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.

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 ...

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 ...

MUMBAI, India — Juicy, golden balls of fried chickpea flour, spongy chhena cheese dumplings in saffron-stained syrup and milk fudge that melts on the tongue — these are just glimpses into the world of ...

If you’re like me and admit to having a sweet tooth, traditional Indian desserts -- or mithai-- are a guilty pleasure worth discovering. People here make and share mithai to celebrate everything from ...

Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 is almost here, and other Indian festivals will soon follow. Popular types of mithai usually contain dairy products like ghee, milk, malai, etc. Ghee is generally used in the ...

“We wanted to show people that we can do multicultural food from India, whether it is South Indian, North Indian, or Gujarati,” says Sachin Mody, an owner of Rajbhog. Bombay Kitchen’s menu allows ...

Whether it's a wedding, a religious holiday, or an extravagant birthday, you can count on South Asians to buy a mountain of mithai, or desi sweets, to mark the occasion. Armani Syed outside Pooja ...