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Indian mithais you can bake!

Revamp your traditional Indian mithais with a baking twist.

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Indian mithais you can bake

No matter how many mousse, pastries or cakes you eat to satisfy your sweet tooth, nothing can take away the flavour and comfort of a traditional Indian mithai. While the methods to make Indian mithais are as varied as the types of mithais itself, baking isn’t something that really comes to the mind while making Indian mithais. We’ve curated a list of Indian mithais you can put a spin on and bake instead of deep frying or setting in the refrigerator. Take a look.

Baked Gulab Jamuns

When you think of Indian mithais the heavenly Gulab Jamun would definitely be on the list. These golden brown deep fried dough balls are a crowd favourite, always. However this time instead of simply dunking them in the sugar syrup, the Gulab Jamuns are baked with a custard batter that complements its rich sweet taste while adding a unique rabri-like texture.

Baked Coconut Rice Pudding

This recipe amalgamates two brilliant ingredients with vibrant textures into one blissful combination. Cooked with sweet coconut milk, and infused with the contrasting flavour of star anise, this new take on the classic Coconut Rice Pudding is something worth trying out.

Baked Amarkhand

For people who don’t know, Amarkhand is simply a mango-flavoured shrikhand. It usually uses hung yoghurt, sugar, elaichi with a generous dose of mango puree as well as fresh cream. While traditionally the mixture isn’t cooked, this new method of baking adds some interesting elements to the mix.

Baked Rabri Cheesecake

This dish fuses our love for Indian and Western deserts by turning the humble rabri into a sinful cheesecake. The recipe adds condensed milk to the rabri and rests it on a cookie crumble base, which is then baked to bind everything together into a wonderfully creamy delight which looks videsi but tastes very desi.

Baked Mawa Samosa

Samosa is a snack loved by many. However what if we swapped the spicy potato filling and stuffed it with the sinfully dryfruit-loaded mawa instead? And instead of being deep fried it is baked to perfection. To top it all off it is dunked in a big bowl of chashni! Yes this is definitely loaded with quite a few calories, baking makes it a tad bit healthier, with no compromise on taste!

Baked Mishti Doi

You don’t need to be Bengali to be a fan of Mishti Doi. The subtle yet impactful flavours of this classic makes you fall in love with it.  Usually it is made with a yoghurt and nolen gur mixture, frozen in earthen pots. However, in this new method the yogurt is baked, giving it a slightly different texture - a welcome twist to the classic recipe.

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