Knafeh

Name: Knafeh
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Saudi Arabian
Ingredients: 400g Knafeh; 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter; 1 pinch Yellow Food Colouring; 1 cup Mozzarella; 1/4 cup Cream Cheese; 1 1/2 cup Milk; 4 tablespoons Sugar; 2 tablespoons Corn Flour; 1 cup Sugar; 1 cup Water; 1 tsp Rose water; 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Juice

Pure Veg📍Saudi Arabian🍽️Lunch & Dinner⏱️30 mins⚡Medium👥Serves 4Dessert

Ingredients for Knafeh

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Knafeh

400g

Unsalted Butter

6 tablespoons

Yellow Food Colouring

1 pinch

Mozzarella

1 cup

Cream Cheese

1/4 cup

Milk

1 1/2 cup

Sugar

4 tablespoons

Corn Flour

2 tablespoons

Sugar

1 cup

Water

1 cup

Rose water

1 tsp

Lemon Juice

1/2 teaspoon

Step-by-Step Instructions

Take kanfhe in a bowl and roughly cut them. Pour melted butter, yellow food color and mix well with your hands.

In a separate bowl mix milk, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch well.

Turn on the flame and boil the liquid, when it gets thick turn off the flame let it cool down a little bit.

Add mozzarella in it and mix it well.

Now make a base with half of the kanfhe in a dish, gently press it to level the dough well.

Pour the cheese mixture on the top and level it with a spoon.

Cover it with the other half of the kanfhe.

Put the dish in a preheated oven at 200 degree for about 20-25 minutes.

It's ready when kunafa is golden and crunchy in the surface.

Boil 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.

Evenly pour the syrup over the kunafa as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Your kunafa is ready to serve.