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.

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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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...