Traditional Indian Desserts

Here is an honest outlook about some Traditional Indian desserts. The Indian Nationalities will tell you they most all have a sweet tooth. But how can you not when you see all the tasty treats they have and make. I will admit, looking at some of the pictures of their yummy desserts they do not look all that good but when you read what is in them you may just change your mind. Why not tempt fate and try to prepare one a Traditional Indian Dessert and give it a try for yourself!.

What Are Some Traditional Indian Desserts

Being as though the Indian Culture love sweet treats there are so many different things you can find to get started with. As we all should do we need to allow for variety in the food department and go out on a limb to try new and different foods on occasion. Sometimes these cuisines send us to exotic new lands and exciting Countries of the food world! Every time I go out to eat weather it is to a Chinese buffet or some place else I try to make it a point to get something that I have never tried. Even if it does have a name that I can not pronounce I will ask what is in it then make my judgment to get it or not. You may find that something you thought you would never like, and maybe it will become your new favorite food. Below I am going to post up a few different Traditional Indian desserts you Should try to make

Traditional Indian Dessert Example

Basdusha
Add - Water - 150 gms or in equal amount to sugar.
Add - Maida 100 gms
Add - Coconut grated 1 Tblsp.
Add - Oil for frying
Add - Pure Ghee 100 gms
Add - Baking soda - a pinch
Add - Sugar 150 gms
Dessert Directions

Create your syrup / sugar mixture by combining 150g of sugar with an equal amount of water. Cook this mixture over the stove for 5 to ten minutes. Add to your syrup mixture 100g of ghee as well as a dash of salt and baking soda. Stir your syrup until you begin to see it bubble. Add 100g of Maida and add any water as needed to soften the syrup into a pourable liquid.

From the syrup, form even ball of sugar and flatten each of these balls slightly on each side. These sugar balls will now be deep friend in oil for a short time. When each ball is finished deep frying, cover each ball with the syrup mixture and place aside to decorate with any toppings you choose, a popular favorite is coconut.

Traditional Indian Basundi
Add - Milk 2 ltrs.
Add - Charoli seeds 25 gms.
Add - Sugar 200 gms.
Add - Green cardamom powder 1/2 tsp.

In a heavy frying pan pour milk to cover the bottom of the pan and slowly bring to a boil. Simmer and reduce the heat to bring the milk let the milk thicken. Continue to mix the milk or it will easily begin to stick to the bottom of the pan, ruining your dish. To the thickened milk we will add the following, charoli seeds, sugar, and green cardamom powder. Continue to boil your mixture on the stove for 7-12 minutes. Once finished, pour into small serving bowl and place the bowl into the refrigerator and allow to harden.

Cham Cham

Traditional Indian Chamcham
Add - 2-3 tbsps lime/lemon juice
Add - 2 liters full cream/ whole milk
Add - 5 tsps flour
Add - 2 cups sugar
Add - 4 cups water
Add - 2-3 tbsps rose water or a few strands of saffron
Add - 200 gms fresh thickened/ heavy/ double cream
Add - A few drops of yellow food colour (according to your preference)

Start with getting yellow paneer, or adding yellow coloring to a paneer. Then you will begin to shape each paneer into an oblong shape. Prepare a very thin sugary base syrup. Boil slowly for ten minutes over a low heat. Let the paneer soak in the syrup for 24 hours. The following day add plain kova, fresh cream and powdered sugar to your paneers.

Add a heavy Kadai to your mix and lower the temperature. Allow this mixture to become cool, then knead the mix. Cut the Cham cham in sandwich sized pieces to match the kova and sandwich them between the kova. You can add decorative toppings, or tasty toppings like whip cream and a cherry!

Traditional Indian Jalebi
Add - Refined flour 300 gms.
Add - Green cardamom powder 1/2 tsp.
Add - Curd (yogurt) optional
Add - Sugar 500 gms.
Add - Color (optional) a few drops
Add - Soda bi-carb 1 tsp.
Add - Ghee for deep frying

Began by combining some soda, some plain yogurt, and flour to water to make a cold batter. Let stand over night. Mix occasionally to maintain consistency. Add green cardamom powder to a half water, half sugar mixture and prepare for 25 minutes over a low heat.

Fire Ghee in a your favorite Kadhai. Pour the batter you have after the 25 minutes of preparation into a jalebi cloth and then pour it into medium hot Ghee giving jalebi shapes. Heat and cook both sides and then remove from heat and let cool. To create your own jalebi cloth, grab any fairly tough cloth material you have and cut a small hole in the center.

Rossogolla
Add - 1 1/2 cups sugar
Add - 1/2 tsp. citric acid
Add - 2-3 drops rose essence
Add - 4 cups water
Add - 1 litre milk

Bring a quarter pan of milk to a boil, then let sit for 4 hours to completely cool. Reheat the milk after removing the filmy top layer of milk cream. Add a citric acid and water mixture until you have completely curdled the milk. Heat sugar water syrup mixture in a wide sauce pan. Bring the new mix to a boil and cloth strain.

Knead the dough into 12 equal size balls. Cover and Boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand until cool. Add Essence and allow your 12 balls to chill over night.

Traditional Indian Food Dessert Summary

These are just a few of the hundreds of recipes there are for Indian treats you will definitely enjoy. Some of them may be harder then others to make but what have you go to loose by at least trying to make one of them. You will be quite surprised at how well you did and how oh so good they are.