Dishes made with ghee
55 dishes from around the world that list ghee as a main ingredient.
JalebiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 6 moreDeep-fried spirals of batter soaked in syrup, enjoyed across Asia and Africa
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
MohanthalVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaFudge-like sweet of gram flour, ghee and sugar from western India
Sweet or dessert
Tirupati LadduVegetarianశ్రీవారి లడ్డూ
🇮🇳 IndiaTemple sweet made of gram flour, ghee, cashew and cardamom, given as prasadam in Tirupati
Sweet or dessert
BhangVeganभांग
🇮🇳 IndiaCannabis leaf paste used in drinks and sweets, central to Indian spring festivals
Drink, Snacks
PanchamritaVegetarianपञ्चामृत
🇮🇳 IndiaA sacred blend of five sweet ingredients offered in Hindu and Jain rituals
Sweet or dessert
Gulab jamunVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreDeep-fried milk dough balls soaked in rose-scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert
LadduVegetarianलड्डू
🇮🇳 IndiaRound Indian sweet made with flour, sugar, ghee and often nuts or dried fruit
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
BebincaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaGoan layer cake made with coconut milk, ghee, egg yolk, flour and sugar
Sweet or dessert
Gajar ka halwaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGrated carrot cooked with milk, sugar, ghee and khoya, often served at Indian festivals
Sweet or dessert
Soan papdiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCrisp, flaky sweet made from gram flour, sugar, ghee, and cardamom
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Puran PoliVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet stuffed flatbread enjoyed at festivals and special occasions in India
Bread, Lunch, Dinner
Pongal
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice cooked in milk, central to the Tamil harvest festival
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
SheermalVegetarianشیرمال
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 moreA sweet, saffron-scented flatbread made with milk and cardamom
Bread, Breakfast, Lunch
Mysore pakVegetarianಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreA dense, golden sweet made from gram flour, sugar, and ghee
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
KozhukattaVegetarianകൊഴുക്കട്ട (Malayalam), கொழுகட்டை (Tamil)
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSteamed rice flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
ImartiVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried black gram batter shaped into spirals and soaked in scented sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Kaju katliVegan
🇮🇳 IndiaIndian sweet made from ground cashews and sugar, cut into diamond shapes
Sweet or dessert
ThekuaVegetarian
🇳🇵 Nepal and 1 moreFried sweet made from wheat flour, ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
PanjiriVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet roasted wheat flour with ghee, sugar and dry fruits, made for Hindu festivals
Sweet or dessert
ShankarpaliVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreDiamond-shaped sweet snack made from flour, sugar, ghee and semolina
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
BakarkhaniVegetarianباقرخانی
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 moreA thick, layered flatbread with a crisp crust from South Asia
Bread, Breakfast, Snacks
Sohan halwaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA dense, caramelised sweet made from cornflour, milk, sugar and nuts
Sweet or dessert
AnarsaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreRice flour and jaggery sweet fried with poppy seeds, eaten at Diwali
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
GhevarVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaCrisp disc-shaped Rajasthani sweet with a honeycomb texture, soaked in sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert
Kesari bathVegetarianಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್
🇮🇳 IndiaSouth Indian sweet made from semolina, sugar and ghee, often coloured with saffron
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast
Double ka meethaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet fried bread soaked in syrup and topped with nuts, from Hyderabad
Sweet or dessert, Dinner
ShemaiVegetarianসেমাই, সিমুই
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreSweet vermicelli pudding from Bengal, made with milk, ghee and nuts
Sweet or dessert
ChurmaVegetarian
🇮🇳 IndiaCoarse wheat or millet crushed with ghee and sugar or jaggery
Sweet or dessert, Lunch, Dinner
KahkVegetarianكحك
🇪🇬 EgyptEgyptian shortbread biscuits dusted with powdered sugar, made for Eid and other feasts
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
LangchaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDeep-fried sweet made from milk solids and flour, soaked in sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert
Jaynagarer MoaVegetarianজয়নগরের মোয়া
🇮🇳 IndiaA winter sweet from West Bengal made with date palm jaggery and Kanakchur popped rice
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Unni appamVegetarianഉണ്ണിയപ്പം
🇮🇳 IndiaSweet fried rice cakes with banana and jaggery from Kerala
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Shahi jilapiVegetarianশাহী জিলাপি
🇧🇩 BangladeshA giant coiled sweet soaked in syrup, shared at iftar in Old Dhaka
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sheermal: Pranaykuma12, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jalebi: Gpkp, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ghevar: Onef9day, CC BY 3.0, source
- Panchamrita: Skubydoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bhang: Reuben Strayer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Laddu: Rajdeep Das, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gulab jamun: Cabeza2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kahk: Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mohanthal: Dkgohil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gajar ka halwa: Prerna Jaddwani, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soan papdi: Abigail Batchelder, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bebinca: Warren Noronha, CC BY 2.0, source
- Puran Poli: No machine-readable author provided. Pamri assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Pongal: Jennifer Kumar, Public domain, source
- Kozhukatta: Jayashree Govindarajan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mysore pak: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Imarti: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kaju katli: Unknomics, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thekua: Magadhkingdom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shankarpali: Vijay Sonar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Churma: Ravinder Narwal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anarsa: Ukr07, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sohan halwa: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Kesari bath: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Double ka meetha: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Shemai: Sm faysal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panjiri: Miansari66, CC0, source
- Bakarkhani: Wasiul Bahar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jaynagarer Moa: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Unni appam: Riyaz Ahamed at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Shahi jilapi: Md.Saiful Aziz Shamseer, Public domain, source
- Langcha: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source