Name: Basbousa
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Semolina/ Rava; 1 cup Dessicated coconut powder; 60 gram Ghee/Butter; 1 Egg; 1/2 cup Sugar; 3/4 cup Milk; 4 strands Saffron; 1 tbsp Baking powder; 1 cup Sugar; 1 cup Water; 5 drops Vanilla Essence; 10 Almonds for Topping

Basbousa

this is a very nice recipe. Basbousa is a term in the Middle east that refers to a very sweet semolina sort of cake. Verbally in Arabic its called as busbousa.

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Prep Time 1

Total Time 1

Cuisine Mediterranean

Servings people

Ingredients

For Baking:

1 cup Semolina/ Rava
1 cup Dessicated coconut powder
60 gram Ghee/Butter
1 Egg
1/2 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Milk
4 strands Saffron
1 tbsp Baking powder

For Sugar Syrup:

1 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
5 drops Vanilla Essence
10 Almonds for Topping

Instructions

In a bowl add rava, dessicated coconut, all purpose flour
Then add butter & egg, Mix well
Add sugar, milk and mix well
Then add saffron, baking powder and mix well, then pre heat the oven for 180'C and pour the mixture in a greased pan then bake it for 30minutes in 180'C
In mean time of baking, in a bowl add sugar,water. When sugar gets dissolved keep it in low flame cook for 5 minutes and turn off
add vanilla essence in sugar syrup and allow to cool
After baking basbousa, pour the sugar syrup.
Now add almonds as toppings on it
Again bake it for 15 minutes in 180'C, Then cut the basbousa into cubes and allow it to cool.
Basbousa can be taken out from the tray after cooled. Now its ready to serve