Recipe: Yummy Basbousa(Semovita cake)

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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 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Basbousa(Semovita cake)

1. It’s 3 Cups of Semovita.

2. It’s 1 Cup of fresh grated coconut.

3. You need 1/3 cup of powdered milk.

4. Prepare 1 Cup of melted butter.

5. You need 1/2 Cup of Sugar.

6. You need 1 of tspn milk flavour.

7. Prepare 1 of tspn baking powder.

8. It’s 1 of , 1/2 Cup water.

9. Prepare of Syrup.

10. Prepare 1 Cup of water.

11. It’s 1 cup of sugar.

12. Prepare 1 of lemon.

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 all the ingredients together in a bowl.

2. Grease the pan with butter and pour in the batter.

3. Bake till golden brown.

4. Cut in to square Shape, sprinkle some grated coconut at the top, not a fan of sugar so I ate mine like that and really enjoy it.

5. Sugar fans for the syrup: Add water on a pot pour the sugar, let it boil and squeeze the lemon juice and cook for 3 minutes..

6. Pour in the sugar syrup on it and enjoyyy.

Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder very well in large bowl.

Basbousa is a traditional Middle Eastern moist cake-like sweet or dessert using semolina/suji/cream of wheat, baked and soaked in a sugar syrup, either flavored with orange blossom or rose water.

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.