Set | Diwali / Weddings | No | Thin smooth cashew paste diamonds with edible silver leaf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Barfi (Besan) | Rajasthan | North India | Besan / Ghee / Sugar | Dry / Set | Festivals | No | Roasted chickpea flour fudge; granular and nutty | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Ghevar | Rajasthan | North India | Maida / Ghee / Sugar Syrup / Rabdi | Fried / Soaked | Teej / Raksha Bandhan | No | Crispy disc-shaped sweet soaked in syrup; topped with rabdi | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Malpua | Rajasthan / Odisha | North / East India | Maida / Khoya / Sugar Syrup / Fennel | Fried / Soaked | Holi / Puja | No | Pan-fried sweet pancakes soaked in sugar syrup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Kheer | Pan-Indian | North India | Rice / Milk / Sugar / Cardamom | Pudding | Festivals / Everyday | No | Slow-cooked rice pudding with aromatic spices and nuts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Phirni | Punjab / Uttar Pradesh | North India | Ground Rice / Milk / Sugar / Rose Water | Set Pudding | Eid / Weddings | No | Set rice pudding served chilled in earthen pots | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Kulfi | Delhi / Uttar Pradesh | North India | Milk / Sugar / Saffron / Pistachio | Frozen | Summer / Festivals | No | Dense Indian ice cream; not whipped; set in moulds | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Imarti | Uttar Pradesh | North India | Urad Dal Batter / Sugar Syrup | Fried / Syrup-based | Festivals | No | Darker and denser than jalebi; made from lentil batter | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Petha | Uttar Pradesh | Agra | White Pumpkin / Sugar / Rose Water | Crystallised / Soft | Everyday / Tourism | No | Translucent ash-gourd candy; Agra's most iconic sweet | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Gujiya | Rajasthan / Uttar Pradesh | North India | Maida / Khoya / Dry Fruits | Fried / Filled | Holi | No | Crescent-shaped fried pastry stuffed with khoya and nuts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Pinni | Punjab | North India | Whole Wheat Flour / Ghee / Sugar / Dry Fruits | Dry / Ball-shaped | Winter / Lohri | No | Energy-dense winter sweet made with atta and jaggery | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Balushahi | Rajasthan / Uttar Pradesh | North India | Maida / Ghee / Sugar Glaze | Fried | Festivals | No | Flaky doughnut-like sweet with a sugar glaze | ||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Cham Cham | West Bengal | East India | Chhena / Sugar Syrup / Rabdi | Syrup-based | Festivals / Gifting | No | Elongated chhena sweet soaked in syrup; topped with cream | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Rasmalai | West Bengal / Pan-Indian | East India | Chhena / Thickened Milk / Saffron | Syrup-based | Celebrations | No | Flat soft chhena patties in sweetened thickened milk | ||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Mysore Pak | Karnataka | South India | Besan / Ghee / Sugar | Set / Fried | Dasara / Weddings | Yes | Crumbly or firm besan sweet with heavy ghee; origin: Mysore palace | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Dharwad Peda | Karnataka | South India | Milk / Sugar / Cardamom | Dry / Round | Festivals / Everyday | Yes | Caramelised milk peda; distinctively dark and coarse | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Holige (Puran Poli) | Karnataka / Maharashtra | South India | Maida / Chana Dal / Jaggery / Coconut | Flat / Stuffed | Ugadi / Holi | No | Stuffed flatbread with sweet chana dal and jaggery filling | ||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Kesari (Rava Kesari) | Karnataka / Tamil Nadu | South India | Semolina / Ghee / Sugar / Saffron | Cooked / Moist | Festivals / Temple | No | Saffron-yellow semolina pudding with cashews | ||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Payasam (Kheer variants) | Kerala / Tamil Nadu | South India | Rice/Vermicelli/Moong / Coconut Milk / Jaggery | Pudding | Onam / Vishu | No | South Indian rice pudding; often with coconut milk and jaggery | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Ada Pradhaman | Kerala | South India | Rice Ada / Coconut Milk / Jaggery | Pudding | Onam Sadya | No | Layered rice pasta in coconut milk and jaggery; iconic Onam sweet | ||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | Kozhukatta | Kerala | South India | Rice Flour / Coconut / Jaggery | Steamed / Dumpling | Shivratri / Everyday | No | Steamed rice dumplings with sweet coconut-jaggery filling | ||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Unniyappam | Kerala | South India | Rice / Jaggery / Banana / Coconut | Fried / Round | Vishu / Temples | No | Small deep-fried rice and banana balls; temple prasad | ||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Pongal (Sweet) | Tamil Nadu | South India | Rice / Moong Dal / Jaggery / Ghee | Cooked / Soft | Pongal Festival | No | Festive sweet rice-lentil porridge cooked with jaggery and cashews | ||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Adhirasam | Tamil Nadu | South India | Rice Flour / Jaggery / Cardamom | Fried / Disc-shaped | Diwali / Karthigai | No | Dense fried rice-jaggery discs; chewy and aromatic | ||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Tirunelveli Halwa | Tamil Nadu | South India | Wheat Flour / Ghee / Sugar / Jaggery | Cooked / Set | Special Occasions | Yes | Dark amber