10 Quick And Easy-To-Make Sweets To Level-Up Your Festive Dinners

By Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe

August 9, 2023

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With the festive season underway, there is also a continued demand for all things sweet. Here are some quick and easy to make dessert options for your sweet tooth that are ideal treats for the festive season.

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Peda

Easy to make at home, you can whip up a small batch of peda by bringing together ghee, milk, sugar and flavours of saffron and cardamom in a warm pan.

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Kaju Katli

Bring together cashews, milk powder and sugar for making this diamond shaped sweet which is a total crowd pleaser. Layer it with silver foil for that halwai-like finish.

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Dates And Sesame Roll

Toss some dates in ghee and fold in roasted, crushed dry fruits. Roll into a cylindrical shape and coat in sesame before cutting into little round discs.

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Coconut Barfi

Make coconut barfi without using a stove by mixing desiccated coconut, sugar and condensed milk. Spread the mixture on a barfi tray and allow it to set before slicing.

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Dry Fruit Ladoo

Blend a mix of dry fruits together and add jaggery or sugar for sweetening this delicious mix. Add dates tossed in ghee as a binding agent so that the ladoos hold their shape.

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Paneer Kheer

Make this quick recipe using full fat milk, crushed paneer, sugar and some condensed milk. Add saffron strands, cardamom powder and rose water for a delicious aroma.

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Instant Rava Ladoo

If you have roasted rava at home, mix it with some ghee and powdered sugar for a quick rava ladoo recipe. Add milk to bring the mixture together and some raisins for flavour.

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Paan Roll

This refreshing dessert contains crushed paan, desiccated coconut and condensed milk. Gulkand placed in the centre before rolling makes for a sweet surprise inside!

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Meetha Dahi

Put a somewhat instant spin on the traditional mishti doi recipe to make sweet curd by whisking in sugar or jaggery in fermented curd and adding cardamom powder for aroma.

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Instant Halwa

Do away with elaborate contraptions and make a simple halwa by melting jaggery in ghee and adding some wheat flour until it is blended into a smooth, dense dessert.

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