Make At Home Indian Sweets For The Sweet Tooth
If you have ever popped a spoonful of milk powder, drinking chocolate, icing sugar or condensed milk into your mouth, straight off the container, just like that, be assured that you have a sweet tooth! And good news is it is neither a symptom of any incurable disease that you aren’t aware of, nor it is an anomaly. It is, in reality a harmless sweet addiction that probably one can just never get away with. And more so if there are some delicious Indian sweets to feast one’s senses on!
There are times we chance upon thoughts that become phrases for life. One such thought that became quite popular, at least amongst the lovers of gourmet was, “Eat, drink and make merry, for tomorrow we may diet”. Hence, to honor your sweet-tooth till we diet, and to your endeavor to reach for sweets, we give you some wonderful alternatives to milk powder and plain sugar that can be whipped up from common ingredients off your pantry in a jiffy!
Here are 4 easy, make-at-home Indian sweets that you can make irrespective of time, day or diet. This is where the fairytale begins!
Shahi Tukda: A name that literally boils down to the meaning, ‘the royal morsel’, shahi tukda was introduced to India by the moghuls. Although, whether white bread was used or not back then might generate a contemplative debate, the dish itself keeps no room for doubt that it is royal: both is taste and ingredients. Surprisingly it is also extremely easy to make with the main ingredients being fried bread, condensed milk and nuts!
Rasgulla: A very popular syrupy sweet made from cottage cheese, Rasgulla or ‘roshogolla’ as it’s called in Bengali has definitely carved for itself a niche in the list of 10 sweets to eat before you die. The history of origin states that the credit of inventing Rasgulla goes to Orissa albeit Bengal is the state that’s now synonymous to this very tempting sweet. Tiny balls rolled from “chhanna” or cottage cheese are left to rise in a light sugary syrup, resulting in this heavenly piece of sweetness; heaven is then not too far away as you can make your own batch of Rasgullas in exactly 15 minutes!
Puran poli: A dish that maketh Maharashtra, “Puran” means stuffing and “Poli” means the bread in which it is stuffed. Made with boiled chick peas, jaggery and a pinch of turmeric, stuffed in Indian flat bread, this is a taker of the sweet tooth, anytime!
Kheer: Owing its origin to the sacred land of Jagannatha, Kheer is said to have been born in the Jagannatha temple of Puri in Orissa, almost about 2000 years ago. Still today kheer happens to rule the roost of Indian desserts and sweets- it is the easiest, quickest and also the most popular. With milk being the main base, “Kheer’s” ingredient can travel lengths; count anything within the range of lentils to vermicelli to rice to just plain old milk shortened in volume with nuts and saffron. This sweetness is definitely here to stay.
Believe it or not, Indian sweets, unlike Indian savories are not at all elaborate. Although some may call for such, most of them are 15 minute quick fixes that are perfect for any occasion: from feeling low to happiness redefined.
This article has been contributed by Aishwarya Vohra from Offshore Ally. She is a part of the company’s virtual assistant and link building team. Aishwarya loves to cook and learn about different cuisines. Connect with her via Twitter.
