Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, coconut basbousa (semolina cake). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake) is something that I have loved my entire life.

A classic Middle Eastern dessert cake made with semolina and coconut, soaked in rose or orange blossom flavoured sugar syrup. 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. The cake has a lovely aroma of rosewater, saffron and cardamom.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook coconut basbousa (semolina cake) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake):

1. Get 2 cups semolina
2. Make ready 1 cup desiccated coconut
3. Take 1 cup ghee (clarified butter)
4. Take 1 tin condensed milk (sweetened 397 gms)
5. Make ready 1 & 1/4 cup water
6. Make ready 1 tablespoon baking powder
7. Get OPTIONAL: pinch of vanilla powder and pinch of cardamom powder
8. Make ready SUGAR SYRUP : 3 cups water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 lemon slice, few cardamom pods

Treat your taste buds to the super moist and decadent Middle Eastern (Egyptian) classic made with semolina and coconut. With the added sweetness from rose flavored sugar syrup, this cake is the ideal way to take your celebrations to the next level. Basbousa (also namoura, revani, hareseh and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt, although it is also popular in other countries. Basbousa is an Egyptian special Semolina Coconut Cake that is not exactly cake like and is so very easy to make at home.

Steps to make Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake):

1. Mix ghee and condensed milk. Add in semolina and coconut. Add cardamom powder, vanilla, baking powder. Finally add water and mix till smooth. Top with sliced almonds and pistachios if you have some. Let this mixture sit for atleast 30 minutes !
2. Grease a rectangular wide baking dish. You don’t want the layer to be too thick. Pour in batter and bake in a pre heated oven for 30-35 mins at 190c. Turn the top on for the last 7-8 mins to brown the top. Basically there isn’t much cooking, just want the liquid to dry up so once a skewer inserted comes out clean, it should be good to go.
3. Side by side, bring 3 cups of water to boil with 3/4 cups of sugar. Add squeeze of lemon juice and leave a lemon slice in. You can add some cardamom pods too. Boil for 7-8 minutes, you need about 2.5 cups of liquid. It doesn’t need to become a thick consistency! But it does need to be very hot when the basbousa comes out of the oven.
4. Once basbousa is out of the oven, pour strained sugar syrup over it. All sides and in the Centre. Let it rest for about two hours. Then cut into squares or rectangles or even diamonds and enjoy!
5. Serving tip: use cupcake liners / wrappers to serve individual pieces !

Basbousa (also namoura, revani, hareseh and other names) is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt, although it is also popular in other countries. Basbousa is an Egyptian special Semolina Coconut Cake that is not exactly cake like and is so very easy to make at home. It is absolutely delicious and loaded with coconut and rose flavors. For this Eggless Basbousa, I used a mixture of butter and yogurt, replacing the egg that is used in the. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make.

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