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Mithai from India: recognise gulab jamun, jalebi, laddu, barfi, rasgulla, gajar halwa, kaju katli, peda, rasmalai and Mysore pak. Good to know: Fried milk balls soaked in rose syrup. They are served warm. A spiral-shaped fried sweet in sugar syrup. It is crisp and sticky at once. A round sweet of flour, sugar and ghee. It is often given at festivals. A dense fudge-like sweet of reduced milk. Some are topped with edible silver leaf. Spongy cheese balls in a light syrup. They come from eastern India. A warm pudding of grated carrot and milk. A favourite winter dish in northern India. A thin, diamond-shaped sweet of cashew paste. It often gleams with edible silver. A soft milk sweet, often with cardamom. It is often offered at temples. Cheese discs in sweet, saffron-tinted milk. It is served chilled. A buttery sweet of gram flour and ghee. It was created at the court of Mysore. And it is exactly such details that truly bring a subject to life. Once you know them, you suddenly spot them everywhere again.

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Gulab jamun

Fried milk balls soaked in rose syrup.

💡 Did you know? They are served warm.

Pastry

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Jalebi

A spiral-shaped fried sweet in sugar syrup.

💡 Did you know? It is crisp and sticky at once.

Pastry

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Laddu

A round sweet of flour, sugar and ghee.

💡 Did you know? It is often given at festivals.

Pastry

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Barfi

A dense fudge-like sweet of reduced milk.

💡 Did you know? Some are topped with edible silver leaf.

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Rasgulla

Spongy cheese balls in a light syrup.

💡 Did you know? They come from eastern India.

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