Kataifi
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Kataifia: very fine shreds of a wheat flour pastry rolled up with chopped nuts and served with a spicy sweet syrup.
Kataifi:
A popular Middle Eastern pastry made with a special form of shredded phyllo dough which is also called kataifi. Most forms of kataifi are sweets, typically with nuts and honey which make them flavorful, crunchy, and very sweet.
kadaif = knafeh = kataifi = konafa = konafah = shredded phyllo dough = shredded phylo dough = shredded filo dough = shredded fillo dough Notes: Cooks in Greece and the Middle East use this shredded dough to make sweet desserts.
Kataifi (also kataif) (Fr.): thin strands of vermicelli-like dough, used in Green and Middle Eastern pastries and in some modern French preparations
Kaki (Fr.): persimmon.
Kalamaria (Greek): squid.
Shredded phyllo is called kataifi and is also used for pastries. The Greek word Phyllon literally means 'leaf'. The layers of phyllo dough can be as thin as paper or a few millimeters thick.
 See also: Pastry, Wheat, Cake, Flour, Potato
  
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