There is no one perfect dish that works for all food cravings. The theories for craving are also endless, ranging from endorphin production brought on by eating fats and carbohydrates to low serotonin levels impacting the brain regions responsible for desire.
Foods like chips, brownies, ice cream, chocolate, cupcakes, pizza, burgers, and fries are commonly craved and everyone has experienced them. Cravings are strong desires to eat particular foods and are typically more acute than regular hunger.
It's a good idea to indulge your desires occasionally because they might occasionally return with such vigour that you wind up overeating at the following meal or bingeing on dessert after dinner. Limiting specific meals consistently may increase the temptation for overindulgence. Nonetheless, equilibrium and contentment are essential.
These seven late-night cravings will have one sleep like a baby. Sure, these are easy to make since it is midnight, but desserts on the list are not compromised. Take a look at what suits your midnight palette and make one yourself.
7 Easy Desserts To Make At Midnight
1. Kesar Badam Milk
Only milk, sugar, saffron (kesar), almonds (badam), and cardamom powder are needed. Then, as simple as it gets, one needs to mix it. Add ice if preferred, or one can make it with warm milk. Also, soaking saffron strands in warm milk will enhance colour and flavour. Crushed almonds and a pinch of cardamom powder serve as great garnishes, too. It's comforting and nutritious.
2. Gulab Jamun Trifle
Get one step ahead of ice cream and make this. Take gulab jamun, vanilla custard, whipped cream, pistachios, and rose syrup. Creatively layer crumbled gulab jamun, vanilla custard, and whipped cream in serving glasses. Repeat layers and garnish with chopped pistachios. Drizzle rose syrup on top. The perfect desi tiramisu for cravings!
3. Coconut Ladoo
It's a traditional Indian sweet made with simple ingredients and minimal effort. It is perfect for satisfying sweet cravings. Also, one can make it and store it beforehand. Take desiccated coconut, condensed milk, cardamom powder, and chopped nuts. Then, toast the desiccated coconut, make a paste with condensed milk, and roll the ladoos in chopped nuts.
4. Rasmalai
Feeling creative? Take some store-bought rasmalai, tart shells, saffron, and nuts of your choice. Place a rasmalai in each tart shell, and it is done. As simple as this gets. Garnish it with nuts to make it more crunchy. This can be done with cakes, chikkis, and so much more.
5. Gajar Halwa Parfait
Take some leftover gajar halwa, vanilla yoghurt, and crushed nuts like cashews, almonds, and raisins. Make kheer out of it. Make it creamy like never before. It will be a perfect dish to satisfy the sweet tooth. But, one should be aware that too much sweetness will make one crave for salty. It is addictive, sure, but one needs to be mindful, too.
6. Jalebi Cheesecake Jars
Take some jalebi, cream cheese, powdered sugar, whipped cream, and saffron syrup. Layer crushed jalebi, sweetened cream cheese mixture, and whipped cream in jars. Drizzle saffron syrup between layers. Chill before serving. Make your own ice cream, which is not ice cream. Be experimental with flavours like orange, pistachios, badami, and many more.
7. Mango Shrikhand
Summer is here! Take some mango pulp, Greek yoghurt, powdered sugar, cardamom powder, and crushed pistachios. Layer everything and serve. Use canned mango pulp for convenience. Sweeten the yoghurt with powdered sugar and flavour with cardamom. This will not only satisfy cravings but also will make you full for the night.
Sure, these desserts can be made at dinner time or as snacks because they are so easy and unique. You can also find your own dish through some innovation too. Experiment and create new flavours with these never-ending choices.