Sutar means thread and feni means fine, therefore the texture is described by the name. It is not suggested to prepare sutarfeni at home because it is a time-consuming process that can last up to three days. Sutarfeni is supposed to have been originated in the Rajasthani and Gujarati deserts, and then spread to Mumbai via traveling merchants. Sutarfeni is a sweet Indian dessert made from rice flour cooked in ghee and mixed with melted sugar to form a cotton candy-like texture. Cardamom is commonly used in the dessert, which is then covered with nuts like almonds and pistachios.
Making Sutarfeni is a three-day process that requires incredible attention to detail. It's critical if the finished product is to be light and fluffy. According to halwais, the fragility of the threads and the lack of sharpness determine its quality.
Making of Sutarfeni with Refined flour/ Maida-
It's made by kneading refined flour with ghee for five hours
and then storing it in a cool, dark area overnight to soak up the fat.
Arrowroot is added if the temperature isn't cooperating. After being slathered
with a mixture of maida and ghee the next day, the dough is separated into
circular parts and gently stretched. Pull, smear, wait 15 minutes, then repeat.
Only when the dough reaches string consistency does the halwai come to a halt.
It might take the entire day. The stringed parts are then coiled and deep-fried
in ghee into serving size chunks. Gratefully, this is when ghee exits the
recipe, but only to make way for thick sugar syrup. The coils are arranged
over a strainer and left to drain overnight.The sieve is then placed over a
shallow well of thick sugar syrup the next morning. One of the apprentices will
pour sugar syrup over the mound of coil throughout the rest of the day,
allowing it to drain back into the well. This will continue until the
sugar fattened coils are put on a shelf and left to sleep it off under a damp
cloth at night. In the morning, the halwais wake up to fresh, soft, and airy
sutarfeni.
Pic Courtesy-
- Shree Krishna sweets and snacks.
- Khambat Sweets.
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