Arabic sweet KUNAFA #Foodies&Friends

Name: Arabic sweet KUNAFA #Foodies&Friends
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 300 g Kunafa dough; 3 tbsp Melted butter; 5 tbsp Cream cheese; 1 cup milk; 6 tbsp condensed milk; 2 tbsp All purpose flour; 3 tbsp Corn flour; 1/2 cup mozerralla shredded cheese; 1 cup sugar; 1.5 cup water; 1 Pinch saffron (otional); 1 tbsp lemon juice

Saadia Ehtasham @saadiyaehtasham

It is a traditional dessert that I grew up eating it,one of my favorite middle eastern sweets, a well known and very famous in Arabic world. Kunafa is the kind of treat that you can pamper your self with! The most loved, the most celebrated. It comes with various fillings and shapes. The more creative , the more delicious Kunafa you can get! :) #ramadankitayari

Saadia Ehtasham @saadiyaehtasham

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Ingredients

For kunafa dough:
300 gKunafa dough
3 tbspMelted butter
For cream cheese layer:
5 tbspCream cheese
1 cupmilk
6 tbspcondensed milk
2 tbspAll purpose flour
3 tbspCorn flour
1/2 cupmozerralla shredded cheese
For syrup
1 cupsugar
1.5 cupwater
1 Pinchsaffron (otional)
1 tbsplemon juice

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Steps

1

Grease round shape mold with butter. Shred the Kunafa dough with your hands or hand chopper.
2

Add melted butter and orange food colour to this and combine evenly.
3

Move half this to the greased cake tin and spread all over including the sides of the cake tin and press lightly with your hands.
4

For cream : Take a sauce pan add milk. Boil it then add condensed milk and mix well..
5

Then make a liquid form of corn flour and all purpose flour. Once the mix boil add the flour mixture in milk. It will thicker soon then add cream cheese and mix well.
6

Then speed some mozerralla cheese on kunfa dough n then spread cheese mixture on it then again spread some mozerralla cheese then spread half of the kunafa dough
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Cover it with the remaining Kunafa dough and gently press lightly to set it evenly..
8

Bake for 40-45 mins at 180'C.
9

Remove from the oven.Pour the syrup all over the baked Kunafa (reserve ¼ cup to pour after inverting the Kunafa to a plate) and let it sit for about 10
10

Invert it to a plate and pour the remaining syrup over it. Top it with powdered pistachios. Serve hot, warm or cooled.
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For syrup : In a sauce pan, combine together water sugar and lemon juice and bring to boil. Reduce the flame and heat it for another 6 – 8 minutes. Remove from the flame and add saffron(optional) Leave it to cool to room temperature. Pour this over the baked Kunafa.