After pampering your taste buds, it’s now time to satisfy your
sweet tooth! Although these days people have become health conscious or
consuming less sweet items, as far as Gujarati sweet dishes or sweet
items are concerned, it’s hard to control ne self for long. No matter
how ever strict diet regime one may follow but it certainly not wrong to
check on and consume sweets once in a blue moon, right? Let’s check
out on lip smacking sweets popular in Gujarat! Hold on your sweet tooth,
here we goâl
Post By Just Bakwas
Penda: Sweetmeat people prefer to eat. A spiral flat shaped sweet is
made from milk solid (khoya) as base ingredient. It differs in color,
depending upon its added ingredient. It is normally offered as offering
(Prasad) in temples or family rituals and celebrations.
Kaju Katli: Kaju Katli or cashew fudge, as the name suggests is made
from cashew nut, as its main ingredient. It is similar to fudge. There
are various ways to make cashew fudge. Cashew fudges differ in taste,
depending upon its subordinate ingredient.
Halwasen: Halwasen is another sweet Gujju foodies love to feast on!
It is made from fresh cottage cheese, and hence a very source calcium.
It’s very famous in Khambat, Gujarat and also one of the favorite
sweet meas.
Suterfeni: Suterfeni comes in two types sweet or unsweetened.
Suterfeni is made from rice dough, and thread like thin noodles spun
together. Its spiral in shape and is decorated with pistachio or any
other dry fruits.
Dry fruits sweets: As the name suggests, dry fruits are added to the
base ingredients. They come in various shapes and sizes and also differ
in taste too.
Sugarless Sweets: Surprised? Sweets without sugar are impossible to
imagine, right? But yes, you read it right, sugarless sweets are very
much available these days as people are becoming health conscious and
good for diabetics too. Let’s call it sugar free sweets. Instead of
sugar other sweetening agent is used here to make sweets. It tastes
sweet like sugar but has zero sugar in it.
Chikki: Traditional Indian sweet that is made from ground nut and
jaggery. This sweet block differs in taste depending upon other added
ingredients used. It is square in shape and comes in different textures.
Ghari: Ghari is basically sweet bite from Surat, Gujarat. It is made
from fried golden bread batter mixed with milk solid (khoya), clarified
butter and sugar. It is round in shape filled with sweet ingredient into
it.
Kesar/ badam/ Pista Mithai: The sweets made from almond, pistachios
or saffron is also loved here. People carve for these kinds of sweets
too. They come in various shapes, sizes and tastes too. One may find
numerous kinds of sweets made from the above items. They come into the
category of dry fruits sweets.
Hope these sweet items give you sweet days and many more years to
come. And if you want to order them, Gujarat Food is the right place to
be!!
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