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, ...

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 ...

Penguin Young Readers is set to release Mustafa’s Mithai, a heartwarming picture book by Sana Rafi and illustrated by Nabi H. Ali, that explores the sweetness of South Asian desserts and the joy of ...

Indian festivals are often incomplete without a spread of colourful and indulgent sweets. Most traditional mithai recipes include ingredients such as sugar, ghee, and refined flour or maida. While ...

India's mithai business has been a hyper-local and mostly seasonal affair for a long time, sold in neighborhood shops and consumed mainly during festivals. But that's rapidly changing. A new wave of ...

The Hazelnut Factory, an artisanal mithai and café brand, has surpassed Rs 100 crore in revenue within 7 years, expanding to ...