Sutarfeni (સુતરફેણી) is a

Gujarati sweet Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

, made with shredded, all-purpose flour roasted in

ghee Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India. It is commonly used in India for cooking, as a traditional medicine, and for religious rituals. Description Ghee is typically prepared by simmering butter, which is churned from c ...

(clarified butter), blended with melted sugar, and topped with finely chopped pistachios and almonds. The product is typically flavored with powdered cardamom and/or rose petals. It may be white in color, scented with floral essences such as

rose water Rose water ( fa, گلاب) is a flavoured water made by steeping rose petals in water. It is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals, a by-product of the production of rose oil Rose oil (rose otto, attar of rose, attar of rose ...

or screwpine, or it may be colored and flavored with saffron.

History

Strand-like pheni were Phenakas mentioned in various Indian texts. Phenakas is a broad term which includes various dishes prepared by using layered fried dough. Vijayanagar records indicate that Pheni was another much relished sweet dish prepared from wheat flour and sugar, similar to phenaka of North India and had varieties like sugar pheni, milk pheni and vermicelli pheni

References

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