History
Kunafa is one of Ramadan's delicious traditions. It originally came from Egypt hundred of years ago. Legend has it that Kunafa first appeared when a Fatmid prince faced difficulty in fasting because of their appetite. This dish helped keep them full.
What is it:
Kunafa is a pastry baked middle eastern cheesecake. You bake it in a cake pan for it to get to the browning crisp look for your Kunafa.
Recipe/Directions
Ingredients - Serves 6 persons
5 cups kataifi shredded pastry
4 tbsp BBQ ghee (melted)
8 Kiri squares
3 tbsp plain yoghurt
2 tbsp rose water
1 tbsp pine nuts(roasted and chopped)
Ingredients for sugar syrup
1 ½ cup sugar
2 cup water
1 tbsp orange flavored water
Preparation
Grease a shallow oven dish.
Separately place the shredded pastry in a large bowl and add the BBQ ghee and mix thoroughly. Then take half of this mixture and arrange in the greased dish.
Next mix the Kiri squares, sugar, rose water and yoghurt until you get a smooth mixture. Then pipe a layer of the Kiri mixture, sprinkle the chopped pine nuts and finish with the remaining shredded pastry mixture. Bake it in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes at 1800C or until it is golden.
In the meantime prepare the sugar syrup by boiling the sugar, water and orange flavoured water together for about ten minutes.
Pour the sugar syrup on top and the dish is ready to serve.
5 cups kataifi shredded pastry
4 tbsp BBQ ghee (melted)
8 Kiri squares
3 tbsp plain yoghurt
2 tbsp rose water
1 tbsp pine nuts(roasted and chopped)
Ingredients for sugar syrup
1 ½ cup sugar
2 cup water
1 tbsp orange flavored water
Preparation
Grease a shallow oven dish.
Separately place the shredded pastry in a large bowl and add the BBQ ghee and mix thoroughly. Then take half of this mixture and arrange in the greased dish.
Next mix the Kiri squares, sugar, rose water and yoghurt until you get a smooth mixture. Then pipe a layer of the Kiri mixture, sprinkle the chopped pine nuts and finish with the remaining shredded pastry mixture. Bake it in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes at 1800C or until it is golden.
In the meantime prepare the sugar syrup by boiling the sugar, water and orange flavoured water together for about ten minutes.
Pour the sugar syrup on top and the dish is ready to serve.