# The best South Indian sweets

Mysore pak, Tirunelveli halwa, payasam, pootharekulu and unni appam: the sweets of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Telangana.

- 512 votes · 21 items
- Oct 1, 2018 · Ankit Desai
- https://even.best/en/l/3855/the-best-south-indian-sweets

## Top 21

1. **Mysore pak** (38 · ▲42 ▼4) — Rich gram flour, sugar and ghee fudge from Mysore.
2. **Sakkarai pongal** (33 · ▲35 ▼2) — Sweet rice with jaggery, cashews and ghee.
3. **Ada pradhaman** (26 · ▲28 ▼2) — Kerala payasam of rice flakes, coconut milk and jaggery.
4. **Pootharekulu** (25 · ▲26 ▼1) — Andhra 'paper sweets' of rice starch sheets with sugar and ghee.
5. **Obbattu (holige)** (23 · ▲27 ▼4) — Flatbread filled with lentils and jaggery.
6. **Tirunelveli halwa** (22 · ▲25 ▼3) — Glossy wheat halwa from Tamil Nadu.
7. **Dharwad pedha** (20 · ▲24 ▼4) — Caramelised milk sweet from Karnataka.
8. **Unni appam** (18 · ▲25 ▼7) — Fried rice, banana and jaggery dumplings from Kerala.
9. **Kakinada kaja** (18 · ▲25 ▼7) — Crisp layered sweet soaked in syrup.
10. **Double ka meetha** (15 · ▲18 ▼3) — Hyderabad's fried bread pudding in milk.
11. **Bandar laddu** (14 · ▲18 ▼4) — Laddu from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
12. **Kovilpatti kadalai mittai** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — Peanut and jaggery brittle.
13. **Kuzhi paniyaram** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — Rice and lentil dumplings cooked in a special pan.
14. **Kesari bath** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — Semolina halwa with saffron colour.
15. **Adhirasam** (12 · ▲21 ▼9) — Deep-fried rice flour and jaggery cakes.
16. **Gavvalu** (12 · ▲16 ▼4) — Shell-shaped rice flour sweets.
17. **Kozhukkattai** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — Steamed rice dumplings with coconut and jaggery.
18. **Ashoka halwa** (11 · ▲13 ▼2) — Moong dal halwa from Thiruvaiyaru.
19. **Qubani ka meetha** (10 · ▲14 ▼4) — Hyderabad's stewed apricot dessert.
20. **Boorelu** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Fried balls filled with chana dal and jaggery.
21. **Jaangiri** (1 · ▲7 ▼6) — Fried black gram spirals in syrup.

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