set halwa made with water from Thamirabarani river | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Athirasala | Kerala / Tamil Nadu | South India | Rice Flour / Jaggery | Fried | Onam / Vishu | No | Similar to Adhirasam; crispy outside and soft inside | ||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Kobbari Mithai (Coconut Barfi) | Andhra Pradesh / Telangana | South India | Coconut / Sugar / Cardamom | Dry / Set | Sankranti / Festivals | No | Set coconut fudge; sometimes layered with besan | ||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Putharekulu | Andhra Pradesh | South India | Rice Starch Sheets / Ghee / Sugar / Dry Fruits | Paper-thin / Stuffed | Weddings / Sankranti | Yes | Delicate paper-thin rice sheets stuffed with ghee and nuts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 43 | Ariselu | Andhra Pradesh / Telangana | South India | Rice / Jaggery / Sesame / Ghee | Fried | Sankranti | No | Crispy fried rice-jaggery discs with sesame; festive sweet | ||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | Pootharekulu | Andhra Pradesh | East Godavari | Rice Paper / Sugar / Nuts / Ghee | Filled / Wrapped | Celebrations | Yes | Same as Putharekulu; wrapped sweet paper rice sheets | ||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Chenna Poda | Odisha | East India | Chhena / Sugar / Cardamom | Baked / Set | Puja / Festivals | Yes | Baked caramelised cottage cheese; Odisha's only baked traditional sweet | ||||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Rasabali | Odisha | Puri / Kendrapada | Chhena / Sweetened Milk / Cardamom | Syrup-soaked | Puja | Yes | Flat fried chhena patties soaked in thickened cardamom milk | ||||||||||||||||||
| 47 | Chhena Gaja | Odisha | East India | Chhena / Sugar / Maida | Fried / Sugar-coated | Everyday | No | Diamond-shaped fried chhena coated in sugar syrup | ||||||||||||||||||
| 48 | Khaja | Odisha / Bihar | East India | Maida / Sugar / Ghee | Layered / Fried | Puja | No | Layered fried pastry with sugar; Jagannath temple prasad | ||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Thekua | Bihar / Jharkhand | East India | Wheat Flour / Jaggery / Coconut / Ghee | Baked / Fried | Chhath Puja | No | Hard sweet biscuit-like offering; integral to Chhath puja | ||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Balushahi (Bihar style) | Bihar | East India | Maida / Ghee / Khoya / Sugar | Fried | Festivals | No | Flaky layered fried sweet; coated with thick sugar glaze | ||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Anarsa | Maharashtra / Bihar | West / East | Rice Flour / Jaggery / Poppy Seeds | Fried / Crisp | Diwali | No | Crispy rice and jaggery discs coated in poppy seeds | ||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | Modak | Maharashtra | West India | Rice Flour / Coconut / Jaggery | Steamed / Fried | Ganesh Chaturthi | No | Ganesh's favourite; steamed dumplings with coconut-jaggery filling | ||||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Puran Poli | Maharashtra | West India | Maida/Wheat / Chana Dal / Jaggery | Flat / Stuffed | Holi / Gudhi Padwa | No | Flatbread stuffed with sweet chana dal; slightly different from Karnataka version | ||||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Shrikhand | Maharashtra / Gujarat | West India | Strained Yogurt / Sugar / Saffron / Cardamom | Set / Chilled | Festivals / Summer | No | Thick strained yogurt sweetened with sugar; often flavoured with mango (Aamrakhand) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Basundi | Maharashtra / Gujarat | West India | Milk / Sugar / Saffron / Nuts | Cooked / Poured | Festivals / Weddings | No | Slow-reduced sweetened milk; thinner than Rabdi | ||||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Modak (Ukadiche) | Maharashtra | West India | Rice Flour / Fresh Coconut / Jaggery | Steamed | Ganesh Chaturthi | No | Steamed rice flour modak; considered the original form | ||||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Jalebi (Imarti style) | Gujarat / Rajasthan | West India | Maida / Curd / Sugar | Fried / Syrup-soaked | Dussehra / Navratri | No | Thin crispy version of jalebi; popular in Gujarat | ||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Mohanthal | Gujarat | West India | Besan / Ghee / Sugar / Saffron / Mawa | Set / Dry | Diwali / Navratri | No | Fragrant besan fudge with ghee and saffron; Gujarati classic | ||||||||||||||||||
| 59 | Sukhdi | Gujarat | West India | Wheat Flour / Jaggery / Ghee | Set / Dry | Everyday / Temple | No | Simple press of whole wheat flour and jaggery with ghee | ||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Chikki (Groundnut) | Maharashtra / Gujarat | West India | Peanuts / Jaggery / Ghee | Set / Brittle | Makar Sankranti / Everyday | Yes (Lonavala Chikki) | Crunchy peanut brittle set with jaggery | ||||||||||||||||||
| 61 | Ghari | Gujarat | Surat | Maida / Mawa / Dry Fruits / Ghee | Fried / Filled | Chandi Padvo | No | Surat's iconic stuffed sweet pastry; filled with mawa and dry fruits | ||||||||||||||||||
| 62 | Lal Peda | Uttar Pradesh | Mathura | Khoya / Sugar / Cardamom / Food Colour | Dry / Round | Janmashtami / Everyday | Yes (Mathura Peda) | Deep orange khoya rounds; Mathura's most celebrated sweet | ||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Kalakand | Rajasthan / Pan-Indian | North India | Milk / Sugar / Cardamom / Pistachio | Grainy / Set | Festivals | No | Grainy textured milk cake; moist and fragrant |