We need desserts everyday probably every night as Pakistani have a sweet tooth. Even after eating a swhole lot of savoury dishes without a dessert we feel unfilled. People will go extra mile to have the something sweet after a meal. Desserts in Pakistan is essential. Sweet is called ‘Mithai’.
Pakistani events highlights are sweets as well; eid, wedding, dinner party or a milad. All region has different floavours and unique sweet dishes. But there are few that have become popular through out the country. many prepare these at home but are available at Sweet shops and bakeries all around the country. Here is a list of the best and most loved dessert of Pakistan.
1. Kheer
Kheer is rice pudding. It is a really all-around dish. Mixture of right amount of rice and nuts make it extremely yummy and healthy at the same time and is prepared with milk. The dish is a mouth-watering and carefully flavored dessert, just right for the end of a spicy feast.
2. Ras Malai
Basically a dairy sweet consisting of small, smooth cakes of homemade cream balls made with milk and khoya floating in sugary condense milk, with little pistachios on top.
Rasmalai is an extravagant sweet frequently served in weddings and eaten on extraordinary occasions.
3. Gajar ka Halwa
Halwa are generally fried sweet dishes. Gjjar means carrot. This halwa is made with grated carrots fried with sugar and then cooked in milk. Served with khoya and nuts this makes it heavenly. Made with few ingredients but it is worth making.
4. Lab e Shireen
Lab e Shireen is basically a custard made with jellies and fruits bits. a yummy sweet dessert, whose procedure was introduced lately.
It is made with milk, corn flour, different colored jellies, fruit cocktail and multicolored noodles. Other added extras like different nuts and almonds are included for taste and fragrance. It has also turn out to be trendy party dish and you would see in marriage service and related ceremonies, lab e shireen as sweet dish being served after the feast.
5. Sheer Khurma
Sheer khurma or sheer khorma is a popular sweet pudding made during Eid. The basic ingrediends are vermicelli milk and dates with variety of ways cooked with dryfruits and spices.
6. Barfi
Barfi is a solid milk foundation sweet confectionery. The main component of plain barfi includes condensed milk and sugar. Different types of Barfi differ in their color and consistency. It is made in different flavors like. Pistachio barfi, Kajo Barfi, Coconut barfi and so on.
7. Kulfi
It is an icy dairy dessert. Kulfi is typically prepared by evaporating sweetened milk via time-consuming cooking. Different flavors are added to ones taste. The semi-condensed mix up is then freeze in stiff preserved containers. Peshawri kulfi and matka kulfi are the most wanted ones in Pakistan.
8. Gulab jamun
Gulab Jaman beat all other sweets to become Pakistan’s national sweet in a poll by Governement on Tweeter. This scrumptious indulgence consists of supple, small dumplings that are usually made of thickened or condensed milk and saturated in rose-flavored sugar syrup. It is prepared chiefly from milk solids, traditionally from newly curd milk. It is frequently decorated with dried nuts develop taste. People buy it and also prepare it at home. It is very popular and very sweet.
9. Jalebi
Jalebi might have lost its top spot as the national dessert of Pakistan but it is undoubtedly the best sweet dish that pakistani everywhere love. It is a dessert which is crusty, sugary, soothing and very addictive. The touch of sweet Jalebi is hard on the outer surface and supple and syrupy when you sink your teeth into it. This sweet is served hot or cold. In Pakistan usually people like in Ramadan after opening their fast as it helps them to overcome the sugar in body.
10. Suji ka halwa
Usually suji (semolina) ka halwa is made on auspicious and religious occasions. But it is a very main component of Pakistani breakfast as it is served with poori and chana curry. Usually it is served as it is. But people also like mixing with khoya and nuts to enhance flavor.
Cakes:
Pakistani people love traditional desserts but they have embraced cake as their own. Cake is a on common desserts in Pakistan. On every occasion, we love to make or buy cakes. Be it a simple vanilla sponge, cup cake or fancy custimized cake. We love Cake. Thus, ending this list on a special mention of cake.
Tell us if we have missed you favourite Mithai or dessert.
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