Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, coconut basbousa. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Coconut Basbousa is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Coconut Basbousa is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook coconut basbousa using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Basbousa:

1. Take 1.5 cups semolina
2. Prepare 1/2 cup Dessicated coconut
3. Prepare 1 cup sugar
4. Prepare 1 tablespoons baking powder
5. Make ready 1 egg
6. Prepare 1/2 kg plain yoghurt
7. Get 2 tablespoons maida
8. Make ready 1/2 cup oil
9. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
10. Make ready For sugar syrup
11. Prepare 2 cup sugar
12. Take 1.5 cups water
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon lemon juice
14. Get 1 tablespoons rose water
15. Make ready 1/2 cup sweetened coconut flakes or sweetened Dessicated coconut
16. Get 15-16 blanched almonds or crushed pistachios to garnish optional

Instructions to make Coconut Basbousa:

1. Preheat oven to 180 and grease baking dish
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl
3. Add beaten egg, yoghurt, oil, vanilla extract to dry mixture. Mix well to ensure no lumps are present
4. Pour the above mixture to baking dish
5. Bake for 30-40 minutes until top is browned. It should not get burnt or blackened
6. While it's baking, prepare sugar syrup
7. Boil sugar, water, rose water, lemon juice in a saucepan. Boil until syrup is thick and coats behind the spoon
8. Once Basbousa is baked, take it out from oven. Pour the sugar syrup immediately on top. Let it stand until syrup is completely absorbed by Basbousa
9. Sprinkle coconut flakes/ Dessicated coconut on top of Basbousa evenly
10. You can add crushed pistachios or almonds on top for additional garnishing
11. Refrigerate for 6-7 hours or overnight
12. Cut in diamond shapes and serve cold

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