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 a culture-rich country like India, the aforementioned saying is an expression of happiness on any special occasion or festival that calls for the sharing of sweets, resembling the auspiciousness of ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the sweet scent of festive mithai fills our homes, health often takes a back seat. But is our gut health silently screaming for help behind the scenes? As we immerse ourselves in festivals full of ...

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 ...

The position that traditional Indian sweets once held in our hearts had been usurped by western confectionaries such as chocolates, cakes and cookies. Indians barely need a reason to celebrate. We ...