''Pişmaniye'' (
Bosnian: Ćetenija) is a
Turkish and
Bosnian sweet in fine strands made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar. It is sometimes garnished with ground
pistachio
The pistachio (, ''Pistacia vera''), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food.
''Pistacia vera'' is often confused with other sp ...
nuts. Although it is sometimes compared to
cotton candy
Cotton candy, also known as fairy floss and candy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It usually contains small amounts of flavoring or food coloring.
It is made by heating and liquefying sugar, and spinning it centrifu ...
, both the ingredients and method of preparation are significantly different.
Until recently pişmaniye used to be made at home in most regions of
Turkey
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, but this tradition is now rapidly disappearing. Today the manufacturing process is partially mechanised.
Alternative names
There are many different Turkish names, used in different provinces, the most common being ''tel helva, çekme helva, tel tel, tepme helva'' and ''keten helva''.
Origin and etymology
The earliest Turkish reference to pişmaniye is a recipe by Şirvani, a physician writing during the 1430s. The Persian form ''pashmak'', related to and , the origin of the
Turkish name ''pişmaniye'',
occurs in the poetry of the Iranian poet Ebu Ishak, also known as Bushak (d. 1423 or 1427). "Pashm" in Persian means wool, and "Pashmak" means wool-like.
Another theory is that it may be of a
Coptic
Coptic may refer to:
Afro-Asia
* Copts, an ethnoreligious group mainly in the area of modern Egypt but also in Sudan and Libya
* Coptic language, a Northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century
* Coptic alphabet ...
origin from :'ⲡⲏⲥ: pis": which means :" to mix flour with fat" , and "ⲛⲏⲓⲛⲓ: nani or mani ":
[Moawad Dawood Coptic dictionary , P:206a] which means : "honey" , this candy found in Egypt, known as "halawat sha'ar حلاوة شعر" which means : "hair candy".
See also
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Sutarfeni
Sutarfeni (સુતરફેણી) is a Gujarati sweet, made with shredded, all-purpose flour roasted in ghee (clarified butter), blended with melted sugar, and topped with finely chopped pistachios and almonds.
The product is typically flavo ...
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Soan papdi
Soan papdi (also known as san papri, shompapri,sohan papdi, shonpapdi or patisa) is a popular dessert in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''sohan'' is of Persian origin. It bears some resemblance to the Persian ''sohan pashmaki'', which gave ri ...
, a similar Indian sweet
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Pashmak
Pashmak ( fa, پشمک) is a form of Iranian candy floss or cotton candy, made from sugar.
Pashmak is served on its own or as an accompaniment to fruits, cakes, ice creams, puddings and desserts. It is widely known as Persian Cotton Candy.
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Dragon's beard candy
Dragon's beard candy ( zh, t=龍鬚糖, s=龙须糖, p=lóng xū táng, first=t or Chinese cotton candy is a handmade traditional art of China. It is a traditional Chinese confectionary similar to floss halva or Western cotton candy, which can ...
References
External links
Video of traditional hand-made techniquefilmed in a bazaar
Demonstration of modern mechanized equipmentin the making of pişmaniye
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Sugar confectionery
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