Lapsi is a sweet dish made with roasted broken wheat (Dalia) and sweetened with jaggery. Garnished with nuts and flavored with cardamom, this cracked wheat recipe is perfect for celebrations. With a rich brown color, this lapsi halwa recipe can be cooked in the instant pot within minutes. Lapsi halwa is a popular delicacy in the…
Dessert Recipes
No special holiday or festival is complete without desserts. Here you will find a variety of Instant Pot Indian Desserts and some baked treats such as muffins and cakes.
Browse our collection for the easy and best Kheer, Carrot halwa or Coconut Pumpkin Halwa made in the instant pot or traditional recipes such a Coconut Almond Laddoo.
Sabudana Kheer (Tapioca Pudding)
Sabudana Kheer, or Tapioca pudding, is a sweet made with tapioca pearls and milk. This kheer is popular during the fasting festive season in India. It is super easy to make in the instant pot or on the stovetop. Vegetarian & Gluten-free! This is the festive time of the year – it is currently Navratri…
Ukadiche Modak (Steamed rice dumplings with sweet coconut filling)
Ukadiche Modak is an Indian sweet dumpling made during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. It is made from steamed rice flour and stuffed with a sweet mixture of jaggery and grated coconut. I am not a Maharashtrian, however I grew up in Mumbai where Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with much flair. We used to go to…
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
Delicious, moist and fluffy Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins are loaded with zucchini and chocolate chips. A great way to make muffins healthy by adding zucchinis. A perfect breakfast or lunch-box treat. Whenever there is lots of zucchini at home, I end up making these muffins as they are all finished right away. I think that I…
Healthy Carrot Muffins
Easy & moist Healthy Carrot Muffins made with whole wheat flour, carrots and maple syrup. These delicious muffins are great for a quick breakfast or snack! My daughter loves cupcakes & muffins. So I make them very often now. Although I also try to make them healthier with whole wheat flour as much as possible,…
Gulab Jamun (with Khoya)
Gulab Jamun is the most popular Indian dessert. Gulab Jamun’s are deep fried donut-like balls, soaked in sweet rose flavored syrup. They are so delicious and taste absolutely heavenly. Learn to make the best gulab jamun’s with khoya along with all the tips and tricks to get them melt-in-the-mouth soft. I grew up eating the most…
Instant Pot Brownies Made From Scratch
These moist & fudgy Instant Pot brownies are easy to make from scratch. Enjoy with some vanilla ice-cream for a perfect dessert! This brownie recipe is so easy to make from scratch in the . These are the most moist, dense and rich brownies that you will probably ever have. This is the reason we love…
Zarda Sweet Rice / Meethe Chawal
Meethe Chawal or Zarda Rice is a sweet and rich rice preparation loaded with dry fruits, sugar and ghee. This aromatic sweet saffron flavored rice is royal dessert made on special occasions and festivals. Meethe Chawal or Zarda or Sweet Rice? This sweet rice is popularly known in North India as Meethe Chawal. Meethe Chawal translates…
Sooji Halwa | Sheera | Indian Semolina Pudding
Suji Ka Halwa, also known as Sheera is a simple Indian semolina pudding, made with basic ingredients – semolina, sugar, and ghee. The pudding tastes simply divine, and takes just 20 minutes to prepare. This delicious dessert is prepared all over India, and has many different names. In North India, it is Sooji or Suji ka…
Coconut Pumpkin Halwa (Pudding) | Kaddu ka Halwa
Coconut Pumpkin Halwa, also called as Kaddu ka Halwa is an Indian pumpkin dessert made with pumpkin, sugar, ghee, coconut and nuts. It can be cooked in a pressure cooker on the stovetop or Instant pot and takes less than 30 minutes to make this delicious dessert! This recipe is reprinted with permission from Vegetarian Indian Cooking by…
Healthy Whole Wheat Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins
Kickstart you Fall mornings, which these Healthy Whole Wheat Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins. Made with freshly milled whole wheat flour, rolled oats, pumpkin puree, yogurt along with chocolate chips, these are satisfying goodies that you can enjoy guilt free. I have been enjoying Fall food whole heartedly, firstly with the Chickpea Squash Fritters, then Butternut Squash Soup and…
