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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nirala Sweets outlet in Y Block in DHA is about as far as you can get from the Fleming Road shop where the company made its humble start selling halwa puri and mithai circa 1950. “A customer came ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is something about extremes that fascinates us, be it the unconventional shapes and sizes of food items like miniature food or the extravagance of overly priced gold ice creams, the further away ...

India is home to many different and unique dishes. As you travel across the lengths and breadths of the country, you will realise that every state has its own set of snacks, street foods and desserts.

Modak family makes all the arrangements for Saraswati Puja. Mithai, Nanda and other family members convince Sid to wear a Kurta. The latter agrees after much persuasion and says he also has a gift for ...