List of Indian sweets and desserts
This is a list of Indian sweets and desserts, also called mithai, a significant element in Indian cuisine. Many Indian desserts are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of dessert vary by region. In the eastern part of India, for example, most are based on milk products. Many are flavoured with almonds and pistachios, spiced with cardamon, nutmeg, cloves and black pepper, and decorated with nuts, or with gold or silver leaf.
North
East
South
West
| Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
| Anarsa | Slightly fermented rice flour, jaggery, khus-khus seeds | ||
| Basundi | Sugar, milk | ||
| Dhondas | Cucumber, rava | Baked cake | |
| Doodhpak | Milk, rice, sugar, dry fruits | Milk-based | |
| Kaju katli | Cashews, ghee | ||
| Mahim halwa | Semolina, sugar | ||
| Modak | Rice flour, coconut jaggery stuffing | Fried | |
| Puran poli | Wheat flour, gram, jaggery | Bread | |
| Shankarpali | Sugar, ghee, maida flour, semolina | ||
| Shrikhand | A creamy dessert made out of strained yogurt, often served with dried fruits such as mangoes. | Yoghurt-based | |
| Sutar feni | Maida, sugar, ghee |
Pan-Indian
| Name | Image | Main ingredients | Category |
| Burfi | Milk Powder | Burfi | |
| Halva | Semolina | Boiled | |
| Kheer | Milk, rice/noodles | Milk-based, called Payasam in Southern parts of the country | |
| Laddoo | Milk, flour | Laddu | |
| Peda | Milk, sugar | Milk-based |