Pocket Chef
Sign in
Knafeh

Knafeh

112 min · Serves 6 · By TheMealDB Import

  • Saudi Arabian
  • Dessert

Saudi Arabian, Dessert

Adapted from cookpad.com

Ingredients

For 6 servings

  • 400 gKnafeh
  • 6 tablespoonsUnsalted Butter
  • 1 pinchYellow Food Colouring
  • 1 cupMozzarella
  • ¼ cupCream Cheese
  • 1½ cupMilk
  • 4 tablespoonsSugar
  • 2 tablespoonsCorn Flour
  • 1 cupWater
  • 1 tspRose water
  • ½ teaspoonLemon Juice

Method

Prep 22 min · Cook 90 min

  1. 11
  2. 2Take kanfhe in a bowl and roughly cut them. Pour melted butter, yellow food color and mix well with your hands.
  3. 3In a separate bowl mix milk, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch well.
  4. 42
  5. 5Turn on the flame and boil the liquid, when it gets thick turn off the flame let it cool down a little bit.
  6. 6Add mozzarella in it and mix it well.
  7. 7Now make a base with half of the kanfhe in a dish, gently press it to level the dough well.
  8. 8Pour the cheese mixture on the top and level it with a spoon.
  9. 93
  10. 10Cover it with the other half of the kanfhe.
  11. 11Put the dish in a preheated oven at 200 degree for about 20-25 minutes.
  12. 12It's ready when kunafa is golden and crunchy in the surface.
  13. 134
  14. 14Boil water in a pan and dissolve sugar in it for 4–5 minutes. OR cook it until slightly thicken and keep on stirring. Add lemon juice with rose water, mix well.
  15. 15Evenly pour the syrup over the kunafa as soon as it comes out of the oven.
  16. 16Your kunafa is ready to serve.