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Seeing this picture I yearn for PATEESA .. yup that yellow colored mithayi .. oh man. oh Allah actually I should say.

I’m not much a fan of sweets and mithayis but there are few things so tempting that saying NO is itself a big no-no Pateesas one of ‘em I remember in my younger years when I was probably 9 or something, on my cozin’s wedding I saw this small mithayi ka dabba full of patessas. I think it’d be half kg pack. Yours truly ate that ALL.  heheh …  and yeah I made sure no one knows that I’m eating it   (no stealing mind you I was just enjoying evening meal there in the kitchen alone when that dabba was placed there by some aunty Lucky me )  I can still do that … I hate it when people give mixed mithayi packets with no pateesa in it. If not pateesa .. atleast place a good krucnhy baloo shahi in it

Have you ever tried roasting Baloo Shahi in microwave for a min .. it becomes warm and a bit crispy. Do give it a try

Barfi was never my thing … but the whole thing changed in 2005. When I visited India. After eating Kajoo ki Barfi … I started actually liking it too … ladoo and gulab jaman are mood dependant

I dont know if Pheniyaan comes in this category of Mithayis or not … a typical punjabi delicacy. I always find myself buying a pack of it in Ramadhan. After rauza’s aftari … dipping lots of it in tea and drinking, sipping and eating isnearly divine. I hope Allah’s going to provide me with some pheniyaan up there too .. Inshah Allah.

And the comments below compelled me to post this white crunchy pateesa too (for people who are not aware of this). Its equally delicious. Its white and thready. The one below I bought from Dhaka Sweet House in F-10 Islamabad. I remember there used to be an elderly man who’d carry a platter full of pateesas and will sell it in our area in afternoons and evenings. He was a govt servant and used to do this as a part-time thing in evenings. I’m speaking of that golden time when people knew about their surroundings. A decade and half back. Whenever I used to hear his crispy shreiky voice outside calling Pateeeeeeeeesaaaaa ; I’ll ask ami to give me a rupee or two and would be out in matter of seconds to enjoy the mputh-savouring Pateesa.

Those were the days.

ps: I did find this white Pateesa in Tesco here I’m going to bring it down again this weekend Inshah Allah

Image 1 Courtesy: NidaIM

ps: post updated