By Aditi Saraswat
October 19, 2025
This Diwali, dive into India’s rich sweet heritage. From gulab jamuns to sweet sandesh, every dessert has a story of ritual and tradition. Discover six iconic Indian sweets that every sweet lover must try to make during the festivities truly memorable.
It is a soft, porous sweet which is soaked in saffron milk. A creamy, aromatic, and melt-in-mouth luxury for every festive celebration.
It is a golden dessert from Karnataka, loaded with ghee. It is rich, crumbly, and bursting with the aroma of roasted gram flour (besan) and sweetness and sweet aroma of ghee.
These are deep-fried balls prepared from khoa or mawa and soaked in rose-flavoured sugar syrup. It is soft, syrupy, and tempting with every bite.
A light Bengali sweet prepared from fresh chenna, lightly sweetened and scented with cardamom or fruit essence.
It is Lord Ganesha’s favourite sweet treat. These steamed rice dumplings are filled with coconut and jaggery fillings, delivering a warm, caramel-like sweetness.
It is a crispy, spiral-shaped delight which is soaked in saffron syrup after frying. Crunchy from outside, syrupy from inside, jalebis are pure happiness on a plate.