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14 traditional Gujarati mithais and desserts you must try

Last updated on - Jan 15, 2026, 22:12 IST
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The essence of Gujarati mithais

Gujarati cuisine is known for its rich flavours and use of lots of lentils. From snacks to main course, the cuisine offers a lot to all the palates. But did you know that they also celebrate sweets and mithais in the most extravagant manner? If not, then scroll down to learn about 14 traditional Gujarati mithais and desserts that are worth a try.


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Garvanu


It is a Gujarati semolina kheer, where roasted semolina or sooji is cooked with milk, sugar, and spices like cardamom, charoli, and saffron.

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Gujarati Kansar


This traditional sweet is made with coarse wheat flour, jaggery, and aromatic spices.

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Kuler Laddoo


This is a healthy and nutritious laddoo made with bajra or pearl millet, jaggery, and ghee.

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Fada Lapsi


This delicious Gujarati sweet dish is made with broken wheat, ghee, and is sweetened with jaggery or sugar.

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Biranj



To make this timeless Gujarati sweet dish, you need basmati rice, chana dal, nuts, jaggery or sugar, millk, ghee, and spices like green cardamom, clove, cinnamon and bay leaf.

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Ghari

It is a mithai native to Surat and is made with puréed lentils, ghee, and sugar, filled with dry fruits and often flavored with cardamom or saffron. (Image: Instagram/vijaydairy_)



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Penda


This refers to soft and dense sweets made with condensed milk, flavoured with cardamom and garnished with pistachios, almonds, and cashews.

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Mohanthal


This is one of the most famous and traditional Gujarati sweet (barfi) made with gram flour, ghee, sugar, and is flavoured with cardamom powder and nuts.

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Shrikhand



This is a creamy yogurt-based dessert flavoured with saffron, cardamom, and often mixed with fruits like mango, and is garnished with nuts.

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Basundi


It is a thickened milk dessert flavoured with cardamom, saffron, and sometimes rose water, garnished with a generous amount of chopped nuts.

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Adadiya Pak


It is a winter-special sweet made with black gram flour (urad dal), ghee, jaggery or sugar, and is spiced with ginger, cardamom, and gond.

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Doodh Pak


It is a popular rice pudding made with rice, milk, sugar, saffron, and nuts and is enjoyed both warm and cold.

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Sutarfeni



It is a flaky traditional sweet known for its fine, thread-like texture and is made with spun dough, which is deep-fried, and soaked in sugar syrup.It is topped with cardamom powder and nuts.

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Sev Barfi


This sweet is made with sev, sugar syrup, and ghee and is flavoured with cardamom powder and nuts and is loved by people of all age groups.

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