Deepavali or Diwali, the festival of lights, is a time for sweet beginnings. Also known as the Hindu New Year, the festival is considered to be an extremely auspicious time. This joyous occasion ...

Siddheshwar and his wife go to a hill station. They also take Sid and Mithai with them. Mithai is mesmerised by the natural beauty. Although Siddheshwar convinced Sid to say yes to the trip mentioning ...

Younger South Asian cooks are riffing on these classics, turning them into cookies, pies and ice cream, and (gasp!) adding salt. By Priya Krishna The brightly hued sweets at a mithai shop — ...

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, marks the Hindu new year, and is celebrated with great ceremony among Houston's large South Asian community, with the lighting of candles and sparklers, ...

With the festive season upon us, mithai is once again at the centre of celebration—whether as offerings to deities, tokens of affection, or the coveted gift boxes. But what’s making waves this season ...

Funfetti fennel is what I cheekily call the popular Indian sweet known as saunf mithai. Candied fennel seeds, often vibrantly multicolored in hues of pink, green, and orange, are eaten in many South ...

In the ’90s, spice and halal meat were not easy to come by in my hometown in Michigan, so on ambitious days, my mother would skip the drive to Detroit and head to Devon Avenue in West Ridge. The ...