What has the Indian takeaway given us?? Pic included

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

Ordered a takeaway tonight, all very nice, but instead of the mushroom bhaji I ordered they have given us this. It's some kind of a sweet thing, like crunchy sugar. Definitely no mushrooms. Thing is, DS loves it and wants it again next time, and I can't work out what it is. They don't even have a dessert section on their website! (It is very nice.)

I am intrigued!

Or maybe it's vermicelli in sugar syrup,sevian . I need some sugar now ,off to have some cake.

@Begonias

It's called pathisa. It's sugar strands with crushed pistachio,almonds and sometimes cardomoms

Oh god, that sounds amazing.

In gujarati its called meethi sevo.
Its a type of vermicelli cooked in ghee and sugar
We love love love it! Perfect when its warm (rsther than hot) . Yum!

I think it’s seviyan too and yes Indians do have seviyan! I grew up on my grandmother’s seviyan!

Ive had something like that before feom the indian but don't know what its called.. its nice though.. it alnost looks a bit like rice but it's crunchy and sweet?

Could you just ring them before they go home NOW please

I want to know too!

Well its carrot pudding ! also called gazar ka halwa :) .Tastes like carrot and can be crunchy .I am just guessing

No idea but if anything I think it looks like a coconut macaron

It's so weird looking

Show them the pic next time and ask or send it to them and ask!

Is it this? tastyappetite.net/2011/10/home-made-oma-podi-sev-step-by-step.html

I don’t know. But now I fancy a takeaway curry (and we already had a curry for dinner tonight!).

I’m a piggy.😄

I need to know what the takeaway guys say!

Placemarking for an update

@Begonias

It's called pathisa. It's sugar strands with crushed pistachio,almonds and sometimes cardomoms

Off to go google
Sounds lovely!
Our local Indian, as lovely as it is doesn't do anything fancy like this lol

@wasgoingmadinthecountry
Show them the pic next time and ask or send it to them and ask!

Ha, see yes, there's always one who comes up with the sensible answer
Do they have a FB page?
Upload a photo, tell them it's delicious then bloody ask lol

It looks like something called sutalfine in my parents home country? I googled it and in Indian it’s called sutarfeni which another poster has commented?

It’s not gajar halwa or seviyan/vermicelli, I think it’s soan papdi or shom papri. It’s melt in the mouth like candy floss isn’t it OP? It’s delicious, one of my favourite sweets, don’t blame you for scoffing it

I love the naan bread filling

Update! Had this reply to my review:

Hi Mrs Awesome, Thank you for the review and kind words. The mystery dish is special home cooked dessert, you can find something similar to it if you enter "shemai" on Google. Fantastic to hear that your son loved it! Hope to hear from you guys soon.

I should probably explain the 'Mrs Awesome'. When I signed up to JustEat, I managed to balls it up somehow and it just refers to me as 'Mrs'. Evidently the takeaway guy felt that was a bit impersonal, so has upgraded me. Very tempted now to change my Just Eat name to Mrs Awesome...

Is it made of flour?

It is vermicelli (before I saw the reply I poured a bit of hot water on it to see if it dissolved).

Ok I would say Sutarfeni. As other one tends to be less of a dry dessert. But there's a lot of variation in names for things!