Egypt

Basbousa

Name: Basbousa
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups rava (semolina); 1 1/4 cups (batter and syrup) sugar; 3/4 cup curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1/2 cup melted butter; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut); 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; Almonds, to decorate; 2 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp rose water; 2/3 cup water

Semolina cake soaked in syrup with coconut. Rava kesari's syrupy cousin.

60 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

The syrup cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgyptian style.

The original

266kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

60minutessame

The original basbousa.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rava (semolina)1¼ cups

Sugar1¼ cups (batter and syrup)

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¾ cup

Butter½ cup, melted

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)½ cup

Baking powder1½ tsp

Almondsto decorate

Lemon juice2 tsp

Rose water1 tsp

Water⅔ cup

Method

4 steps

1Make a syrup with most of the sugar, the water and the lemon. Add rose water and cool.
2Mix the rava, remaining sugar, coconut, baking powder, curd and butter. Rest 15 minutes.
3Spread in a greased tray, score into diamonds and press an almond on each. Bake at 180 C until golden.
4Pour the cool syrup over the hot cake and let it soak.

Serve it like this

Cut into diamonds and serve with tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Egypt

Basbousa

Semolina cake soaked in syrup with coconut. Rava kesari's syrupy cousin.

60 minTime

4 gProtein each

mildSpice

The syrup cake2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgyptian style.

The original

266kcalsame

4 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

60minutessame

The original basbousa.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rava (semolina)1¼ cups

Sugar1¼ cups (batter and syrup)

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¾ cup

Butter½ cup, melted

Desiccated coconut (unsweetened shredded coconut)½ cup

Baking powder1½ tsp

Almondsto decorate

Lemon juice2 tsp

Rose water1 tsp

Water⅔ cup

Method

4 steps

1Make a syrup with most of the sugar, the water and the lemon. Add rose water and cool.
2Mix the rava, remaining sugar, coconut, baking powder, curd and butter. Rest 15 minutes.
3Spread in a greased tray, score into diamonds and press an almond on each. Bake at 180 C until golden.
4Pour the cool syrup over the hot cake and let it soak.

Serve it like this

Cut into diamonds and serve with tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Basbousa

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Basbousa

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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