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 ...

I visited a popular Indian sweet store in Tooting, South London, and tasted its offering of mithai. I spent £12, or over $16, in Pooja Sweets & Savouries, which sells traditional individual desserts.

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 — ...

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 ...

In this Indian restaurant staple, patties of the porous fresh cheese sweet called rasgulla float in sweet, condensed milk flavored with cardamom and pistachios. Rasgullas are traditionally made by ...

Indian festive seasons bring delicious sweets called mithai. Mithai contains high amounts of sugar and fat. Eating too much mithai can lead to weight gain. Mithai is low in fiber and can make you feel ...

In the days before Diwali, publications in India offer advice similar to what Americans see before Thanksgiving and Christmas. “Do not hog multiple pieces of mithai and greasy delights,” advises one ...

Even with substantial losses during festivals like Rakshabandhan and Ganesh Chaturthi this year, and despite a depressed wedding market, the industry is looking at a revenue of ₹65,000 crore in the ...

What does it take to make til chikki exciting again? Could we make it slim as a wafer, one or two millimetres thick instead of the usual six to eight? Could we dip white miso-spiked squares of it ...