The best South Indian sweets
The top 3 according to 512 votes from people: Mysore pak · Sakkarai pongal · Ada pradhaman. (Updated Oct 1, 2018.)
Mysore pak, Tirunelveli halwa, payasam, pootharekulu and unni appam: the sweets of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Telangana.
Top 21
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1
Mysore pak
Rich gram flour, sugar and ghee fudge from Mysore.
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2
Sakkarai pongal
Sweet rice with jaggery, cashews and ghee.
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3
Ada pradhaman
Kerala payasam of rice flakes, coconut milk and jaggery.
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4
Pootharekulu
Andhra 'paper sweets' of rice starch sheets with sugar and ghee.
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5
Obbattu (holige)
Flatbread filled with lentils and jaggery.
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6
Tirunelveli halwa
Glossy wheat halwa from Tamil Nadu.
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7
Dharwad pedha
Caramelised milk sweet from Karnataka.
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8
Unni appam
Fried rice, banana and jaggery dumplings from Kerala.
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9
Kakinada kaja
Crisp layered sweet soaked in syrup.
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10
Double ka meetha
Hyderabad's fried bread pudding in milk.
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11
Bandar laddu
Laddu from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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12
Kovilpatti kadalai mittai
Peanut and jaggery brittle.
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13
Kuzhi paniyaram
Rice and lentil dumplings cooked in a special pan.
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14
Kesari bath
Semolina halwa with saffron colour.
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15
Adhirasam
Deep-fried rice flour and jaggery cakes.
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Gavvalu
Shell-shaped rice flour sweets.
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Kozhukkattai
Steamed rice dumplings with coconut and jaggery.
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18
Ashoka halwa
Moong dal halwa from Thiruvaiyaru.
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19
Qubani ka meetha
Hyderabad's stewed apricot dessert.
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20
Boorelu
Fried balls filled with chana dal and jaggery.
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21
Jaangiri
Fried black gram spirals in syrup.
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Comments (12)
Sakkarai pongal on Pongal day with lots of ghee and cashews
Double ka meetha at every Hyderabadi wedding, love it
Pootharekulu from Atreyapuram is like eating sweet paper, amazing
Qubani ka meetha with fresh cream, my favourite dessert
Missing payasam in general, but ada pradhaman counts I guess
Mysore pak at number one, as it should be. The soft ghee version, not the hard one!
Both are great, just depends on the shop
Hard Mysore pak is the original, the soft one is a modern thing
Ada pradhaman at Onam sadya, the best part of the meal
Dharwad pedha should be higher!
Tirunelveli halwa from Iruttukadai, people queue every evening for it
Unni appam from the temple in Kerala tastes different, I swear