Knafeh

This Knafeh has 5g protein for 320 calories per serving — full macros included, which most recipe sites omit.
Prep time30
DietVegetarian & sides
Calories320 kcal
Protein5 g
Nutrition & macros (per serving)
| Calories | 320 kcal
| Protein | 5 g
| Carbs | 45 g
| Fat | 14 g
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Knafeh
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Cup Yellow Food Colouring
- 1 Cup Mozzarella
- 1 Cup Cream Cheese
- 1 Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Corn Flour
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Cup Rose water
- 1 Cup Lemon Juice
Method
- 1
- 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.
- 2
- 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.
- 3
- 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.
- 4
- 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.
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