Maya Indian Sweets, Surry Hills
Parents threw a house party a while ago (before i started fitness regime) and when I arrived the next day, on the counter was a box of Indian sweets from surry hills. This gave me the perfect opportunity knit-pick at them as it’s something different that many people are not keen to try. I admit i was scared!
I did find them quite deadly when thinking about the ingredients. Some consist of ghee (clarified butter – the good dirty heart attack stuff), and some consist of super sweet syrups and milk. By all means, I suggest you give it a try especially if your a lover of all things milky and or indian spices / seeds.
Mawa Peda
Dense, yet crumbly rich ball with the taste of cardamon and a hint of pistachio its one of my favourites.
Burfi
Burfi is my ultimate favourite Indian deserts. I like the ones with the 100s and thousands. Its a very creamy desert which often people think is very milky. Personally I LOVE IT its always been a favourite of mine.Texture is crumbly and melts in your mouth. There are different types of Burfi, some are denser and smoother than others. Burfi comes in a variety of flavours such as cashew (kaju) pistachio (pista) almond (badam) and chickpea (besan) and Coconut.
Ladoo
Rough chickpea flour with sugar, ghee, cardamon and almonds.. deadly I know…. I find it always looks so unappealing in the selection box.
Chocolate Burfi
Don’t expect this to taste like chocolate. It tastes like normal plain burfi but smoother in texture as its not meant to be a pure chocolaty desert. The cocoa is mainly used as a form of colouring still delicious.
Bombay Halwa
Rubbery and sticky, vicious-coloured translucent jelly with similar texture of turkish delight only a bit more dense.
Besan Burfi
Dense and semi rough piece of gold with cardamom and almonds. Texture is more crumbly, dense and not as powdery as the standard burfi.
Badam Burfi
It tastes like powered milk with empowering taste of cardamon. – Must Try!Badam (almond) Barfi is made with almonds in pure butter ghee (clarified butter) and flavoured with cardamoms
Maya Indian Sweets
470 Cleveland St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
P: (02) 9699 8663
W: http://www.maya.net.au
Wow, these look so good! I’ve never had many Indian desserts before but these really are tempting! I’ll definitely have to drop in one day when I pass through Surry Hills. Cheers!
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Fantastic pictures!
I especially love the look of the coconut burfi – yum!
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Indian sweets are lovely BUT SO UNDERRATED! Thanks for sharing such lovely pictures.
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i love indian sweets i usually get my fix from Harris Park’s Billu’s :O) burfi is my favourite too, ladoo i find a bit dry (from what i can remember)
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Mmm so pretty, I love all the bright colours! but they’re mostly nutty *sad face*. I remember trying a little bit of yours on our food tour, it was a really interesting flavour
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wow – fantastic pictures! Have yet to try any of these, not sure whether I like cardamon in my sweets
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Ohh Coconut burfi. My fav indian sweet. I just cant get enough. The besan burfi looks interesting. I’m sure it was delish
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Oohh those look yummy! I’ve never really tried many indian sweets, but the ingredients list has got me convinced!
such cute emoticons btw 
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Yeah, I’d opt for the Badam Burfi because I’m a cinnamon addict. I’ve tried indian sweets before and yes, they tend to infuse savory with sweet.
Ghee…deadly…
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I highly recommend their rasmalai. Its the best one I’ve had ever!
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