Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, basbousa (the semovita cake). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basbousa (The semovita cake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Basbousa (The semovita cake) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Basbousa, an Egyptian semolina cake with yogurt is one of the best Egyptian desserts that comes out fairly quick. Authentic Egyptian basbousa recipe that is soft and stays soft. A delicious coconut, yogurt and semolina/farina cake that gets sprinkled with nuts.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have basbousa (the semovita cake) using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Basbousa (The semovita cake):
- Prepare For the cake batter
- Prepare 2 cups semovita
- Make ready 1/2 cup flour
- Prepare 1 cup yogurt
- Make ready 1/3 cup sugar
- Prepare 2/3 cup melted butter or ghee
- Take 1 cup coconut
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla
- Make ready 2 tsp baking powder
- Get 3 eggs
- Get Sugar syrup
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Take 2 cups water
- Get 1 tsp lemon juice
See great recipes for Basbousa(Semovita cake) too! 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. The whole cake just fell apart in seconds. So make sure to use coarse semolina for a sturdy cake.
Instructions to make Basbousa (The semovita cake):
- Mix all dry ingredients and set aside (flour,semo,sugar,baking powder,coconut)
- Add wet ingredients (yogurt,eggs,vanilla,butter)to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined
- Pour the cake batter in a greased pan or baking dish,evenly distribute the batter and bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes
- While you are baking the cake,quickly make your sugar syrup. Add sugar,water and lemon juice in a pot,stir and boil for 5 minutes then set aside
- When the cake is brown and well baked,remove from the oven and pour half of the sugar syrup on the cake. Cut it into squares and add the remaining syrup
- Allow the basbousa to fully absorb the syrup (to get moist),garnish with coconut and lemon slices. Enjoy 😋😋
My tip here is to pour the sugar syrup over the Basbousa just as it comes out of the oven. If you pour the syrup when the cake is hot makes sure it can absorb as. Shamali cake or semolina cake is one of the most popular desserts in Cyprus. It's one of the variations basbousa - traditional Middle East sweet cake. For the first time I tried shamali at one of the local fish taverns.
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