Mithai isn’t dessert

Appears in
Andaza: A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2023

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In Pakistan, mithai (sweetmeats) are about sharing joyous times. I learn to cook Nani Mummy’s sheer khurma and discover that it’s an offering, not just a dessert or a drink.

Karachi, Winter 1996