When it comes to Indian Cuisine and food one thing cannot be overlooked…Our love for Sweets! Most Indians have a sweet tooth or a mouthful of them to say the least. It’s not uncommon to see huge crowds at Sweet stores across the Country. And with the variety and sheer number of sweets available it’s no wonder that it’s such an important part of an Indian’s lives. Sweets are part of any Indian celebration or festivity of any kind. They are prepared in Indian households not only for special feasts and occasions, but also for simple celebrations like birthdays, anniversaries, graduations or even any other concocted reason. Every event big or small, calls for the sharing sweets with the whole neighbourhood even simply because he/she is the proud owner of a new car.

Indian sweets are known as ‘Mithai’. They rely heavily on sugar, milk and condensed milk and frying, however the bases of the sweets vary by region. They more intense and sweeter than western sweets and desserts and quite a bit heavier since they’re made mainly in Ghee which is clarified butter.

One can get a beautiful scene of colourful sweets in any indian sweet shop. Sweets are symbol of good gesture in India. Hence, sweets are first tasted when any new thing happens or if important decisions are taken. In most countries sweets are the last course of a meal. In India though they are served with the rest of the meal and in some traditions especially during celebrations, people start eating a meal only after having had a bite of the sweet on the plate, to signify the celebration.