Ramadan 2023: Mini Kunafa Recipe

Mini kunafa are made with milk, vermicelli, butter, coconut, cheese and cornflour. This is a variation of the Arabic dessert, kunafa that is popular during Ramadan, but made with locally available ingredients and with a delicious twist. The recipe is made so simple that even children can try it with adult supervision.

INGREDIENTS

• ½ tin MILK

• 400gFine vermicelli (semiya or seviyan)

• 100 gButter

• 250 mlFull cream milk

• 2 tbspCornflour

• 2 tbspDesiccated coconut

• 100 gCream cheese

For sugar syrup:

• 1 cupSugar

• 1/2 cupWater

• 1/2Lemon

• 1 tspRose water

For Garnish

HOW TO MAKE MINI KUNAFA

.Transfer the vermicelli to a bowl and crush it well. Add melted butter and mix evenly.
.Take a baking tray with 6 molds in it. You can also use a cupcake mold. Grease a baking tray with butter and fill half the tray with the vermicelli mix. Compact it with the base of the tumbler and level it.
.Transfer the tray to a preheated oven (180°C for 5 minutes) and bake at 180°C for 5 minutes.
.To prepare the filling: In a hot pan add full cream milk, Nestlé MilkMiad, cornflour and desiccated coconut. Mix this well, making sure there are no lumps. Finally add cream cheese and mix well again. Switch off the flame and keep this aside.
.Meanwhile take the tray out of the oven and place the filling in the center of each of the 6 moulds.
.Top the mold with the remaining vermicelli mixture and level it. Bake it again at 180 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes.
.To prepare sugar syrup, add sugar to some water and heat it. When the water boils, add lemon extract and mix well. Finally add some rose water.
.Top the baked mini kunafa with sugar syrup and let it chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
.Once cool, invert the mold and garnish with pistachio powder.
.Iftar Special Mini Kunafa is now ready to serve. Let's enjoy this Iftar