Kunafa

Source : Take Laccha Sewai In A Bowl And Add Ghee Or Butter And A Pinch Of Saffron Colour With Your Finger Tips Mix Well So That Butter Incorporate With Sewai ...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : May 22, 2026

Step:

  1. Take laccha sewai in a bowl and add ghee or butter and a pinch of saffron colour.

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  2. With your finger tips mix well so that butter incorporate with sewai well. Keep aside.

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  3. In a saucepan add 1/2 cup of full fat milk powder and 1+1/2 cup of water.

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  4. Mix and bring to boil. Add condensed milk.

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  5. Mix well and then add cream cheese or cream and stir well.

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  6. Mix cornflour with 2 tablespoon of milk and add to the milk mixture.

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  7. Mix well so that the mixture wo'nt stick to the bottom. Keep flame in medium low heat.

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  8. Add 3-4 drops of kewra water.

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  9. In the meantime the mixture will be thicken to a saucy consistency.

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  10. Add mozzarella cheese at last, mix and remove from heat.

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  11. Keep the mixture aside to become cool.

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  12. Take a round medium sized baking pie plate or tin and grease with butter.

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  13. Place half of the prepared sewai at the bottom of the plate to make a layer.Press with your fingers so that sewai sets tightly at the bottom. Keep sides little up as shown in the picture.

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  14. Now make a layer of the milk and cheese mixture (cold).

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  15. Sprinkle some crushed assorted nuts over the layer.

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  16. Top with the remaining sewai. Spread them carefully over the milk mixture so that there remains no gap.

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  17. Bake the kunafa in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for about 30 minutes or until the top becomes nice golden brown. I bake with both the rod of oven on at first. After 15 minutes I off the upper rod and baked with only lower rod on.

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  18. In the meantime for sugar syrup take 1/2 cup of sugar and 3/4th cup of water in a pan and bring to boil.

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  19. Add 2 drops of kewra water and cook the syrup for 5 minutes to make a thin syrup.

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  20. My kunafa is ready after 30 minutes of baking.

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  21. Add warm sugar syrup over the hot kunafa. Keep some syrup in a cup for serving.

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  22. Garnish kunafa with some crushed nuts, cherries and mint leaf.

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  23. Serve warm or at room temperature with sugar syrup at the side.

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Ingredients

  1. 180 g Laccha Sewai (fried Vermicelli)
  2. 2 teaspoon Ghee or soft unsalted butter
  3. 1 pinch Saffron colour
  4. 1/2 cup Milk powder
  5. 1 +1/2 cup Water
  6. 3 tablespoon Condensed milk
  7. 3 tablespoon Cream cheese (you can use fresh cream also)
  8. 3 tablespoon Mozzarella cheese
  9. 2 teaspoon Cornflour
  10. 2 tablespoon Milk to mix with cornflour
  11. 3-4 drops Kewra water
  12. 2-3 tablespoon crushed assorted Nuts
  13. For Sugar syrup
  14. 1/2 cup granulated Sugar
  15. 3/4 cup Water
  16. 2 drops kewra water
  17. For garnishing
  18. 2 Cherry
  19. as needed Mint leaves
  20. as needed Crushed nuts
  21. as needed Soft butter or ghee to grease the kunafa plate

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