Recipe: To Try At Home Basbousa (semovita cake)

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Recipe: To Try At Home Basbousa (semovita cake) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Basbousa (semovita cake). Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave. In a large mixing bowl, combine together the sugar and yogurt. Now add in the semolina, baking powder and milk.

It is popular throughout Middle Eastern countries as well as North Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey.

In Egypt this is the main dessert served during the feasts and holidays for both Christians and Muslims.

Basbousa cake is a well known middle eastern dessert made with semolina flour, coconut and yogurt.

You can have Basbousa (semovita cake) using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Basbousa (semovita cake)

  1. You need 1 cup of semovita.

  2. It’s 1/4 cup of melted butter.

  3. It’s 1/2 of tspn baking soda.

  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of yoghurt.

  5. It’s 1/8 cup of sugar.

  6. It’s of Sugar syrup for garnishing.

The coarse semolina flour gives the cake its signature sandy texture, but its drenched in a flavorful simple syrup which makes it super moist and has a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Authentic Egyptian basbousa recipe that is soft and stays soft.

A delicious coconut, yogurt and semolina/farina cake that gets sprinkled with nuts and drizzled with syrup to put the final seal of perfection.

Basbousa/basboosa is a term in the Middle east that refers to a very sweet semolina - sort of- cake.

Basbousa (semovita cake) step by step

  1. Mix the semovita, baking soda, sugar, melted butter in a bowl with your hand to mix the butter with the order ingredients till well mixed, add the yoghurt with small amount of water till well combined..

  2. Grease your baking tray and pour your batter bake till golden brown garnish with sugar syrup…

  3. .

The other names for it used in different parts of the middle east are "Harissa", "ravani or revani" etc.

Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl.

Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other ingredients until mixed well.

Add the yogurt and continue mixing with your hands until fully combined.

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