We can't let summer go by without making countless mango recipes at home. We need mango in everything - from milkshakes to lassi, from achaar to desserts and to even traditional Indian desserts. There ...

In the latest episode of Mithai, Sid enrolls Mithai in English class. Next day, he wakes up early and wants to accompany her to the institution. Sid wants to make sure that Mithai doesn’t run away ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 January 2016, Davina Ray and her husband Craig Wishart purchased Mithai House of Indian Desserts, renovated it, and rebranded it as Mithai Indian Café. They are now in the process of expanding its ...

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 ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

I’m sipping chai with Davina Ray, owner and operator of Mithai Indian Cafe, a dessert bar and cafe in Cary’s Chatham Square Shopping Center. While we chat, she has to excuse herself twice. It’s Monday ...

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 ...