The low fat or low calorie Indian healthy dessert recipes given on this web site are easy, quick and simple and make very tasty, tempting, nutritious desserts or mithai or sweets. Some of these are completely free from any cholesterol and fat, while others are of reduced fat variety.
Indian sweets are generally based on khoya or mawa or highly thickened milk, paneer (Paneer cottage cheese recipe) and besanchickpea flour. Sugar and gur jaggery are used for sweetness in all the Indian desserts. Commonly used garnishings are almond, cardamom, pistachios, water melon seeds, raisin, saffron and rose water. Favourite Indian delicacies include rasgulla, jalebi, ladoo and halwa.