Basbousa, Delicious Eats Buka Puasa

It may sound strange when I heard the word Basbousa. This is a special dessert typical of the Middle East. A kind of cake made from semolina flour that is usually served with a sprinkling of grated coconut and the splash of sweet syrup.

Semolina flour made ​​from hard wheat grain leather, the color is pale yellow, with a rougher texture than flour. Highest protein levels among other types of flour. In addition to cakes, flour is commonly used as a base for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti and other pasta types.

In Greece and Turkey, known as Revani Basbousa. It was a sweet and sticky, food has become one of the favorites menu when breaking. Want to taste the delicious Basbousa? Try to be creative with the following recipe, as quoted from the pages of Arab News:

Cake ingredients
300 g semolina
150 g white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons flaked coconut
150 g butter, heat
150 g thick yoghurt
1-2 tsp baking powder

syrup ingredients
200 ml of water
100 gr of white sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
Almonds for topping

How To Make
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Spread butter in pan
2. In a medium bowl, mix all cake ingredients except almonds.
3. Pour batter into pan and smooth with a spoon.
4. Take a knife and make diagonal lines from left to right to make a diamond shape. Put the almonds in each diamond shape
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown.
6. While the cake baked, make a syrup. In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together water and white sugar, and lemon juice.
7. Bring to a boil, for 5-10 minutes, until the syrup starts thick. Set aside.
8. Lift cake from oven after 25-30 minutes, and pour syrup over cake until absorbed. Serve warm.