Celebrations for Diwali — the five-day festival of light — will begin on Thursday across the GTA, and businesses are ready after weeks of preparation. The festival, which coincides with the ...

Anum Butt, left, and her family-run Al-Karam Sweets in Scarborough where South Asian sweets are made in-house by her dad as well as longtime employees such as Sabahat Beg, who has been at the shop ...

The family-run business has been making sweets for almost 20 years. The variety of treats draws in hundreds to the store during Diwali, including customers from Toronto and Montreal.

A quintessential Diwali sweet, khoya is deep-fried and then given a sugar syrup bath. First, knead khoya with a handful of flour and baking soda to get a smooth dough. Then you can shape these ...

Lifestyle Pexels Diwali 2024: Most popular sweets during the festival of lights Diwali involves a wide array of sweets, with some being favourites and others receiving disgruntled side-eyes.

An assortment of sweets from an Indian food shop are displayed in New York on Oct. 19, 2022. These sweets are typically enjoyed on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. (Katie Workman via AP) ...

Supplies to paint diyas, battery-powered candles and traditional Indian sweets will be delivered to students living in residence who registered for the event. For Sischa Maharaj, assistant director of ...

Food Safety Officer, Tarun Negi said, "We are carrying surveillance drive-by checking different samples of sweets from different shops." Shilpa Shetty recently took to Instagram to give us a ...

Diwali 2024: Sweets from different Indian states to indulge inMalpua or Amalu may have its origin in Bangladesh, but it is a famous sweet from Odisha, known for being served at the Lord Jagannath ...