Which Indian sweet has highest calories?

Q: What is the most high calorie sweet?

1. The Roman Empire – Coco Gelato, Cardiff. 18 scoops of homemade gelato sit on four hot waffles, drowned in a collection of chocolate bars, fresh fruit, brownies and syrups in a 3,845 calorie testament to sugar.

Q: How many calories does an Indian sweet have?

Its important to know though, that all these are made with a flour (chena, rava, wheat, rice, or khoya) batter and then mixed with sugar, milk and ghee. This adds up to nothing less than 100-150 calories per small piece or per small bowl.

New Delhi: Diwali is certainly the time to indulge in some delicately flavoured and melt-in-your-mouth goodies. This means it’s also the time when people tend to break their resolutions to lose weight. Truth is, when you’re in a festive mood, you tend to consume more calories than what you normally would eat. But mindless eating can hugely interfere with your weight loss goals. We all know the fact that once the fat is stored in the body, especially in the middle (belly), it needs a lot of efforts to get rid of it.

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Every festival is India is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm, but there is something magical about Diwali - from exchanging sweets and gifts to indulging in a variety of different traditional foods and dishes. But if you're a health conscious person or trying to lose weight and don't want to turn this happiness into guilt, you would want to avoid or limit intake of some foods packed with calories. Here are five such high-calorie Indian foods that can give you belly fat if consumed in excess. Read - Post-Diwali detox diet plan: 6 simple tips to reduce belly fat and boost weight loss in 5 days

Boondi Laddu

While the total number of calorie content may vary depending on what they are made of, one single Indian Boondi laddu, the most popular sweet during Diwali, contains about 185 calories and 14 grams of fat.

Rava Laddu

A super quick sweet recipe that is aromatic and tastes delicious, rava laddu is usually made with a few ingredients, including coconut, sugar, semolina, nuts, ghee/milk. 1 rava laddu contains about 303 calories, 12 grams of fat. Read - Diwali 2018: 5 Indian Deepavali sweets that may be adulterated

Gulab Jamun

The calorie and nutrition facts of gulab jamun may vary depending upon recipe variations like laddoos. But on an average, one ball of gulab jamun generally has about 149-150 calories, 7.3 grams of fat.

Jalebi

Jalebi, which is a deep-fried dough that is soaked in a sugary syrup, is the most popular sweet in India. Serve it warm or cold, delicious either way. But each piece of an average-sized jalebi has about 150 calories. Read - Worried about festive weight gain? 5 tips to stop sweet cravings and promote weight loss this Diwali

Karanji

The crisp flaky fried pastry stuffed with desiccated coconut and dry fruits is one of the sweet snacks that is a part of diwali faral. It is said that 1 piece of karanji has about 224 calories and 14 grams of fat.

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So, if you’re health conscious but a total foodie, just stick to one or two pieces, and don’t forget to go out and burn those calories.

It is festival time and of course, we cannot say no to sweet. Navarathri means ladoos, halwa, kheer for everyday offerings. Then, the festival of light Diwali (Deepavali) is in the corner with varieties of sweet boxes -Gulab jamun, rasamali, jilebi, laddoo, peda halwa and so on. Eating sweet is okay, but we need to be cautious about the quantity that we consume. Some sweets are so delicious that we cannot stop just after one piece. In addition, those sweets will supply high calories to our body. All these Indian sweets are have ingredients like wheat, rice, clarified butter (ghee), sugar, coconut, condensed milk, dry fruits ! All these ingredients together make these sweets very rich in calories. This adds up to nothing less than 100-150 calories per small piece or per small bowl.

Low-fat cakes made of whole wheat, honey and jagerry can be healthy. Also, peanut laddoos and nuts chikki are nutritious dessert options. However, anything in excess can go against your health, so it is best to consume desserts occasionally and to not be a victim of its harmful effects. See how much calories are in your favorite sweets.

Gulab Jamun:

Gulab Jamun is a popular Indian dessert made with fried dough and milk. Rolled into balls, the dough is then chilled in sugar syrup.

Ingredients: A dough made of milk solids (khoya), sugar syrup, cardamoms for flavour.

Method: Deep-frying in oil, and then soaking in sugar syrup.

