Knafeh

Name: Knafeh
Yield: 9
Cuisine: Oriente Medio
Ingredients: 1 cup Milk; 1 cup Sugar; 2 tablespoons Cornstarch; 1 cup Water; 0.5 teaspoons Lemon Juice; 1 cup Mozzarella; 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter; 0.25 cups Cream Cheese; 1 teaspoon Rose water; 400 g Knafeh; 1 pinch Yellow Food Colouring

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Leche

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Author: TheMealDB
Preparation time: Flexible
Servings: 9 (estimated)

Nutrition facts

Protein7 %4 g
Carbs42 %26 g
Fat51 %14 g

The percentage shows how much of the calories each macronutrient provides.

Nutrient	Per serving	Per 100 g
Calories	237 kcal	221 kcal
Protein	4 g	3.7 g
Carbs	26 g	24.3 g
Fat	14 g	13.1 g

One serving is about 107 g of raw ingredients; values per 100 g are based on that weight.

Estimated from the ingredient list · Values may vary depending on cooking method and product brand.

Guide indicators

Estimated difficulty33/100
Recipe completeness50/100
Nutrition reliability: Medium

Calculated automatically from the ingredients, steps, time and community feedback. They are not a guarantee.

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

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Summary

Dessert - Saudi Arabian

Ingredients

240 ml Milk (1/2)Original: 1 cup
240 ml SugarOriginal: 1 cup
2 tablespoons Cornstarch
240 ml WaterOriginal: 1 cup
0.5 teaspoons Lemon Juice
240 ml MozzarellaOriginal: 1 cup
6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
60 ml Cream CheeseOriginal: 0.25 cups
1 teaspoon Rose water
400 g Knafeh
1 pinch Yellow Food Colouring

Amounts are shown in your preferred measurement system; conversions are approximate and the original recipe is kept.

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.