mithai

English edit

From Hindi मिठाई (miṭhāī).

mithai (plural mithai)

(India) Sweets; confectionery.
- 2018 January 17, Shivani Vora, “A Go-To Grocery for Indian Cooks”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  Mr. Alam and his staff often insist that visitors enjoy a free treat like chocolate barfi, condensed milk mixed with chocolate, or jalebis, deep fried rice flour coated in a sugary syrup, while they shop. “I want my customers to feel welcome and offering mithai is a way to show hospitality,” Mr. Alam said.
- 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  Central to that celebration is mithai, or sweets. 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.