Art of Indian Sweets

Thank you to the author for writing this book, it's all and more I wanted it to be. I'm looking forward to making some of the sweets. I've read though it 4 or 5 times already, only had it a week, to absorb it. It's excellent. If you want to make indian sweets this book is a great start. There's little notes from the author too at the beginning of each recipe that I like, makes it more personal, even if they are a bit zany. But thanks anyway.

I was looking for a comprehensive book of all Indian sweets, as I wanted inspiration to create a more westernised version of what I grew up eating in India, when I was a child.This book is tailored more towards Rajasthani and Gujarati sweets, many of which I haven't eaten, with a couple of Bengali ones thrown in. There are pictures of each dish, so you know what to aim for, but they are quite basic (no glossy photo shoots here). However, the recipes are well though out and explained. I have added pictures of the Contents page, as I really wanted to know whether what I was buying would be useful to me, but as I couldn't see the contents or index, I had to take a chance.Being an Agnostic, the religious language and heavy preaching really puts me off from reading this. There are pages and pages of blurb, advising me on the merits of becoming a Vegetarian and how I should cook these recipes to offer to Lord Krishna (i.e. do not taste the food before offering to Lord Krishna, if you cook food for self gratification then you are a sinner and a thief). I know this book is marketed as having a religious slant - but I found that it really rams it down your throat.The recipes are all quite basic, so I would recommend to new cooks as well as seasoned ones. The measurements are in cups, teaspoons and tablespoons, but the conversions to millilitres are explained well. I have tried a few of the recipes - the Partty Supta (very odd spelling!), Kalakand and Til Ke Laddu. All were relatively nice, but far too sweet and I would recommend that you add sugar to taste, and do not just follow the recipe as written.A note of warning for newbies to Indian sweets, there are a few ingredients which may be hard to come-by if you are not located near an Indian grocery shop. Things like Jaggery (unrefined sugar from date, cane juice or palm sap), Charoli (small seeds that taste like almonds), Poha (flat rice), Besan (gram flour), Gond (edible gum) and Char Magaz (cantaloupe seeds) may be difficult to source, depending on where you live.This book is a very basic introduction to Indian Sweets, and you really need to see the other books available on Amazon, to appreciate the huge variety available throughout the rest of India. I would highly recommend reading  Super Indian Dessert Recipes  or  Desi Sweets: 46 Indian Dessert Recipes  or  SWEET MOMENTS - TRADITIONAL INDIAN (BENGALI) DESSERTS  or  Mithai  (all Kindle books). I feel these books were more useful to me in my quest to discover amazing Indian sweets.

The recipes are here,and so is the motivation behind them. The book is a little pricey and some of the ingredients are hard to get if an asian grocer is not within your reach.

The recipes are mainly for Rajastani sweets with some traditional Gujarati and a few Bengali classics (e.g rosgullos) plus some recipes devised by the author. There's a lovely little introduction to each sweet giving the background to when it would be made, often for a festival or celebration. It is quite unusual to find recipes for Rajastani sweets - most sweet marts in the UK I have come across are Gujarati, Bengali or occassionally Mumbaian and although I absolutely love Gujarati sweets, this makes a lovely change.

One of the best books on Indian desserts to have.Krishna Priya Dasi has given very simple techniques to prepare elaborate sweetmeats. I want to say here that this book elucidates her personality as an achiever in life and tempts us to try each and every recipe in it.As a food blogger I recommend this book for any person fond of Indian desserts.

Total waste of money..it's contain the recipes of Hindu Lord Krishna ji. It's all products which serve As a BHOG yo Lord Krishna .. And the name given so impressive that customer will buy.. Not recommend At all !!!

Really great book