237512 Thu Feb 28 16:36:04 -0800 2002 2 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1259175 There is a fairly new place on Coney Island Avenue (near Foster)called Punjabi Sweets that I went to a couple weekends ago. They have Pakistani sweets, but also coffee and bagels; it's really cute. So: I got this amazing thing from there which I cannot for the life of me identify the contents of. It was a beige mound of sticky but vaguely crunchy and sweet stuff of a thready and truly bizarre consistency. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Any thoughts on its name or ingredients? (It's weird not to know what you're eating, especially when it's wonderful). Thanks for your help chowhounders! Thu Feb 28 16:36:04 -0800 2002 0 tamarrl9 1 1259198 Funny I just had something like that from one of the sweets shop in Jackson Heights. The guy said the name only once. I did't think to commit it to my memory until later, after I'd tasted it. This is beige, thready but really soft, sort of like, but slighty stronger than cotton candy, not thready as in vermicelli noodles. It's fun to eat, and not as heavy as some of the sweets tend to be. I wondered if it was some sort of pulled sugar. Well, I'll have to go back there and get another one and get the name. Thu Feb 28 20:16:07 -0800 2002 1259175 0 HLing 1 1259262 The delicacy you tried is called sohn-papri, and it is made of chick-pea flour,cardamon and plenty of sugar. It's usually made in winter months as it is considered very rich and filling. The texture is amazing, as you describe...a little like biting into a mound that fragments into thin needle-like pieces which then melt on your tongue. The needle-like analogy sounds painful, but it isn't! Quite delectable. Fri Mar 01 17:38:32 -0800 2002 1259175 0 Reena Karani