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 ...

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 is incomplete without diyas, rangolis, family get-togethers, and shared laughter over a thali filled with a range of mithai. Since the best way to celebrate good over evil is with something ...