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Kunafa Recipe-Knafeh Recipe with Kataifi- A very popular Arabic/Middle Eastern dessert made with the kataifi dough and milk pudding. Kataifi dough is nothing but the shredded phyllo dough.
The kunafa recipe or the Knafeh recipe is nothing but a delicious dish made with the kataifi and some milk cream. It is baked and condensed milk is poured over it before serving. Traditionally, it is made with the sugar syrup, but I like the taste of condensed milk over the baked kataifi. You can add cheese or cream in place of the milk pudding too for the cheese kunafa.
Staying in Dubai and not getting to love this dessert is just so impossible. You will find this dessert almost everywhere, and it is so hard to resist to try it. And once you try there is no looking back. You would love to know that it is pretty easy to make. The kataifi or the phyllo dough is easily available in the supermarkets. When I first saw the kataifi, I felt it looked like the roomali seviyan that we get back in India which is not roasted. The strands looked pretty much the same, I thought maybe the kataifi is the frozen version of the roomali seviyan. Lol!! I honestly did and am still not sure if it is.
For making the Kunafa recipe or the Knafeh recipe, you have add the cream for the filling, but if you prefer place the cheese in place of milk pudding. Then place the kataifi, spread the cream, place some more kataifi. Bake it till brown. Then pour the condensed milk before serving.
Let’s get started with the Kunafa recipe or the Knafeh Recipe
Let’s get started with the Kunafa recipe or the Knafeh Recipe
Kunafa Recipe-Knafeh Recipe with Kataifi
Ingredients
- 1 packet Kataifi/Konafa Dough
- 1 cup butter
- 7 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 cups fresh cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup corn flour
- 1 tin sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Make a sugar syrup by boiling water and sugar. When the sugar has dissolved, boil for 3 to 4 minutes and switch off the flame and set aside this sugar syrup.
- In a sauce pan, add the cream, milk, 3 tbsp powdered sugar and corn flour. Whisk well to avoid forming any lumps.
- Bring it to a boil and reduce the flame and cook for another five minutes till it becomes thick stirring continuously. Remove from flame and set this aside
- Now work on the kataifi / konafa dough.
- In a large bowl, loosen the kataifi.
- Melt the butter and add this to the kataifi / konafa dough slowly while breaking and separating the strands. Spread the remaining 4 tbsp powdered sugar over the kataifi / konafa and mix thoroughly.
- Place half of the kataifi / konafa in a oven tray and press it firmly.
- Pour and evenly spread the cream over it.
- Now place the remaining kataifi and gently press down and flatten it.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes at 180 C.
- Now pour the sweetened condensed milk on top it.
- Pour the sugar syrup over the kunafa after adding the condensed milk)
- Cut into your desired shape and serve.
Until next time,
Fareeha.
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Hiba abbas says
So well said ,anyone residing in Dubai, must love kunafa .
I love the pic and the recipe,dear.
Yum
Fa's Kitchen says
Thank you so much Hiba. Yes, can’t escape loving the Kunafa residing in Dubai 😉
Cindy C says
That looks and sounds really interesting!
Fa's Kitchen says
Thank you cindy The kunafa recipe is indeed a very interesting dessert from the middle east
Najmah says
Mashaa Allah! This is my favorite. But, I am only able to taste it when I’m in Saudi. In shaa Allah will taste it next month! Yeyy.
Fa's Kitchen says
in sha ALLAH.. it does taste awesome..
Miel says
I love this recipe! I would love to try it some time! Thank you for sharing this!
Fa's Kitchen says
Thank you so much.. I hope you get to taste this awesome dessert
Majenica Moles says
That looks very yummy. Where would I look to purchase the ingredients?
Fa's Kitchen says
Thank you. You can find it in any middle eastern/arabic shops
Umm Abdul Aziz says
This looks wonderful, Ma shaa Allah. I’m going to try my hand at it – if I can find everything that I need – In shaa Allah. jazak Allahu Khirun for sharing the recipe.
Fa's Kitchen says
In sha ALLAH. I’ll be waiting for the feedback. You can even try it with cheese filling.
Jen says
Wont the dish be too sweet as you have added both condensec milk and sugar syrup ?
Fa's Kitchen says
It is just perfect for my family’s preference. You can always reduce the amount of sugar syrup if you are finding it too sweet
Ritu says
This looks tasty and beautiful. Gonna try this.
Fa's Kitchen says
I hope you will enjoy this Kunafa recipe as much as I do! Do keep me posted how it turned out!!
Julie says
Assalamu Alaykum
I dnt have fresh cream will thicl cream do?? gheemar
Then how it became oeange color on top
Thanks I should love to try it later…
Fa's Kitchen says
I guess thick cream should do the trick too, though I have never tried it personally.
And the dark brown color is purely due to baking. People do add some orange color to get that rich orangy color, however I havent added any.
Tabassum says
I’m from India v don’t get kadaif for kunafarecipe. Pls kindly say if u hve any substitute for dis….my kids Lv kunafa.
Fa's Kitchen says
I did this Kunafa recipe while I was in Dubai. I tried looking online, but it doesn’t seem to be available in India. I’ll let you know as soon as I find it myself.
Terry Lee McKenna says
Please answer.I want to make this for my friend and it calls for 7 tablespoons of powdered sugar. It says to put the last 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar over the strands of dough,but it never said where the first 3 tablespoons were supposed to go.
Fa's Kitchen says
Extremely sorry for the late reply and the confusion. The first 3 tablespoon of sugar would go along with the milk. I have edited it now. Thanks for bringing it to notice, I will be forever grateful.
Hilda Sterner says
Looks like a great recipe. One of the few Middle Eastern dishes I haven’t mastered yet. Looking forward to trying this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
John Cooper says
kunafa is my favorite middle eastern dessert. This recipe seems delicious will try it out soon.
Please also provide the recipe of Nabulsia Kunafa.
I liked farhat sweets Nabulsia Kunafa it was mouth watering and wanna try it at home.
https://farhatsweets.com/category/kunafa/
Monique says
So glad to finally have the recipe! Sounds delicious, but certainly not low in calories!!
Fareeha says
Hi Monique,
I am happy that you have found this. Haha! Certainly, you need to watch out for your waistline with this kunafa. But I guess, it will be worth it in the end.