Kunafa

Name: Kunafa
Yield: 5 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For base--; 350 grams seviya; 1/2 cup Butter; As required Orange color; for sugar syrup--; 1 cup water; 1 cup Sugar; 1/2 tsp Kewra water; 1/2 tsp Lemon juice; For cream cheese filling--; 1 cup milk; 2 tbsp cornflour; 2 tbsp sugar; 100 gms cream cheese. Or 50 gms cream and 50 gms cheese; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; as required Pistachios for garnishing

Kitchen Queen 🍴 @cook_4512282

Arabic sweet dish 😋😋😋

Kitchen Queen 🍴 @cook_4512282

Arabic sweet dish 😋😋😋

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Ingredients

5 to 6 servings

Forbase--
350 gramsseviya
1/2 cupButter
As requiredOrange color
forsugar syrup--
1 cupwater
1 cupSugar
1/2 tspKewra water
1/2 tspLemon juice
Forcream cheese filling--
1 cupmilk
2 tbspcornflour
2 tbspsugar
100 gmscream cheese. Or 50 gms cream and 50 gms cheese
1 tspVanilla essence
as requiredPistachios for garnishing

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Steps

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First, we will make the base and top with sevaiyaan.
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If you have kunafa dough you can use it otherwise seviyan is the best option as the kunafa dough is not available everywhere.
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Take seviya and crush it with hands then add butter and orange color and mix well.
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Keep aside.
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Now we will make sugar syrup take water and add sugar.
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Give it a boil add kewra water to it.
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Lastly add lemon juice so that it does not crustalize.
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Now prepare cream cheese filling which is most important
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Mix milk cornflor and sugar keep it on medium flame and mix continously
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Avoid lumps
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After 5 mins add cream cheese or cream+cheese and mix untill cheese melts lastly add vanilla essence
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Now take a bake proof vessel
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Apply butter
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Make 2 portions of seviyan. Add one portion to greased vessel and flatten it
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Apply cream cheese filling on it which we made
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Leave the edges
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Now put another portion of seviya and press lightly
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Gove it a nice
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Preheat the oven and put this kunafa to bake at 180degree for 20 to 25 mins
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After baking leave it for 5 mins
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Then pour sugar syrup on all the sides and middle
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Then garnish with pistachios
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Serve hot or cold as you desire