Katayef with cream cheese or shrikhand. Shrikhand Recipe with step by step pics. This hung curd or chakka is very creamy and smooth. The texture is similar to like that of cream cheese.

It can be described as folded pancake. Atayef are Middle Eastern pancakes filled with cheese or nuts then soaked in a rose sugary syrup. Atayef or Qatayef are Middle Eastern pancakes that are filled with white cheese or nuts then fried or Your katayef looks amazing! You can have Katayef with cream cheese or shrikhand using 21 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Katayef with cream cheese or shrikhand

It's 1 cup of All purpose flour or Maida.
You need 1 cup of Semolina or Rava.
You need 2 teaspoon of Baking powder.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of Instant Yeast.
It's 2 teaspoon of Sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of Warm Water.
It's 1 cup of Milk.
It's 1/2 cup of Yoghurt (beaten).
It's 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
You need of Butter to grease the pan.
Prepare of For stuffing (shrikhand).
Prepare 250 grams of Hung curd or cream cheese.
Prepare of icing sugar if required(I didn't use).
It's 1 tablespoon of Orange blossom syrup(optional).
It's of Ground Pistachio as required.
Prepare of For sugar syrup.
Prepare 1/4 cup of Sugar syrup.
You need 1/3 cup of water.
It's of Few drops of Lemon juice.
It's 1 teaspoon of Rose water.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Orange blossom water(optional).

Qatayef are a staple Ramadan dessert that rarely absent from iftar tables in the Middle East. These little treats have many variations and are made in different forms. Some are filled with cream and drizzled with a thick sugar syrup, others are filled with cheese or nuts and are deep-fried then served with syrup. Shrikhand recipe - A creamy, thick and delicious dessert made using thick yogurt, sugar, saffron and cardamom powder.

Katayef with cream cheese or shrikhand instructions

Combine warm water, sugar and yeast in a cup and set aside to broom..
Take a blender jar and add flour, semolina, salt and baking powder. Combine with a spatula..
When the yeast mixture blooms add to the dry mixture..
Also add the beaten yoghurt and milk..
Blend all the ingredients nicely to make a thick batter..
Keep the batter aside for an hour. Because of yeast the batter will be very frothy..
In the meantime make the sugar syrup by boiling sugar, water and other ingredients as mentioned above..
Just cook the syrup until the sugar dissolves completely. It should be thin flavorful syrup..
Make the stuffing or shrikhand by combining hung curd/cream cheese with icing sugar(optional), orange blossom water (optional) and rose water..
When the prepared batter becomes frothy, starts making the katayef..
Heat a nonstick pan, grease with little butter and pour 1 tablespoon of batter in the centre..
The surface of the katayef should bubble a lot..
If it doesn't bubble then adjust the batter by adding more water(one tablespoon at a time) to make the batter thin..
Cook only one side of the katayef till the bottom gets slightly golden brown. It will take abot a minute to cook the katayef. Don't overcook it..
Transfer to a samp cloth and cover it with the cloth to prevent the katayef from drying out..
Make all the katayef like this..
To make the shape take one katayef, pinch the edges together like the picture remaining one side open..
Stuff 1 tablespoon of the prepared shrikhand or cream cheese filling and sprinkle ground pistachio..
Keep in a serving plate. Repeat the process with other pancakes or katayef..
Just note that stuff the katayef when they are little warm to seal the edges properly. Also don't try to stuff when they are very hot. Stuffing may melt due to heat..
Serve these katayef accompanied by sugar syrup..

Place a strainer over a large bowl to collect the whey. Spread a clean muslin or cheese cloth over the strainer. Katayef is easy to make and requires few ingredients that is most probably there in your pantry. My favorite savory stuffing is with feta cheese and mint, you can also stuff them with browned minced meat. Or may be stuff them with cream and left them as is without frying like this Qatayef Asafiri recipe.