11+ Delicious Instant Pot Indian Desserts
11+ Delicious and Easy Indian Dessert Recipes for your Instant Pot. Vegetarian & Gluten free, with authentic Indian flavors! Instant Pot has made our lives so much easier. We love to cook in our Instant Pot and we love Desserts, so let’s see all the amazing Indian desserts you can make in your favorite pot!…
Orange Semolina Cake in Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker
Orange Semolina Cake / Rava Cake topped with orange syrup made in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Let me introduce you to this semolina cake, so easy to make…so delicious. It is fluffy and moist with the gorgeous orange flavor. This is a egg free cake, perfect for vegetarians. The main ingredient in this cake is…
Instant Pot Carrot Halwa / Gajar Halwa (with Stovetop option)
Carrot Halwa or Gajar ka halwa, is a delicious dessert made with grated carrots, milk, sugar, cardamom and almonds. This is a healthy and light dessert from North India, which we will make in the Instant Pot. This is the bright orange carrot pudding, the popular dessert you might have enjoyed at the buffet in…
4 Ingredient Delicious Instant Pot Applesauce
Four ingredients and just 5 minutes of preparation to make this delicious Instant Pot Applesauce. This is a delicious cinnamon flavored Apple puree, that has a good balance of savory, sweet and tangy. Enjoy it as a snack or use it as a filling for desserts. This is the only way I have made applesauce. Before…
Seviyan Kheer / Vermicelli Kheer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Seviyan Kheer / Vermicelli Kheer / Semiyan Payasam made in the Instant Pot. This is a creamy and delicious pudding made with vermicelli, milk and sugar, infused with aromatic saffron, cardamom, nuts and raisins. It is common to make this seviyan kheer on festivals in India. This is also a great addition to gatherings or…
Brown Rice Pudding / Kheer – Instant Pot
Kheer or Payasam is an Indian favorite dessert for special occasions. It is basically rice pudding made with rice and milk infused with saffron, cardamom and assorted dried fruits. This recipe is a variation to use brown rice in this favorite dessert made in the Instant Pot. As I mentioned in my (white) Rice Kheer recipe,…
3-Ingredient Chocolate Almond Bites (Peda)
I was making some sweets for Diwali, but was not sure my daughter will eat any of them. So I thought if I added a little touch of chocolate to them, she would gobble them up. And that is exactly what happened! I felt like such a genius 🙂 You could call these Chocolate Almond…
Coconut Almond Balls (Laddoo)
Coconut Almond Balls or Nariyal Badam Laddoo is an easy sweet recipe that can be made for any festival. It is made with almond (badam) powder, desiccated coconut (nariyal) and sweetened condensed milk as the main ingredients. Laddoo is basically sweet little balls of goodness. This is a quick sweet that can be prepared in just 20 minutes….
Rice Pudding / Kheer – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Kheer or Payasam is an Indian favorite dessert for special occasions. It is basically rice pudding made with rice and milk infused with saffron, cardamom and assorted dried fruits. This Kheer made in the instant pot is a game changer. The best thing about this, no stirring and it is ready in less than 40 mins! Traditionally…
Sweet Vermicelli / Seviyan – Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Sweet or Meethi Seviyan, a sweet dessert made with vermicelli, ghee, sugar, cardamom and nuts. This is also called Vermicelli Kesari or Parsi style sweet seviyan. A perfect one pot sweet dessert which is ready in 15 mins in the instant pot. This is a very quick and easy dessert, and so delicious. Yum! And…
Carrot Kheer (Pudding) – Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker
Carrot Pudding / Carrot Kheer / Carrot Payasam made in Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker. Carrot Kheer is made with carrots, milk, cashews and dates, with the added aroma of cardamom & saffron. A delicious & satisfying desert, with no added sugar. You would not mind yourself or your kids asking second and third servings!…
