Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, coconut basbousa (semolina cake). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook coconut basbousa (semolina cake) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake):
- Make ready 2 cups semolina
- Take 1 cup desiccated coconut
- Make ready 1 cup ghee (clarified butter)
- Prepare 1 tin condensed milk (sweetened 397 gms)
- Take 1 & 1/4 cup water
- Make ready 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Take OPTIONAL: pinch of vanilla powder and pinch of cardamom powder
- Take SUGAR SYRUP : 3 cups water, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 lemon slice, few cardamom pods
Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, flour, yoghurt, melted butter and vanilla in a bowl. If the mixture seems too thick, add a little milk, but it. Treat your taste buds to the super moist and decadent Middle Eastern (Egyptian) classic made with semolina and coconut. So, let me introduce you to a beautiful cake with an added dose of sweetness - basbousa, the classic Middle Eastern cake made with semolina and sweetened with.
Instructions to make Coconut Basbousa (semolina cake):
- Mix ghee and condensed milk. Add in semolina and coconut. Add cardamom powder, vanilla, baking powder. Finally add water and mix till smooth. Top with sliced almonds and pistachios if you have some. Let this mixture sit for atleast 30 minutes !
- Grease a rectangular wide baking dish. You don’t want the layer to be too thick. Pour in batter and bake in a pre heated oven for 30-35 mins at 190c. Turn the top on for the last 7-8 mins to brown the top. Basically there isn’t much cooking, just want the liquid to dry up so once a skewer inserted comes out clean, it should be good to go.
- Side by side, bring 3 cups of water to boil with 3/4 cups of sugar. Add squeeze of lemon juice and leave a lemon slice in. You can add some cardamom pods too. Boil for 7-8 minutes, you need about 2.5 cups of liquid. It doesn’t need to become a thick consistency! But it does need to be very hot when the basbousa comes out of the oven.
- Once basbousa is out of the oven, pour strained sugar syrup over it. All sides and in the Centre. Let it rest for about two hours. Then cut into squares or rectangles or even diamonds and enjoy!
- Serving tip: use cupcake liners / wrappers to serve individual pieces !
Eggless Basbousa or Coconut Semolina Cake is a middle eastern dessert where semolina, coconut and yogurt get baked with butter and nuts. It soaks for two hours in an orange flavored sugar syrup, served with coffee or tea and enjoyed over stories and laughter. Also known as Hareeseh, as well as Nammoura, it is a very easy dish to make. It combines semolina, coconut, yogurt, sugar and simple syrup to create a truly delightful sweet. The Semolina coconut cake or Basbousa that was baked last week had a soft crumb and great texture.
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