CALORIE COUNT: Two medium size gulab jamun balls have about 387 calories. Fat – 15gms. Cholesterol – 31mgs.

How to burn calories?: Jumping rope for 45 minutes will help burn about 400 calories,

Jalebi

Keeping with the trend of deep-fried goodness, jalebi is also fried wheat flour (twisted into swirls or pretzel shapes) and dipped in sugar syrup. It gets its bright orange colour from food colouring.

Ingredients: Batter made with flour, yeast, sometimes yogurt and sugar.

Method: The batter is deep-fried

CALORIE COUNT: One piece (100 gram) is about 200 calories. Fat – 24gms. Cholesterol – 7mgs.

BURN IT: Ballywood dancing for 25 minutes can burn up to 150 calories.

Laddu (Or Ladoo)

Laddo is a ball-shaped dessert that is made from flour and sugar. They come in different colours, including yellow and orange.

Ingredients: Basin (gram flour), dry fruits, sugar syrup,

Method: Deep frying followed by adding sugar syrup

CALORIE COUNT: One medium piece (100 gm) has about 185 calories.

BURN IT: Going up and down on steps 20 minutes (12 steps staircase) can burn up to 185 calories.

Ras Malai

Ras malai is usually made with powdered milk, eggs and flour, then moulded into balls and served with sugar, cream and milk.

Method: Round balls made of powdered milk and flour dipped in heavy sugar syrup!

CALORIE COUNT: One piece (100 gram) has about 250 calories. Fat 1 gram

BURN IT: Rake for about 30 minutes and spend 15 minutes cleaning up the leaves — you can burn about 200 calories

Peda

Peda is made with thickened milk, sugar and flavorings like pistachios, cardamom and saffron.

CALORIE COUNT: One piece has about 82 calories.

BURN IT: One round of cleaning for 20 minutes (including sweeping) can burn up to 80 calories, according to eHow.com.

Halwa

THE DISH: Halwa is typically made with a flour base or nut base and often contains semolina. Halwa can be made with carrots, pistachios or almonds.

Ingredients: Vary by region – moong, wheat, semolina (sooji) etc., with sugar, dry fruits. The primary ingredients are flour, sugar and oil.

Method: Constant combination of water, sugar and ghee with flour, till the flour separates.

CALORIE COUNT: One piece has about 100 calories. Fat – 23gms. (Calories – 360 per small bowl). And

Gajar ka halwa or carrot halwa 1 bowl = 237.4 cal

BURN IT: You need minimum 20 minutes workout to burn 100 calories.

Kheer

Kheer is the South Asian version of rice pudding, made with milk, sugar and toppings like almonds and cashews.

CALORIE COUNT: One serving has 270 calories. Fat -30 grams,

BURN IT: Running about 10 kms (6 miles) can burn up to 270 calories.

Kaju Barfi

Kaju katli is made from ground cashews and sugar. The sweet is topped with an edible silver foil.

Ingredients: Condensed milk, sugar, other variants include gram flour (besan), pistachios, cashews (kaaju).

Method: Grinding cashew and condensing under low flame while adding sugar, ghee etc.

CALORIE COUNT: One piece has about 100 grams = 145 calories. Fat – 6gms. Cholesterol – 15mgs.

BURN IT: Walk on thread mill for 20 minutes at hiking mode and you will burn that 125 calories.

Karanji (Somasi)

Karanji is a dough pastry filled with coconut or sugar and fruit.

Ingredients: Coconut, sugar

CALORIE COUNT: One serving has about 224 calories.

A combination of steps, toe-taps and mountain climbers for 20 minutes can burn off 225 calories, according to Fitness Magazine.

What is the most high calorie sweet?

1. 'The Roman Empire' – Coco Gelato, Cardiff. 18 scoops of homemade gelato sit on four hot waffles, drowned in a collection of chocolate bars, fresh fruit, brownies and syrups in a 3,845 calorie testament to sugar.

Which Indian sweet is good for weight gain?

Indian sweets like peanut chikki or wheat flour laddoos are also one of the best healthy foods to gain weight.

How many calories does an Indian sweet have?

It's important to know though, that all these are made with a flour (chena, rava, wheat, rice, or khoya) batter and then mixed with sugar, milk and ghee. This adds up to nothing less than 100-150 calories per small piece or per small bowl.