To make your sugar syrup, add 1 cup sugar to 1 1/2 cup of water in a pan under medium heat. Let it simmer and keep stirring occasionally until the sugar completely dissolves. This should take you roughly 5 minutes. Add a teaspoon of rose water if you're using it

Prep your shredded mozzarella with about 2 tbsp of sugar and let sit for a while till you finish the next step

Next comes your pastry dough which is usually frozen. Shred it with your hands or in a food processor once room temperature till it's thin. Coat the dough with 1 cup of ghee and mix

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius

To line your baking container, first, coat it with ghee and then add half of the dough into the container and let sit tightly

Try lining the sides of the container with the dough so that it is able to hold the cheese

Add your shredded cheese and make sure to cover the whole container evenly

Last comes the other half of your dough to cover up the kunafa

Bake in the oven for about 40-45 minutes until the surface is golden brown

Let sit outside for 15 minutes till it cools a bit and then run a knife along the sides to make sure the kunafa isn't sticking

Now, flip your kunafa onto a serving dish and drizzle with your preferred amount of sugar syrup

Garnish with pistachio (optional)