Vermicelli vs Kataifi - What's the difference?

vermicelli | kataifi |


As nouns the difference between vermicelli and kataifi

is that vermicelli is long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner while kataifi is a very fine vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian.

vermicelli

English

(wikipedia vermicelli)

Noun

(-)
  • long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

    • kataifi

    English

    (wikipedia kataifi)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A very fine vermicelli-like pastry used to make desserts in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, particularly Palestinian.
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    • , passage=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 . }}

    Alternative forms

    * kadaif * kadaifi * kanafeh