Kunafa (Vermicelli Kunafa)

Name: Kunafa (Vermicelli Kunafa)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300-350gm. roasted fine vermicelli or kunafa dough; 1 pinch orange food colour; 4 tablespoon unsalted butter; 100gm. cream or processed cheese; 1 cup milk; 3 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon cornflour; 1/4 cup milk; 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup Sugar (According to taste); 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup Water (According to taste); 1 teaspoon rose or kevdaa or orange blossom essence

Madhvi Srivastava @madhvi_sr

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Kunafa Recipe is one of the most royal and supreme dessert of Middles East cuisine which is made up of Cream/ cheese and kunafa dough or fine roasted which gives crispy and crunchy taste. Itvis also known as Queen of Arabic Dessert. Kunafa consists of crunchy vermicell with scented Rose/kewda/ Orange blossom sugar syrup and cheesy filling inside.Let's see the recipe.

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Madhvi Srivastava @madhvi_sr

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Ingredients

For kunafa covering
300-350gm. roasted fine vermicelli or kunafa dough
1 pinchorange food colour
4 tablespoonunsalted butter
For Kunafa filling
100gm. cream or processed cheese
1 cupmilk
3 tablespoonsugar
For Slurry
1 tablespooncornflour
1/4 cupmilk
For Sugar Syrup
1/2 cup or 3/4 cup Sugar (According to taste)
1/2 cup or 3/4 cup Water (According to taste)
1 teaspoonrose or kevdaa or orange blossom essence

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Steps

1

Keep roasted vermicelli in a mixing bowl. Add butter and colour and mix everyting. Press vermicelli with you palm and mix nicely with butter. Keep aside.
2

At first we will make slurry of cornflour and milk without any lump.Now we will prepare the filling. For this heat a non-stick pan and add milk. when milk is warm add slurry and stir continuously to avoid any lump.
3

Add cheese. Stir continuously to mix everything well and once the mixture is thick it is done.
4

Now take 2 non-stick pans. Apply butter generously, evenly and nicely on both the pans. It is time to start layering. After butter add half of the vermicelli in the pan. With the help of a small katori press vermicelli to stick well in the pan. then pour the cheese filling. Avoid filling to be stuck to the sides of pan.
5

Put the pan on low flame and cook kunafa from 8-10 minutes while covering the pan. Now we have to flip the sides to cook upper side also. for this take another butter greased pan. Keep this pan on the kunafa pan with bottom side up. Flip the kunafa into the second pan very very carefully. Now the cooked side is up and to be cooked part is below. Now again cook the kunafa for 5-6 minutes
6

In between we will prepare the sugar syrup. For this we will take equal amount of sugar and water in a pan. Keep the flame low and let dissolve the sugar completely. After that add the essence and it is done. keep aside.
7

Now Kunafa is ready. Pour the sugar syrup on all over it with the help of spoon. Cut them into pieces for serving. Enjoy!