Kunafa

Kunafa

 Kunafa is a traditional Arab dessert made with thin noodle-like pastry, or alternatively fine semolina dough, soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream or nuts, depending on the region. it is prepared mainly during Ramadan in Arab countries.  

I tried Kunafa during Ramadan and loved it so much that we eat it very often.  

1. In this recipe i have used thin roasted vermicelli.

   Ingredients

   500 gm Roasted Thin vermicelli/ Kunafa dough

   1/4 cup melted Butter

   For  sugar syrup

   1 cup granulated sugar

   1 cup water

   1 tsp Lemon juice

   For  filling

   2tbs sugar 

   2 tbs milk powder

   3tbs corn flour 

   1 cup water

   5tbs cream cheese

   100 gm fresh cream

   For garnishing

   1/4 cup powdered pistachios

   Directions

   In a bowl add crushed vermicelli add butter to it and mix

   well. Grease the baking pan with butter and make add half of

   vermicelli. Using a spoon spread it all over the base of pan   to

   make a layer, slightly press it with back of spoon. 

   For filling

   In a sauce pan add sugar,  milk powder,  corn flour and 1 cup water .

   Using hand whisk mix all the ingredient and keep it on   slow flame. keep

   steering and boil the mixture. once starts boiling the mixture will become

   thick.now switch off the flame and allow the mixture to cool.

   In a blender add fresh cream, cream cheese and above mixture and blend

   until smooth. 

   Now add the cream filling in  baking pan over the layer of vermicelli.

   Spread vermicelli second layer, press it down slowly.  

   Bake it for 20 mins at 180 degree. 

   After baking spread syrup or invert it in a dish & remove from pan,

   pour sugar syrup on top .

   Serve hot garnish with pistachios