Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, semolina cake (basbousa). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Here: ⬇ ⬇ ⬇. This traditional Middle Eastern dessert comes together in just one Basbousa (Semolina Cake). Recipe adapted from Vian Alnidawi and Sara Nassr, Comal Heritage.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. Get Basbousa
2. Prepare 2.25 cups semolina flour
3. Make ready 1.15 cups sugar
4. Get 3 tablespoon butter (room temp)
5. Get 1.15 cups natural yoghurt
6. Get 0.4 cups desicated coconut
7. Get 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
8. Get 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
9. Make ready Whole almonds / hazelnuts
10. Take Syrup
11. Take 1-1.5 cup sugar
12. Make ready 1-1.5 cup water
13. Take 1 tablespoon lemon juice
14. Get 1 cinnamon stick
15. Take 2-3 cloves

It's one of the variations basbousa - traditional Middle East sweet cake. For the first time I tried shamali at one of. Many people attribute weight gain in Ramadan to the abundance of traditional sweet treats which are unfortunately characteristically not the healthiest. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make.

Steps to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):

1. Preheat oven to 175°C
2. Start by making the syrup. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat on low to medium temperature.
3. Add the lemon juice as it starts to simmer
4. Then add the cinnamon and clove.
5. Once the consistency is syrup like, remove from heat and allow to cool by placing sauce pan in cold water bath.
6. Put semonlia flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
7. Mix altogether.
8. Melt the butter by placing in a microwave proof bowl for 10 - 20 seconds.
9. Add the melted butter, yoghurt and coconut to the mixture
10. Using the tips of your fingers, mix the ingredients together.
11. Using a brush, spread the tahini to cover the base and sides of flan dish
12. Spoon the mixture into the flan dish and level using the back of a spoon
13. Place in oven for 15 minutes. Then remove and place whole almonds or hazelnuts so that they rest on the top of the cake.
14. Return to oven for a further 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown in colour
15. Add the now cooled syrup to the cake and allow it to rest in the flan dish.
16. Typically leave it to soak up the syrup for around 20 minutes and that's it ready to enjoy.

Many people attribute weight gain in Ramadan to the abundance of traditional sweet treats which are unfortunately characteristically not the healthiest. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. From Saad Fayed, I love basbousa with coffee after a good meal. They are just enough to add that extra umpf to a meal.

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