Dessert Recipes

Karnataka Dessert

Gasgase Payasam

Classic Karnataka sweet — gasgase payasam made with poppy seed payasam.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Dessert

Chiroti

Classic Karnataka sweet — chiroti made with crispy layered sweet pastry.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Dessert

Rave Unde

Classic Karnataka dessert — rave unde made with semolina laddu.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Ellu Unde

Classic Karnataka dessert — ellu unde made with sesame laddu.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Halbai

Classic Karnataka dessert — halbai made with coconut and rice sweet.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Ragi Laddu

Classic Karnataka dessert — ragi laddu made with finger millet laddu.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Peanut Chikki

Classic Karnataka dessert — peanut chikki made with peanut brittle.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Kadubu

Classic Karnataka — kadubu with steamed rice dumplings.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Dessert

Sihi Kadubu

Classic Karnataka — sihi kadubu with sweet steamed dumplings.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Kavuni Arisi

Tamil Nadu village recipe — Chettinad black rice pudding — offered at weddings and festivals.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Karuppatti Pongal

Tamil Nadu dessert — Palm jaggery pongal — richer and more aromatic than white sugar pongal.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Pal Pongal

Tamil Nadu sweet — Sweet milk pongal — the Pongal festival offering cooked in a new mud pot.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium