Kunnafa||Kunnafa recipe||Lebanese dishes

 Kunnafa||Kunnafa recipe||Lebanese dishes

Hey there. So, are you a fan of Lebanese dishes and don’t know what to do? Don't worry I will tell you the recipe for the most famous Lebanese dish.

i.e   Kunafa

So, without wasting our time let's get straight into it.

Ingredients:

• Saffron essence(1/2tsp)
• Lemon juice(3/4 tsp)
• Water(1 and 1/2 cups)
• Sugar(1 and 1/2 cups)
• Vermicelli(300 grams) (When cooking in the oven) Pheni (200g) (when cooking without oven)Pistachio chopped(1/2 cup)
• Almond chopped(1/2 cup)
• Grated mozzarella cheese(1 cup)
• Khoya(2 cups)
• Yellow food color(1/4 cups)
• Butter(4-5 tbsp)

Procedure(With oven):

• In a pan add water and sugar.
• Now add saffron essence and lemon juice to it.
• Cook it on medium-low flame until the thick sugar syrup is formed or for about 40-45 minutes.
• Set the sugar syrup aside.
• Now in a bowl add crushed vermicelli.
• Add butter to it and mix it properly
• Now take half of the vermicelli out.
• Add yellow food color to vermicelli.
• Add colored vermicelli to the baking pan and spread it evenly.
• Now add grated mozzarella cheese and crumbled khoya to that baking pan and spread it evenly
• Now add the remaining vermicelli to that baking pan.
• Bake it for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celcius preheat the oven
• Take the baking pan out.
• Pour the sugar syrup into it.
• Sprinkle chopped pistachios and chopped almonds for garnishing.

Procedure(Without oven):

• In a pan add water and sugar.
• Now add saffron essence and lemon juice to it.
• Cook it on medium-low flame until the thick sugar syrup is formed or for about 40-45 minutes.
• Set the sugar syrup aside.
• Now in a deep pan add crushed pheni and spread it evenly.
• Mix butter in it.
• Take one-half of pheni out.
• Now spread grated mozzarella cheese and crumbled khoya to the deep pan.
• Add the other half of pheni to it and spread it evenly.
• Take a pot, add 1 pack of salt, place steamer rack, and preheat for about 20 minutes on medium flame.
• Don’t forget to Cover the pot
• Now place kunafa and bake it in preheat pot for 18 minutes.
• Take the deep pan out.
• Sprinkle chopped pistachios and chopped almonds for garnishing.

Tadaaaa your kunnafa recipe is ready.

So, have you tried this recipe or not? tell me in the comments below.