Kunafa

Name: Kunafa
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gm Kunafa pastry; 100 gm melted butter; 1 tea spoon sugar; 1 tea spoon vanilla essence; For cream; 1 cup milk; 1 table spoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoon milk; 1 table spoon sugar; 1 tea spoon vanilla essence; For sugar syrup; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water

Roop @cook_8092662

Middle East

Kunafa is an oriental dessert, which is very popular in the holy fasting month of Ramadan. It is made from noodle like pastry long threads, filled with cream and soaked in a sugar syrup. There are many ways to do it. I’m doing an easy recipe which is best and tastes delicious. Lets begin to make this yummy dessert…
#Ramadan

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Ingredients

45minutes

4 servings

200 gmKunafa pastry
100 gmmelted butter
1tea spoon sugar
1tea spoon vanilla essence
For cream
1 cupmilk
1table spoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoon milk
1table spoon sugar
1tea spoon vanilla essence
For sugar syrup
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupwater

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Steps

45minutes

1

For sugar syrup ---In a medium saucepan combine sugar and water. Let it boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Keep aside to cool.
2

In a pan, add milk and sugar together. Let it come to a boil.
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For cream ---Add cornstarch mixture to the milk and keep stirring, till the mixture get thickens, then remove from the heat.
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Add vanilla essence and keep aside to cool.
5

For kunafa--Cut the kunafa thread into small pieces with hands.
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Pour melted butter, 1tsp sugar and vanilla essence over the kunafa threads and mix well with your hands.
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Put half of the kunafa in the cake form and press well with your fingers.
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Spread the cream over the kunafa as shown in picture and add the other half of kunafa over the cream.
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Now bake the kunafa in a preheated oven 180℃, for 20 minutes or until it turn golden on top.
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Take out kunafa from oven and after 10 minutes, flip it in plate.
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Now pour cooled sugar syrup on the hot kunafa and leave it for 7 to 8 minutes to absorb it all.
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Now garnish it with crushed pistachios and serve hot….Enjoy😊