kataifi

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1. uncountableA very fine, vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian.

   Work until no lumps are left and the kataifi becomes light and fluffy. Toss the kataifi with 1⁄4 of the melted butter.

   2009 [1985], Ayla Esen Algar, Complete Book Of Turkish Cooking, Routledge, →ISBN, page 300

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   I much prefer the five-year-old Agnanti, at the upper end of the neighborhood near Astoria Park, which offers unusual regional dishes like ntaka, a Cretan bread salad, and mustard-dipped shrimp kataifi.

   2007 January 26, William Grimes, “Queens Now Has Less Feta, More Jellyfish”, in New York Times