Entertaining friends and family during the festive time and looking for dessert options? Make this Indian Dessert Board with a delicious Mithai Dip. The flavorful dip served with an assortment of mithais, cake bites, brownie bites, cookies, fruits is bound to grab eyeballs at your festive table!

When I asked you guys few months back about recipes that you would like to see this Diwali on instagram, there were plenty of votes for “party recipes” or recipes for entertaining. I shared a savory Indian Chaat Dip already which is so great for parties and since I shared a savory one, I had to share a dessert one too.

I am calling this Mithai Dip and it’s made with cream cheese, flavored with cardamom, rose water and there’s also some grated burfi in there. I topped the dip with boondi and more burfi, rose petals, edible silver leaves and it made the perfect party dip. You can serve it as such but making it part of a dessert board takes it to the next level.

Indian Dessert Charcuterie Board

Boards are an easy way to entertain guests at holiday parties. Whether it’s a snack board or dessert board, it’s hard to go wrong with them. This Indian Dessert Board works for several reasons.

• It is easy to prepare and serve.
• Looks visually stunning.
• Has various options to choose from.
• There’s something for everyone!

This dessert board will make a great addition to your Diwali table if you are entertaining. I bet it will catch eyeballs with that mithai dip and all those mouthwatering mithais, cookies, cakes and brownies on the side. I served mithais on a stick so that it’s easier for people to dip and enjoy them.

Step by Step Instructions

1- To the steel bowl of your stand mixer, add 1 cup heavy cream. You can also use your hand mixer.

2- Beat the cream using the wire whisk attachment until it forms peaks.

3- Then transfer the whipped cream to a bowl.

4- Now add room temperature block of cream cheese (8 oz) to the same steel bowl.

5- Beat for 2 minutes using the paddle attachment of your stand mixer until the cream cheese is smooth. Add in 1/2 cup powdered sugar (50 grams) and mix until combined.

6- Then add 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder.

7- Mix until well combined.

8- Now, take 4 khoya barfis (25 grams each), and grate them using the thicker side of the grater.

9- Add in the grate burfi and mix using a spatula or you can use the paddle attachment as well.

10- Now, start folding the whipped cream into the cream cheese and burfi mixture using a spatula. Add 1 & 1/2 teaspoons of rose water and stir.

11- Fold until all the cream is well combined with the cream cheese. At this point, if you want or prefer a thinner consistency for the dip, you can add some milk or cream to thin it out. This is optional.

12- Transfer dip to serving bowls, I used 2 bowls and topped one bowl with more grated burfi (used saffron burfi) and topped the other bowl with crushed boondi.

Serving Suggestions

The fun part about this dip is all the amazing things that you can serve it with! I serve it on a board making it a charcuterie dessert board. Here’s what I served this mithai dip with.

• Bite size mithais: I cut burfis into small pieces and then arranged them on toothpicks so that they are easier to pick and dip. Choose different flavor burfis for an assortment of colors and flavors like rose burfi, saffron burfi, pistachio burfi and so on. I also added some mini rasgulla (arranged on toothpicks) to the serving board. You can also add mini gulab jamuns. Jalebis also add color and flavor to the board.
• Pound cake & brownie bites: I got pound cake from the store and cut it into small pieces which are easy to dip into a bowl. Brownie bites are also available at grocery stores.
• Cookies & crisps: cookies like biscoff, parle-g and waffle crisps.
• Fruits: strawberries go really well.

Making In Advance

You can prepare the mithai dip in advance preferably a night before and keep it refrigerated. If it has become too thick overnight, just add some milk or cream to thin in out a little.

Tips & Notes

• You a mix of sweets to create more colors on board and also for more flavors to choose from.
• Use a large board so that it’s easier to display and arrange everything. While arranging the board, try not to leave any empty spaces in between.
• You can also add some nuts to the board. Use any mithai or cookie of your choice to fill up the board.

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