Flaky fried strands of dough as fine as vermicelli, eaten dipped in hot sugar syrup or soaked in warm saffron milk, and exchanged at Jaipur's January kite festival.

Pheni is a fine fried vermicelli-like sweet made from flour or semolina dough stretched into many thin layers; Wikipedia says the name comes from the Sanskrit phenaka, a layered pastry, and that sutarfeni, the nest-shaped Rajasthani form, is served ready-made. Time Out says Jaipur gifts pheeni to friends and family during the January kite festival, with warm saffron milk or dipped in hot syrup with pistachios at Sambhar Fini Wala, a shop it dates to 1966.

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Sambhar Fini Wala ★ 4.3

$Street foodOld City

Sambhar Fini Wala on Ghee Walon Ka Rasta in Johari Bazaar, Jaipur, has sold Rajasthani sweets since 1966, by Time Out's account, led by pheeni and ghewar.

OrderPheeni dipped in hot sugar syrup with pistachios, or the malai ghewar.

TipPheeni is eaten standing outside the shop without a spoon, so expect sticky fingers; the shop opens at 08:00.

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