Sweets & Mithai

Deep-fried milk solid balls soaked in sugar syrup. Very high GI due to refined flour, sugar syrup, and deep frying.

Deep-fried fermented batter spirals soaked in sugar syrup. One of the highest GI Indian sweets.

Natural dried fruit used as a sweetener and snack. Medium GI but nutrient-dense with potassium, iron, and fiber.

Spongy cottage cheese balls in sugar syrup. Bengali classic. High GI from the sugar syrup, but slightly better than gulab jamun as it's not fried.

Gram flour, ghee, and sugar sweets. The besan base provides some protein, but the sugar and ghee make it calorie-dense.

Slow-cooked rice simmered in sweetened milk with cardamom and nuts. High GI from white rice and sugar in milk.

Grated carrots slow-cooked in milk, ghee and sugar, garnished with nuts. High GI from added sugar despite carrot fiber.

Roasted semolina cooked with ghee, sugar and water or milk. High GI from refined semolina and sugar.

Thin diamond-shaped fudge of ground cashews and sugar syrup. High GI from sugar, though cashew fat slows it slightly.

Rich gram-flour sweet cooked in generous ghee and sugar, a Karnataka classic. High GI from sugar and refined flour.

Dense fudge made from reduced milk solids (khoya) and sugar. High GI from sugar, slightly lower due to milk protein and fat.

Flaky, crisp cube of gram and refined flour spun with sugar syrup and ghee. High GI from sugar and refined flour.

South Indian pudding of vermicelli or moong dal simmered in sweetened milk with cardamom and cashews. High GI from refined vermicelli and sugar.