Shemai (Bengali: সেমাই) is a traditional dessert item in Bangladesh, Odisha and West Bengal, India.

[1] Shemai is a dessert form of vermicelli, soaked in sweet milk and often garnished with nuts.

[2] The staple ingredients of shemai are milk, ghee, sugar, roasted vermicelli, and various assortments of nuts and spices.

[6] Ice Today described shemai as a distant cousin of sheer khurma, an Afghan dessert as well as seviyan, a pudding popular in North India and Pakistan.

[10][11] In June 2016, substandard shemai, produced in unauthorized factories, flooded the market in Saidpur, Bangladesh.