The brightly hued sweets at a mithai shop — Barbie-pink spheres of chum chum, silver-glazed diamonds of kaju katli and golden laddoos glistening with ghee — are the stuff of childhood dreams ...

The exchange of colorful, bitesize confections from mithai boxes during the Festival of Lights is a Hindu tradition, observed by many South Asians in Houston.

I want to bring the new generation who love mithai back, and get them to know their mithai,” she adds, suggesting that she found the mithai culture in Mumbai contemporary when she moved in 2014.

Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar.

Mithai, passed out at weddings, festivals and births, is a symbol of welcome and celebration. And the widest range of mithai in the Midwest is likely still found on Devon Avenue.

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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 ...

Festive Mithai: While it is indeed tempting to finish off the entire mithai box, the food delivery application Zomato gave us a reason to save up some for the weekend.

Thinking about swapping regular mithai for sugar-free? Hold up! Before you indulge, check out what this nutritionist has to say about whether these treats are really the healthy choice.