- Curdled milk
dessert.
- Guys, what are we doing here?
Is this okay?
- Oh my God.
- I've never put anything in my mouth
that felt the way that this felt.
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- Hi! I'm Aniket from BuzzFeed India.
and today I have challenged some of my friends
from BuzzFeed Oz to try some iconic Indian sweets.
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- I love Indian culture.
I want to go to India and try all of their food
and perverse every mountain and fight every mongoose.
And today, I get to do one of those things.
- Have I ever tried Indian sweets?
No.
- So I guess the only thing I know about Indian snacks
is they may come in bore shapes and be really sweet.
- Bring them on.
- [Aniket] So here we have Gulab jamun.
Gulab jamun are basically these tiny little balls
of thickened milk, then they're fried
and they float in sugar syrup.
- Oh, Whoa.
Okay. Interesting.
So we have some little balls.
- Smells like a fragrant spray.
(spraying sound)
- Okay. This is delicious, but it's extra delicious
if you heat it up for like 15 seconds.
And even though I know what it tastes like
I'm still gonna eat it.
- Hmmm. - Okay.
- Like a maple leaf syrupy thing.
- Mm Hmm.
It's actually so delicious.
I could eat like 10 of these bad boys.
- It's like a donut dipped in
like essential oils and checked in my mouth.
- That's excellent.
This will be really nice with like a little tea or cha.
- Or some ice cream.
It's amazing.
Love this one.
- Okay. That was great.
You guys ate it perfectly.
You eat it exactly as what Hameda said,
it's supposed to be soft,
and all the syrup is all over the place.
Adds smells of rosewater.
It's the best.
So next up we have our Jalebi's.
Jalebi's are these really cute looking concentric circles
of deep fried flour,
which are then dumped into a ton of syrup.
- Oh my god.
Wow. It's just crazy.
- It looks 10 million times cooler
than every Australian sweet that we have.
- It smells like spices or something.
- Let's dig in.
- It's a donut except a million times sweeter.
- Oh, hmm. Hmmm.
It's strange.
- What is this? It's so good.
- It's like soaked in syrup.
- Absolutely delicious.
- It's like a sweet, syrupy something.
(laughing)
Yeah, I right that. That's nice.
- Okay, the jalebi is a little too sweet,
even for my liking. And I really like all sweets.
So jalebi is best had
when it's fresh off the stove from the halwai.
Halwai is like a confectioner or a sweet-maker.
Kaju pista roll.
Kaju pista roll's are so cute.
They are these tiny little rolls made
of cashew, almond and pistachios.
- This is so cute.
- This one I've never seen before in my life.
And I'm super excited.
It looks a bit like Play-Doh.
- It looks like a dim sum or a fish stick.
- It's like a flacid...
(long beeping noise)
- It even has its own little
it looks like tin foil.
Really hope it's edible and someone hasn't just left this
on here and I'm going to die.
- Oh my god, it's not tin foil, it's edible silver.
- Let's talk, smell.
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I'm getting nothing.
(laughing) (cheerful music)
- Hmmm.
- That is not as sweet as I was expecting.
- It's kinda like a little bit shortbread-y.
- It's like, a sweet kind of like soft, sweet bickie.
I love the texture.
- Does kind of feel like you're eating Play-Doh,
but flavor wise it's actually really delicious.
- Oh, they did again. I right it.
- This is my favorite.
- I right it.
- [Aniket] Next up we have our ladoo's.
Most commonly, they are made with fried flour
which is dunked in sugar syrup.
- So we've got two types.
One's kind of like a cauliflower head, but smaller.
And one's, it looks like a cookie.
- I don't know what that smell is called.
So you're just going to have to imagine a smell.
- I think I'm going to go with this one first.
That's so much softer than I was expecting.
- Ooh, that is yum.
- It's like a bit sticky.
- It's a very subtle in its flavor, but it's nice and sweet.
- I do know about that.
Not my thing.
- Let's try this guy.
- Oh my God.
(giggling)
- Oh, it's like sand.
- Hmm.
I've never put anything in my mouth,
that felt the way that this felt in my mouth.
- This guy is 100% a right.
And this guy is a hate.
- My question, are we eating that thing wrong?
Like, do we need to dunk it in tea or something?
