-like pastry used to make sweet pastries and desserts. It is sometimes known as shredded phyllo. Origin Kunafah is of Fatimid origin. Kunafah has long been present in Egypt and the Levant. It has also been a staple of the cuisines of the former Ottoman empire in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans. Preparation Kunafah is made by drizzling a row of thin streams of flour-and-water batter onto a turning hot plate, so they dry into long threads resembling shredded wheat. The threads are th… (More on Kanafeh)