Sweets are important to Deepavali celebrations as they signify happiness and good luck
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with our selection of rich and jewel-bright Indian sweets, or mithai. Here are six places to head to for these truly decadent desserts.
Restoran Jai Hind, KL
Situated in the heart of Masjid India, Restoran Jai Hind is the place to go for Punjabi sweets. They sell an impressive array of authentic sweets and snacks, including burfi, gulab jamun, coconut candy and laddu, as well as a much lauded rasmalai (served with buffalo milk and almonds) and black gulai jamun. The restaurant has seen better days but what it lacks in décor, it makes up for with its top-notch North Indian and Tandoori fare. So don’t just come for dessert; make a full meal out of your trip, capping it with a cup of tea with fresh cow’s milk.
Restoran Jai Hind, Klang
Jalan Tengku Kelana is the main artery of Klang’s Little India, with restaurants, clothes shops and grocers lining its sides. Competition for the dessert hunter is fierce along this street, but Jai Hind keeps pulling its regulars back with exquisitely made sweets and snacks. In business for the last 70 years, they have a daily set-up of 10 different types of confectionary towers to induce sweet cravings, more as Deepavali approaches. In case you’re wondering, Jai Hind has no connection with the KL restaurant.
Restoran Chennai Chetty Naadu
This restaurant is chalking up points for its Indian-styled sweets. Besides the plainly adorned palgova and halwa, they also have pretty fruit-shaped mango and apple palgova, as well as freshly made munthiri (cashew) halwa. Best way to try the sweets is in small doses. Indian sweets are not made for heavy consumption, a nibble or two for the uninitiated is enough for a sugar rush. Right outside the shop is a stall selling fresh and delicious samosas and onion pakoras.
Jesal Sweet House
Jesal Sweet House’s sweets-filled counter beckons invitingly to passers-by, set up as it is right outside Jassal Tandoori Restaurant along Jalan Tun Sambanthan. Every so often, a sweet tooth will fall for its saccharine charms, ordering boxes of well-made halwa and burfi to go. The shop’s claim to fame is the low sugar count and use of pure fresh milk in their products, based on traditional North Indian recipes. Besides the usual suspects, they also stock imported goods such as kaju katli, made solely from cashew nuts, and dried fruit barfi.
The Lotus Family Restaurant
Lotus is an established chain specialising in banana leaf rice, amongst other Malaysian Indian food. This branch in Jalan Gasing has an attractive counter up front offering a variety of well-loved sweets like jalebi, laddu and nei urundai, or ghee balls. You can also find different kinds of murukku here. As the festive season rolls around, they step up their offerings and get busy churning out bulk orders for customers.
Saravanaa Bhavan
Indian vegetarian restaurant Saravanaa Bhavan’s popularity is thanks to consistently good food throughout its outlets whether in Chennai, London, New York or Kuala Lumpur. Fairly upscale around these parts, the bright and cheery ambience is matched by an equally colourful display of South Indian sweets. Come for the ghee Mysore pauk and the mixed fruit laddu.
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Restoran Jai Hind, Klang
94 Jalan Tengku Kelana, Klang
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603 33729905 |
Restoran Jai Hind, KL
15-17 Jalan Melayu, KL
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603 26920041 |
Saravanaa Bhavan
52 Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, KL
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603 22871228 |
The Lotus Family Restaurant
15 Jalan Gasing, KL
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603 77826868 |
Jassal Tandoori Restaurant & Jesal Sweet House
84 Jalan Tun Sambanthan, KL
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603 22746801 |
Restoran Chennai Chetty Naadu
127, Jalan Tengku Kelana, Klang, Selangor
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603 33714086 |
