The holiday season is when your sweet tooth is at its more active. Everyone, diet conscious or not, looks forward to splurge into amazing Christmas treats. Family dinners with a table full of tarts, cakes, cookies, puddings and more is what everybody looks forward to.

However, for an experimental soul, the same old Christmas celebrations clubbed with traditional sweet dishes can get boring. What if we say you can spruce it up with indulgent Indian desserts instead?

Here is a list of Indian sweets that can replace classic holiday desserts. Note that what makes these recipes even more exciting is that these are 100% vegetarian.

India is famously known as the land of spices. Following through to this title, Indian food commonly uses a diverse selection of spices in its traditional dishes. These make the cuisine of this subcontinent palatable and flavourful. Additionally, these also add an enchanting aroma that stimulates the nose and the appetite.

However, the most noteworthy thing is that spices are not just meant to increase the taste of food, they are also loaded with several health benefits. They are hence recommended to be consumed for a fit lifestyle.

Some of the commonly used Indian spices and their robust advantages for well being are mentioned below.

Indo Chinese cuisine is basically a blend of two culinary cultures. One can see it as Chinese food made adapted to Indian taste. It is basically made when Indian ingredients like garlic, ginger, chilli peppers and onions are seasoned with chinese sauces like soy sauce and vinegar to  make the rather raw chinese cuisine more flavourful and spicy.