“sweet”

Bihar Dessert

Pua Sweet Pancake

Fluffy fried wheat and fennel pancakes — the festive Bihari sweet pancake for Holi and Chhath

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dessert

Makhana Kheer

Fox nuts slow-cooked in saffron-sweetened milk — Bihar's most celebrated and...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Iyengar Kovil Prasadam Pongal

Tamil Brahmin / Iyengar recipe — The sacred temple pongal — rich with ghee, cashews,...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Andhra Pradesh Dessert

Kobbari Burfi

Classic Andhra/Telangana — coconut burfi.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Pitehi Kaddu

Pumpkin with panch phoron and amchur — the sweet-savoury Bihari pumpkin curry

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Andhra Pradesh Dessert

Ariselu Andhra

Classic Andhra/Telangana — rice-jaggery sweet disc.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Bihar Snack

Tilkut Sesame Brittle

Pounded sesame and jaggery brittle — the iconic Gaya sweet and Makar Sankranti...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Hard

Bihar Dessert

Sattu Ladoo

Roasted gram flour rolled with jaggery and ghee into energy balls — the Bihar protein sweet

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Bihar Snack

Anarsa Festival Sweet

Deep-fried fermented rice and jaggery discs coated in poppy seeds — the Bihari Diwali special

⏱ 4320 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Hard

Bihar Dessert

Gur Ka Kheer

Rice pudding sweetened with raw jaggery — the sacred and rustic kheer of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Mysore Pak Karnataka

Classic Karnataka sweet — mysore pak karnataka made with besan and ghee.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Dessert

Dharwad Peda

Classic Karnataka sweet — dharwad peda made with milk and jaggery.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium