Milk based Indian sweets and desserts
Rasgulla:
Soft spongy balls made from chhena (Indian cottage cheese) and soaked in sugar syrup
Gulab Jamun:
Deep-fried milk solids dumplings soaked in sugar syrup, often flavored with cardamom and rose water
Rasmalai:
Soft and flattened chhena patties soaked in sweet, saffron-infused milk
Kalakand:
Sweet made from solidified, sweetened milk and paneer, flavored with cardamom
Sandesh:
Delicate sweet made from fresh chhena, often flavored with saffron or cardamom
Kheer:
Rice pudding made with milk, rice, sugar, and flavored with cardamom, saffron, or nuts
Basundi:
A thickened sweetened milk dessert, often flavored with cardamom and garnished with chopped nuts.