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 — ...

The 30th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), underway at Purbachal, Dhaka, is drawing a growing number of visitors each ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...