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Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Egyptian style basbousa

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Egyptian style basbousa
Egyptian style basbousa

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, egyptian style basbousa. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Egyptian style basbousa is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Egyptian style basbousa is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Egyptian style basbousa Maryama's kitchen @Maryaaamah_ Kano This is my first attempt making this basbousa and hey i never know it taste soo good thanks to cleobuttera i got this recipe from her website๐Ÿ’• Basbousa is a very popular Egyptian dessert, a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake. The cake is often cut into diamond or rectangle shapes, with almonds placed or scattered on top. Yesmina is the Program Coordinator for JFCS refugee and immigrant support groups. Her dad's side of the family is Egyptian.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook egyptian style basbousa using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Egyptian style basbousa:
  1. Get 500 g (3 cups) medium grind white semolina (semeed basbousa)
  2. Get 150 g(2/3 cup +1tbspn melted butter or ghee)
  3. Make ready 50 g(1/3 cup sweetened dessicated coconut)
  4. Get 150 g (1 cup) whole milk)
  5. Take 1/3 cup sugar syrup
  6. Make ready 250 g(1/1/2 cup granulated sugar)
  7. Get 1/4 cup nuts of choice(i use peanuts)
  8. Make ready 1 cups light sugar syrup(1 cup sugar+1 lemon juice+1/1/2 cup
  9. Prepare Water,boil for 10mins on low medium heat

Add in butter and turn off the heat. In a separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder, and baking soda. Fold in softened butter, I like to use a gloved hand. Spread the basbousa mixture flat in the tray, then cut it and decorate it with almonds.

Instructions to make Egyptian style basbousa:
  1. Here are all you need
  2. In a medium bowl, combine together the semolina and melted ghee, stirring really well with a rubber spatula, to coat the semolina grains with the ghee or butter. It is very important to make sure that every grain is well coated, as this step reduces gluten formation which can result in a tough basbousa.
  3. If desired, process the coconut in a food processor or spice grinder until very fine. Stir into the semolina/butter/ghee mixture until well combined, then in a bowl add your warm milk+sugar syrup+granulated sugar,stir till dissolved or micrwave it to allow the sugar melt
  4. After adding your coconut mix very well,and pour in ur warm milk mixture
  5. Mix well,and pour into a greased baking tray
  6. Top with nuts of choice,and bake at 200C for 22 to 27 mins
  7. As soon as the basbousa comes out of the oven, quickly pour the cooled Light Sugar Syrup all over the basbousa. The syrup should soak in, in a matter of a few minutes. Once soaked in u can serve and enjoy

Fold in softened butter, I like to use a gloved hand. Spread the basbousa mixture flat in the tray, then cut it and decorate it with almonds. Put the cold syrup over the basbousa. 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.

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