I don't know. Let me know.
In the comments below.
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- So you guys did eat it correctly. I would give you that.
I understand the base of the ladoo
can get a little bit sandy.
It's like gram flour, which is roasted.
And I think, that's the acquired taste there.
Next up we have is Barfi.
Barfi is again, like ladoo, quite versatile.
You can make anything into a barfi.
Coconut, dried fruits, you name it,
and we have a barfi for it?
- Oh my god. I've actually heard so much about barfi before.
So this one is the plain one.
Then, we have the almond flavored and the coconut.
And I'm actually so excited to try these, small bites.
- Let's try the plain one first.
- Ooh.
- Mm mm.
- It bites off really nicely.
- It's kinda nice.
- That is a lot like fudge.
- It's a little bit perfumey.
- It's like a slice, but maybe like a bit more
like denser and like this weird chewiness to it.
- This is really refreshing,
which is, I think, a weird thing to say about a sweet.
- This guy is almond. Here's some little moments on the top.
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- A little bit less fragrant more nutty.
- Like, they kinda taste the same,
but then maybe slightly different.
- These ones are okay, but let's get into this one.
- So this is coconut one, pink, silver leaf on top.
I'm just making that word up.
Also, looks like a Lush bath bomb at the same time.
- Coconut isn't even pink.
So, yeah.
Where's that coming from?
- Mm, yeah. Okay. - Come on, that's so good.
- That's my favorite.
Damn, with a cup of green tea and this. Solid nine.
- I'm so sorry, India.
It's not my vibe.
My palette is too tainted by the West, the Western world.
- Coconut boy, definitely a right.
These guys are not a hate,
but I'm just not as jazzed on them.
So if I'm heading up barfi again,
it's going to be the coconut one.
- Barfi comes in so many different shapes, sizes
and flavors, that it is difficult to pick the one
which you would vibe with.
Next up we have is Mysore pak.
It is from the Southern part of India,
from Karnataka to the specific.
I love it so much.
It's like this rectangular block of gram flour, sugar,
some cardamom and a lot of ghee.
It's so intense.
- What are you?
- Whoo. The rectangle.
It kind of looks like a long stock cube.
- Oh, okay. Okay.
- It smells a lot like cheese. Hmm.
- Alright, let's try it.
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- Oh yeah. Yum.
- It's dense. Once again, it's quite dense.
- I like this.
- That tastes nothing like it smells, which is a good thing.
- It's kind of just like a solid block of sugar.
If you're into that, you're going to love this.
- I could I have that with like a cup of tea or a coffee
in the morning.
- On top of your coffees. (gulping sound imitations)
Yeah. Stunning. I right this.
- I personally love it so much
because of all the ghee and all the sugar.
I understand if you don't really like it
because the texture is not everyone's cup of tea.
Next up we have is Ras malai.
Ras malai is curdled milk.
Like you take curdled milk, make little balls of it
and then soak it in flavored milk.
Yeah. It's milk in milk, but hands down,
my favorite dessert from today.
- Curdled milk,
dessert.
- Guys. What are we doing here?
Is this okay? Has someone left this out too long?
- It smells like rose water and milk,
which it's going to be delicious, right.
Hmm. It's so good.
- Oh wow. It's really sweet, actually.
Oh, wow. Yum.
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- Hmm. It's really not that bad.
I'm actually surprised.
- It's soft and it's like kind of a light, fresh kind
of milkiness, I guess.
Is this really cheese? Wow.
- The rose water is a little strong for me here,
but it might also just be that these
are not great versions of this dish.
- I really thought I was going to hate it.
That's going to be another right for me.
I right it.
- This is not a texture I'd ever eat by itself.
It's like eating straight ricotta.
- You right this a 100%.
100 out of a 100 score for this one.
- I love that you guys loved it.
As Tom said, even I would give it a 100 out of a 100.
Usually, I would eat ras malai after a big lunch.
Just to cool things off, you bite into it.
It's so soft and nice and melt in your mouth.
World is great again.
I'm so glad you guys enjoyed all these sweets
and I cannot wait to make you try more.
- Thank you for the sweets.
The country of India though, great sweets.
- Let us know, what other Indian things you want us to try.
Drinks, teas, this, that. Tell us.
- Thank you, India.
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