# India's most popular sweets

The mithai most loved across India at festivals, weddings and sweet shops, based on Hindi Wikipedia and lists of Indian sweets.

- 11 votes · 16 items
- Aug 20, 2025 · breadhead_big
- https://even.best/en/l/424/india-s-most-popular-sweets

## Top 12

1. **Gulab jamun** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fried khoya balls soaked in rose and cardamom syrup.
2. **Rasgulla** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spongy chhena balls in syrup; both Odisha and Bengal have GI tags.
3. **Jalebi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Crisp batter spirals in saffron syrup, often with rabri.
4. **Mysore pak** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gram flour, ghee and sugar sweet from the Mysore Palace kitchens.
5. **Ghevar** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rajasthani honeycomb sweet for Teej and Raksha Bandhan.
6. **Modak** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice flour dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery, offered at Ganesh Chaturthi.
7. **Motichoor laddoo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Laddoos of tiny boondi pearls, for every auspicious occasion.
8. **Soan papdi** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Flaky gram flour sweet that melts in the mouth.
9. **Kaju katli** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thin cashew and sugar fudge with silver leaf; the most popular Diwali gift.
10. **Rasmalai** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chhena discs in thickened saffron-cardamom milk.
11. **Gajar ka halwa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Red carrots cooked in ghee, milk and khoya, a winter dessert.
12. **Kheer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice, milk and nut pudding; payasam in the south.
13. **Peda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Khoya sweets; Mathura's pedas are the most famous.
14. **Sandesh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Delicate Bengali chhena sweet.
15. **fondant** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kalakand, a granular, soft sweet made from milk and cottage cheese, is famous in Alwar, Rajasthan.
16. **Petha of Agra** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Transparent sweet made from white petha (pumpkin), the identity of Agra.

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