Name: Kunafa cups / Kunafa nests recipe by Swathi Joshnaa Sathish at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Kunafa dough / very thin pheni 1 cup equals 100 ml; Whole milk 2 tablespoons; Cream cheese unsalted 2 tablespoons; Chopped black raisins; Pistachio powder 1 tablespoon; For Sugar Syrup :; Water 50 ml; Sugar 100 ml cup; Rose water 1 /2 teaspoon; lime juice 1/2 teaspoon

ABOUT Kunafa cups / Kunafa nests RECIPE

A mini , cute version of kunafa . This is being trending these days in the Middle East . These cute Kunafas surprise kids and guests during Eid feast . Give it a try friends . You will just love these cuties .

Ingredients Serving: 2

Kunafa dough / very thin pheni 1 cup equals 100 ml
Whole milk 2 tablespoons
Cream cheese unsalted 2 tablespoons
Chopped black raisins
Pistachio powder 1 tablespoon
For Sugar Syrup :
Water 50 ml
Sugar 100 ml cup
Rose water 1 /2 teaspoon
lime juice 1/2 teaspoon

Instructions

Take cup shaped moulds . Place parchment sheets in the moulds .
Fill half the cups with kunafa dough . Press in the centre and give a nest like shape .
Pour a teaspoon of milk to moist the nest . Don’t pour too much and make the nests soggy .
Fill the centre of the best with cream cheese .
Top the cream with raisins and pistachio powder .
Bake these kunafa nests in a preheated cooker for 20 minutes in low to medium heat .
Meantime , prepare sugar syrup .
Sugar syrup similar to gulab jamun sugar syrup consistency is required .
Add a cup water and 1.5 cups sugar . Allow the syrup to boil still sticky .
Add rose essence .
Switch off the heat .
Add lime juice to the syrup .
Bring the syrup to warm .
After 20 minutes , Kunafa nests are baked with brownish outer texture .
Allow the nests to cool . Then gently unwrap the sheet from the Kunafa nests.
While serving , pour sugar syrup on the Kunafa nests for the best taste .
Serve warm .

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