How to Make Homemade Classic Egyptian basbousa

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Basbousa, an Egyptian semolina cake with yogurt is one of the best Egyptian desserts that comes From weeknight dinners for crazy busy days to desserts with the "wow" factor, and classic comforts. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake.

Classic Egyptian basbousa is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Classic Egyptian basbousa is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook classic egyptian basbousa using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Egyptian basbousa:

1. Take 3 cups semolina (medium Coarse)
2. Get 2/3 cup ghee (clarified butter)
3. Take 2/3 cup fresh milk
4. Make ready 2 tablespoons extra melted ghee
5. Take Heavy sugar syrup
6. Make ready Light sugar syrup
7. Make ready 1/3 cup dessicated coconut
8. Make ready 1 1/4 sugar
9. Prepare Nuts of choice (optional)
10. Get Eshta (clotted cream) for serving
11. Make ready Juice of one lemon

Classic Egyptian basbousa made with semolina and coconut, and flavored with rose flavored sugar syrup. Bites Fil Beit Ramadan: Basbousa with Eshta - Daily News Egypt. Egypt is famous for its sweets and desserts since ancient times. The basbousa is very Tasty like in egypt.

Instructions to make Classic Egyptian basbousa:

1. Ingredients
2. To make the heavy sugar add 1/3 sugar to a pot then add 2 tablespoons water and drop of lemon juice. Cook till the sugar dissolves and set aside
3. In a bowl add your semolina with two tablespoons melted ghee and rub make sure each semolina is coated.
4. In a microwave safe bowl add the sugar syrup normal sugar and milk to d bowl and microwave till sugar dissolves. Set aside
5. Now pour the milk sugar mixture in the middle followed by the melted ghee and mix gently (do not over mix it has high gluten more than that of flour)
6. Grease your baking pan with ghee and add the mixture tap the tray on ground several times to remove air bubbles refrigerate for 15 minutes
7. Now add your crushed nuts if you’re using one and gently press it in to the batter (it will set now)
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 210 degrees for 22-25 minutes till golden brown
9. To make soaking syrup add 1 1/2 cup sugar with 1 1/4 cup water abd drop of lemon juice till the sugar melts
10. Pour the soaking syrup immediately after bringing out of the oven(do not over soak it else it will become soggy and difficult to handle) brush the top with melted ghee.
11. Cut them in to squares and serve with clotted cream (qeshta)

Egypt is famous for its sweets and desserts since ancient times. The basbousa is very Tasty like in egypt. Is this the Egyptian way of making basbousa? Because I have my Egyptian friends comming over and I need to do it in. I use yogurt or sour cream because it give the cake a creamy flavor that's irresistible.

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