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Kanafeh/kunafa

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                          Arabic sweet dish filled with cheese                         Kanafeh (Arabic: كُنافة ‎, [kʊˈnaːfa]) is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded filo pastry. soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream or nuts, depending on the region.In Arabic, kunāfa may refer to the string pastry itself, or to the entire dessert dish. In Turkish, the string pastry is known as tel kadayıf , and the cheese-based dessert that uses it as künefe . In the Balkans, the shredded dough is similarly known as kadaif , and in Greece as kataifi , and is the basis of various dishes rolled or layered with it, including dessert pastries with nuts and sweet syrups.(Source: Wikipedia ) RECIPE   Ingredients 2.5 cup Kataifi (kanafa dough)   20g softened butter/ghee(at r...