Celebrating National Day Weekend with Middle East most Revered Dessert #Kunafa, but with a Healthy fusion. NO Cream, NO Bake, NO Oil, No Egg, enjoy Jaggery Kunafa
Preparation – 15 to 20 mins, Refrigerate – 6 hour or overnight, Makes – 2 small jars
Ingredients :
- 200 gms Fhenia or Vermicelli
- 100 gms Jaggery (as per your taste)
- Little Water to dissolve Jaggery
- 1 tsp Skimmed Milk
- Few strands of Saffron
- Mousse https://chefshweta.com/bean-curd-mousse/
- For Garnishing :
- 50 gms Chocolate
- Colorful Vermicelli
- Nuts (Optional, any of your choice)
How to Prepare Jaggery Kunafa :
- Make a jaggery syrup by adding jiggery & water in a non-stick pan & bring it to boil
- Cook for 5 to 7 mins at low flame until syrup is sticky & you are able to make a one-string thread
- Now add milk to remove impurities from the syrup
- Sieve the syrup to assure no impurities
- Add saffron & let it cool
- In a separate bowl crush phenia very gently with your hands to make it smaller in length. Don’t make a powder out it
- Now add jaggery syrup little by little to crushed phenia & mix well. It should be moist & not soggy/dripping
How to Serve Jaggery Kunafa :
- Take 2 small silicon mold & 2 glass jars
- Bite-size Serving :
- In a silicon mold add prepared kunafa as 1st layer
- For 2nd layer add mousse
- Cover the top with kunafa making it the 3rd & final layer
- Repeat the same for the remaining silicon bowls. You can create layers if silicon mold is bigger in size
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight
- Demold & top-up with Nuts & Enjoy
- Glass Jar Serving :
- Freeze glass jars for 15 mins
- Melt chocolate in microwave for 40 seconds & stir it well until it becomes a runny paste
- Take the jars from refrigerator & coat it’s opening with melted chocolate
- Sprinkle colorful vermicelli on it
- Place it back to refrigerator for 15 mins allowing it to set
- Take out the jars & arrange a thick layer of phenia at the bottom of the jar
- Add mousse on it
- Add 2nd layer of phenia & then mousse on it
- Repeat the steps until you fill the jar & reach the top
- Garnish with Nuts and refrigerate for 6 hours or preferably overnight
- Serve it at room temperature & Enjoy Guilt-free