Famous Indian Sweets
Famous Indian Sweets is a structured food & drink dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Sweet, Region, Main Ingredient. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Sweet, Region, Main Ingredient, Texture, Served, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Served groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Sweet, Region, and Main Ingredient across food & drink entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Sweet↕ | Region↕ | Main Ingredient↕ | Texture↕ | Served↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gulab Jamun | Pan-India | Khoya, flour, sugar syrup, rose water | Soft, spongy, syrup-soaked | Warm or room temperature | The most beloved Indian dessert, deep-fried milk dough balls in rose syrup |
Rasmalai | Bengal/UP | Paneer (chena), saffron milk, pistachio | Soft, silky, creamy | Chilled | Flattened chena discs in sweet saffron milk, delicate Bengali specialty |
Jalebi | Pan-India | Flour batter, saffron sugar syrup | Crisp outside, syrupy inside | Hot | Orange spirals dunked in syrup, often paired with rabri or milk |
Ladoo (Motichoor) | North India | Gram flour pearls, sugar syrup, ghee | Soft, grainy, melt-in-mouth | Room temperature | Festival and prasad staple, tiny boondi balls bound together |
Barfi | North India | Condensed milk, sugar, nuts | Firm, dense, fudgy | Room temperature | Milk fudge sliced into squares, often layered or silver-leafed with vark |
Kaju Katli | North India | Cashew paste, sugar, ghee | Smooth, firm, slightly chewy | Room temperature | Diamond-shaped cashew fudge with edible silver, Diwali gifting favorite |
Rasgulla | Bengal/Odisha | Paneer balls in light sugar syrup | Spongy, juicy | Chilled | Bengali classic, disputed origin between Bengal and Odisha |
Sandesh | Bengal | Fresh chena, sugar or jaggery | Soft, crumbly, delicate | Room temperature | Refined Bengali sweet, molded into seasonal shapes, nolen gur version in winter |
Mysore Pak | Karnataka | Gram flour, ghee, sugar | Crumbly, buttery, melt-in-mouth | Room temperature | Invented in Mysore Palace kitchens, heavy with ghee |
Soan Papdi | North India | Gram flour, sugar, ghee, cardamom | Flaky, layered, crumbly | Room temperature | Flaky cube that disintegrates on touch, Diwali gift default |
Peda | Mathura/UP | Khoya, sugar, cardamom | Firm, grainy | Room temperature | Small round milk sweets, Mathura peda is prasad at Krishna temples |
Halwa (Gajar) | Punjab | Grated carrot, milk, ghee, sugar | Soft, grainy, rich | Warm | Winter specialty, slow-cooked red carrot pudding |
Kheer | Pan-India | Rice, milk, sugar, cardamom, nuts | Creamy porridge | Warm or chilled | Rice pudding, made at every festival, simple and comforting |
Malpua | Bihar/Bengal | Flour, milk, fennel, sugar syrup | Crisp edges, soft center | Warm with rabri | Deep-fried pancake dunked in syrup, Holi specialty |
Petha | Agra | Ash gourd, sugar syrup | Translucent, chewy | Room temperature | Agra specialty sold near the Taj Mahal, crystallized pumpkin candy |
Cham Cham | Bengal | Chena, sugar syrup, cream, coconut | Soft, creamy-centered | Chilled | Oblong Bengali sweet, often stuffed and coated in coconut |
Modak | Maharashtra | Rice flour, coconut, jaggery | Soft steamed, sweet stuffed | Warm | Lord Ganesha's favorite, Ganesh Chaturthi centerpiece |
Phirni | North India | Ground rice, milk, saffron, nuts | Thick, creamy pudding | Chilled in clay bowls | Thicker, silkier cousin of kheer, served in earthen kulhads |
Ghevar | Rajasthan | Flour batter, ghee, sugar syrup, milk | Honeycomb-crisp disc | Room temperature | Teej and Raksha Bandhan specialty, intricate disc-shaped sweet |
Kalakand | Rajasthan/UP | Fresh chena, sugar, cardamom | Grainy, moist, soft fudge | Room temperature | Granular milk cake, originated in Alwar Rajasthan |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Famous Indian Sweets organized?
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This dataset contains 20 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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