Dec 19, 2024, 03:36 PM IST

7 Indian sweets and their surprising calorie counts

DNA WEB DESK

Indian desserts made with flour, sugar, ghee, and oil, such as mysurpak, gulab jamun, and others, are surely shared by friends, family, and neighbors. However, you should know your calorie intake before enjoying these delicious treats. 

The classic gulab jamun, which has 126 calories per piece, is made of smooth, deep-fried first-sized spheres of khoa that are then soaked in a sugar syrup coated with cardamom essence.

Gulab jamun

All-purpose flour, gram flour, and sugar syrup are used to make jalebi, which are spiral-shaped, juicy, and crisp. With a dollop of rabri, people eat. One piece of jalebi contains 100–150 calories.

Jalebi

A milk-based dessert called rasgulla is created by curdling milk, removing the whey, and kneading the solid milk into balls before coating them in sugar syrup. Rasgulla has 80–100 calories per piece.

Rasgulla

Cashews and sugar are combined to make the smooth, thin fudge known as kaju katli. Everyone enjoys this famous and delicious treat. There are 80–100 calories in one piece of kaju katli.

Kaju katli

Motichoor Ladoo, a popular Indian dessert, contains tiny pearls of boodi, which are typically made from gram flour, fried in ghee, and combined with sugar syrup. There are 150–200 calories in one piece of ladoo.

Motichoor ladoo

Besan ladoo, a traditional North Indian dessert, are fragrant and tempting sweet balls made with cardamoms, ghee, gram flour, and powdered sugar. Laddo has 135 calories per piece.

Besan ladoo

Flaky cubes of sweet milk and besan that melt in your mouth are called soan papdi. Gram flour, all-purpose flour, ghee, milk, and sugar are its ingredients. Soan papdi contains 259 calories per piece.

Soan papdi

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