A popular Middle Eastern dessert, Kunafa is extremely delicious and has a melt-in-the-mouth texture. Check out the recipe of kunafa that could be easily prepared in a frying pan.
Ingredients
250 gms kunafa filo pastry
4 -5 tbsp butter
125 ml cream
200 gms mozzarella cheese
¾ cup sugar
½ cup water
2 cardamom pods
2 drops rose essence
1 tsp lemon juice
Preparation
Cut the filo pastry into small pieces
Pour the melted butter into the pastry pieces and mix well
Grease a non stick pan with butter
Spread the buttered filo pastry in it
Spread cream on top of it
Now spread the mozzarella cheese
Place the rest of the filo pastry on top of these
Close the lid and bake for 20 - 25 minutes
To prepare the rose syrup, mix water, sugar, cardamom pods, rose essence and lemon juice
Heat this mixture
Pour the hot sugar syrup on the kunafa
Kunafa tastes best when it is served hot.
